Above The Standard

Captain Glaze is truck captain in California. He's a husband, father, union president and ultra marathon runner. On this episode we talk about leadership, running and more.

Episode #025

On this episode we talk with the Dr. Jeff Burgess. Dr. Burgess is the lead researcher for the Firefighter Cancer Cohort Study. stablished in July 2016, the FEMA-funded Fire Fighter Cancer Cohort Study (FFCCS) research project provides a national framework to collect and integrate firefighter epidemiologic surveys, biomarkers and exposure data focused on carcinogenic exposures and health effects. The long-term goal is to follow long-term 10,000 firefighters over a 30-year observation period.

https://www.ffccs.org/

On this episode we talk with Firefighter Paramedic Jason Patton. Jason resides in South Florida and is best known for his satire social media videos through his channel Fire Department Chronicles. Jason also is Vice President of Fire Department Coffee just outside of Chicago. On this episode we talk about his entrance into the fire service, we chat about EMS and we chat about how his social media platform developed into the most popular firefighting social media account.

Check out Fire Department Chronicles on all social media platforms and also checkout Fire Dept Coffee.

Fire Department Coffee: https://www.firedeptcoffee.com/

#023 - Battalion Chief Danny Sheridan by Barbell Battalion

We talk with East Montgomery (TX) Captain Kyle Romagus. Capt Romagus is now the keeper of Smoothbore Cartel and the curator of Engine Company Resurrection. Today we talk about flows, nozzle selection, the fog vs Smoothbore argument and more.

You can check out Smoothbore Cartel below:

https://smoothborecartel.com/?olsPage=products

On this episode of Above the Standard, we talk with veteran green Beret and all around badass Pat McNamara. Pat spent over 25 years in the military and has since gone on to teach tactical level training to individuals, businesses and soldiers. Pat is a dialed in human-being when it comes to nutrition, exercise, tactical level training and doing his best to be a good person on this earth.

You can find him Instagram and Facebook @tmacsinc and @universityofbadassery

On this episode of the podcast we talk with Brent Fenton. Brent is the mastermind behind the mustachioed firefighter buff. We talk with Brent about his fire service career, his genesis into the fire service and what started his now infamous persona.

On this episode of Above the Standard, we talk with Lt. Michael Snodgrass. Michael is a 27 year member of the Greshman (OR) Fire Department and owner of FireXTalk. Michael orated one of the best, most humbling assessments on RIT and Maydays. The speech entitled "1,000" Maydays describes honest data on the realities of what a RIT team can be projected to accomplish...or fail.

Michael is a wealth of knowledge and strives to make the fire service better.

Link to 1,000 Maydays:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHT1g4ySZjo

Link to FireXTalk:

https://firextalk.com/

Episode #018 - Dr. Kevin Menes

Kevin was on duty during the 2017 Las Vegas shooting that injured over 400 people. Dr. Menes was the attending physician at the closest trauma center to the scene. Dr. Kevin shares his experience from that night and how his previous education and training prepared him.

Below is a link to Dr. Menes' contributing articles on triage and trauma

https://epmonthly.com/contributor/kevin-menes-md/

#017 - FDIC - Chief Bobby Halton by Barbell Battalion