Fire Engineering Podcast

The Fraternal Order of Leatherheads Society is an organization dedicated to the camaraderie and brotherhood forged between firefighters.  The F.O.O.L.S. provide real fire training for real firefighters and feel it is their duty to keep their brother and sisters in the fire service as safe as possible on the fire ground   

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The Fraternal Order of Leatherheads Society is an organization dedicated to the camaraderie and brotherhood forged between firefighters.  The F.O.O.L.S. provide real fire training for real firefighters and feel it is their duty to keep their brother and sisters in the fire service as safe as possible on the fire ground   

Sponsored by Rite Rescue Systems

Fire service attorneys Chip Comstock, John K. Murphy, Brad Pinsky, and Curt Varone discuss legal issues affecting fire training and firefighting.

Sponsored by Rite Rescue Systems

Fire service attorneys Chip Comstock, John K. Murphy, Brad Pinsky, and Curt Varone discuss legal issues affecting fire training and firefighting.

Sponsored by Rite Rescue Systems

Join Capt. Mike Dugan (FDNY) and Capt. Mike Gagliano (Seattle Fire) on Wednesday August 17, at 4:30 PM (Pacific) as they chat with Shawn Pruchnicki (Ohio State University) on cognitive bias and human error on the fireground.

Shawn was a featured panelist during the recent NFFF Technology Symposium and impressed us with his insightful answers and common sense explanations. We are always trying to help our listeners find ways to improve in the at individuals, in the firehouse and at emergencies. Recognizing the factors that lead to errors, facing up to the gaps in our own reasoning and developing a plan for improvement will be a major part of our focus. Among other things we’ll discuss:

What do we really mean when talk about having 20/20 hindsight?How do biases like Cognitive Fixation or Plan Continuation get us into trouble?Is “Situational Awareness” an accurate description to use in understanding human performance?How do use this information in the “heat of the battle”?

Just a sample. There will be much, much more.

We hope you’ll tune in and give us a call to ask the questions you know are on your mind. The call in number is 1-760-454-8852.

Sponsored by Rite Rescue Systems

Join Capt. Mike Dugan (FDNY) and Capt. Mike Gagliano (Seattle Fire) on Wednesday August 17, at 4:30 PM (Pacific) as they chat with Shawn Pruchnicki (Ohio State University) on cognitive bias and human error on the fireground.

Shawn was a featured panelist during the recent NFFF Technology Symposium and impressed us with his insightful answers and common sense explanations. We are always trying to help our listeners find ways to improve in the at individuals, in the firehouse and at emergencies. Recognizing the factors that lead to errors, facing up to the gaps in our own reasoning and developing a plan for improvement will be a major part of our focus. Among other things we’ll discuss:

What do we really mean when talk about having 20/20 hindsight?How do biases like Cognitive Fixation or Plan Continuation get us into trouble?Is “Situational Awareness” an accurate description to use in understanding human performance?How do use this information in the “heat of the battle”?

Just a sample. There will be much, much more.

We hope you’ll tune in and give us a call to ask the questions you know are on your mind. The call in number is 1-760-454-8852.

Sponsored by Rite Rescue Systems

The four owners of Traditions Training:  Ricky Riley; Dan Shaw; Doug Mitchell; and Nick Martin provide advice and direction on how to keep combat ready.               

Sponsored by Rite Rescue Systems

The four owners of Traditions Training:  Ricky Riley; Dan Shaw; Doug Mitchell; and Nick Martin provide advice and direction on how to keep combat ready.               

Sponsored by Rite Rescue Systems

Lieutenant Ray McCormack FDNY and Erich Roden from the City of Milwaukee fire department discuss Urban Firefighting tactics.

Lieutenant Ray McCormack FDNY and Erich Roden from the City of Milwaukee fire department discuss Urban Firefighting tactics.