Ben is a very experienced and educated member of the UKFRS community who had a career as a firefighter before facing a series of personal challenges that ended with him leaving his operational post.

This is part 1 of 2 where Ben shares some of his experiences & explains some of the challenges and  complexities facing the UKFRS today.

Click HERE to see some of Ben's published work.

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Helen is an RAF nurse, wife, mother & currently living with her third cancer diagnosis knowing that this time it is incurable.

We connected with Helen through the work we do as The Pink Firefighters where we raise money & awareness for breast cancer. Helen was brave enough to share her story so that others going through similar experiences can find answers, seek support and hear from people a different stage of their journey living with an incurable disease.

To seek support about Cancer and how to Live with the disease please visit one of the following links.
Breast Cancer Now
Helens Facebook Page
Helens Instagram account
Patient Advocacy Group

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Ben is a very experienced and educated member of the UKFRS community who had a career as a firefighter before facing a series of personal challenges that ended with him leaving his operational post.

This is part 1 of 2 where Ben shares some of his experiences & explains some of the challenges and  complexities facing the UKFRS today.

Click HERE to see some of Ben's published work.

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Fitness For the Frontline is coaching designed specifically to reflect the physical elements of the role of a Firefighter for those applying for, currently serving in or retired from the fire service.
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Brad is a Paramedic, member of HART team & father of two. We discuss the challenges facing the NHS and paramedics on the front line today, get insights into their training and CPD, the career paths and options available to people in that sector and also speak about Brad's passion as and advocate for fitter healthier front line responders.

Brad also runs RescueFit® which is a fitness facilitator and provider of physical training sessions that combine functional fitness with real world application using frontline equipment and standards.

Click HERE to find out more about Brad & Rescue Fit

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The value that can be drawn from a great mentor is only effective is you have a relentless desire to learn and develop yourself into a great firefighter.

Today I'm speaking with Sam Cushing, a Firefighter in UKFRS about his experience after leaving training school and being mentored. Sam has an awesome grasp on how to develop that mindset to learn and absorb what's being shred by those in positions of mentorship and we discuss ideas and approaches on how to engage in the process fully to get the maximum benefit put of it. 

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Mark is a career firefighter, physical trainer and health and fitness advisor for his service in helping firefighters enjoy long career in their peak physical health.

Mark also runs Fitness For the Frontline which is an online coaching platform designed specifically to reflect the physical elements of the role of a Firefighter.  Whether it’s carrying an LPP across an overgrown field, lifting a ladder above your head to underrun it or wrestling with cutting gear for 30 mins in a complicated RTC, our bodies are required to lift, push, carry objects in very specific circumstances and that is what the FFF programme focuses on.

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Joe is a firefighter, lecturer & strength and conditioning coach with a masters in sports & exercise medicine.

Find out more about Joe HERE

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Todays Debrief looks into the Incident at 14 Zephaniah Way, Blaina, Gwent on the 1st February 1996 that claimed the lives of two firefighters.

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David Vaux did 16 years in the LFB both operationally and as a PTI.  Hus work now as a  Clinician looks at data driven Health promotion. Leading improvements in Human performance as well as Wellbeing and Healthy aging. 

David sustained an injury and was medical retired subsequently becoming an Osteopath and conditioning coach.  It took David a long time to recover from the loss of his fire service role both physically and mentally,  and he is  passionate about spreading the word about the long term benefits of strength focused training both for tactical fitness but also aging well and frailty prevention.

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Karel Lambert works as a major with the Brussels fire service. He acts as citywide tour commander and as chief of training. He is also a volunteer sergeant in his home town. Under the flag CFBT-BE, his team trains CFBT-instructors and delivers specialized firefighting training all over the world.

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