Fire Engineering Podcast

The panel discusses ways to keep your millennial and Gen X firefighters.

 

Panel: 

-Lisa Baker, Southwest trustee, Women in Fire

- Adrian Sheppard, chief, Redmond, WA

- Heather Mozdean, deputy chief, Fremont CA

-Laura Lyons, lieutenant, Des Moines, IA

-Emily Scott, engineer, Fremont, CA

-Kat Desonier, firefighter, Evans (CO) Fire Protection District

-Brooke Simms, firefighter, Aurora, CO

 

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Hosts David Polikoff and Robert "RJ" James welcome Mike Burkett of the Baltimore City (MD) Fire Department to the show. They discuss ways to prepare to be a good officer and the art of making good decisions.

 

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Hosts David Polikoff and Robert "RJ" James welcome Mike Burkett of the Baltimore City (MA) Fire Department to the show. They discuss ways to prepare to be a good officer and the art of making good decisions.

 

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Jim Silvernail and Jason Hoevelmann talk with Lieutenant Dave Quick of the Manchester (NH) Fire Department about his article in Fire Engineering titled Considerations for Interior and Exterior Vertical Hoseline Stretches.

 

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Host Eric Dreiman talks with Kevin Lewis, tillerman for Truck 3 at the Dallas (TX) Fire Department. They discuss a recent near miss in Chicago. They also dive into the importance of aerial apparatus positioning and getting the most out of a truck company when it arrives at a working fire.

 

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Host Eric Dreiman talks with Kevin Lewis, tillerman for Truck 3 at the Dallas (TX) Fire Department. They discuss a recent near miss in Chicago. They also dive into the importance of aerial apparatus positioning and getting the most out of a truck company when it arrives at a working fire.

 

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Hosts Rick Lasky and John Salka discuss size-up and the 360. They discuss the critical observations made and the important results that come out of performing these tasks.

 

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Douglas Cline invites Christopher Naum onto the show to discuss the built environment and how recent weather events such as hurricanes, tornadoes and flooding affect the built environment.

 

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In this episode of The Professional Volunteer Fire Department, host Tom Merrill talks with Brandon Fletcher. They discuss what departments can do to create a winning mindset and achieve success on the fireground with the engine they do have, not the one they wish they had. 

Building the perfect engine for your fire department is a challenge that many would love the opportunity to solve! Unfortunately, the opportunity is rarely afforded to the departments that operate in a rural environment. Rising apparatus costs have seen new engines that easily exceed the $500k mark on the low end, and can reach over $1 million on the high end. Even if money was of no concern, the current production times can range from two to three years. Many rural departments operate with 15-, 20-, or even 30-plus-year-old engines. 

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In this episode of The Professional Volunteer Fire Department, host Tom Merrell talks with Chief Brandon Fletcher. They discuss what departments can do to create a winning mindset and achieve success on the fireground with the engine they do have, not the one they wish they had. 

Some more about the episode: Building the perfect engine for your department is a challenge that many would love the opportunity to solve! Unfortunately, the opportunity is rarely afforded to the departments that operate in a rural environment. Rising apparatus costs have seen new engines that easily exceed the $500k mark on the low end, and can reach over $1 million on the high end. Even if money was of no concern, the current production times can range from two to three years. Many rural departments operate with 15, 20, or even over-30-year-old engines. 

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