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What really happens on SAS Who Dares Wins, what do they cut out of the show & how hard was It really.

Time to catch up with my good friend Grant Flynn aka Recruit 2

In September 2202 myself & 19 others took part in SAS Who Dares Wins where an elite team of ex-special forces from the UK and USA recreate the special forces selection process - putting all us recruits through the ultimate test of their physical and psychological resilience.

These TV shows are edited and cut together to suite the fast paced demand of TV & in doing so rarely capture the true nature of person & their story. This podcast episode is part of a short mini-series recorded back in October 2022 when are the recruits returned back from the Vietnam Jungle and the full experiences where fresh in our heads and before the passage of time began to fade these memories.

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Originally a school teacher and rugby coach, Bede is now a director of a company Gazing Performance Systems which specialises in improving performance under pressure in the areas of sport, emergency services, business and education.

They have trained people in over 60 countries and clients include major multi national blue chip companies, government departments and leading sporting organisations. He has worked with a number of world champion athletes in a variety of sports.

Learning this skillset helps people in our role to equip themselves to develop their capabilities & manage their way through high pressure situations and deliver results.

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Dave Etheridge is a former Chief Fire Officer of Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service plus the Immediate Past President of the Chief Fire Officers Association of the United Kingdom. 
 
Dave currently works with government departments, as well as UK and overseas public and private sector clients with business development, public safety and emergency management-orientated consultancy also supporting the delivery of effective, efficient and sustainable solutions including leadership and incident command .

Today we discussed Practice to Progress which works with individuals and UK Fire and Rescue Services providing coaching and assessment support to prepare candidates for initial selection or promotion.

You can find out more HERE Practice to Progress - Fire Knowledge

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Shan Raffel is an Australian retired operational station officer from Brisbane Australia. 

After the death of two colleagues in 1994 and the serious injury of two others in 1996, he submitted a proposal for an intensive international study of compartment fire behaviour training (CFBT). 

Raffel visited the United Kingdom and Sweden for 6 weeks to study the most advanced teaching tactics and training facilities. Upon return, he shaped the first nationally recognized training program in Australia and has since assisted numerous fire services in Australia and internationally with the development of their training facilities and teaching materials.

In 2009, Raffel was awarded a Churchill Fellowship. He is focused on exploring ways of improving efficiency and safety as to firefighting. During 30-year career in the fire service, he has conducted international study tours in the USA (FDNY), Canada, Germany, Austria, Scandinavia and Switzerland.

He still teaches his knowledge and experience as a CFBT and Fire Behaviour instructor in various countries including South Korea, Croatia, Thailand, Begium. He has also authored various books including

·       Fire Dynamics for Firefighters  

·       Reading Fire 

·       Fighting Fire

·       3D Fire Fighting: Training, Techniques, and Tactics by Paul Grimwood, Ed Hartin, John McDonough and Shan Raffel

You can contact Shan at [email protected]

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Efrem lost his son James who was killed on his second tour of Afghanistan. In the immediate aftermath and to this day he still experiences the very worst imaginable emotions. 

Since James died Efrem has been diagnosed, treated for and am currently in remission for Prostate Cancer & during 2016 he was Recruit #11 in Channel 4’s SAS Who Dares Wins, filmed on location in the jungles of Ecuador. 

Not only was this a truly unique and incredible experience, it almost certainly saved his life.

Efrem founded a charity called Strongmen whose aim is to support men following bereavement. Grief can cause severe emotional and physical health conditions which are often overlooked and even ignored, especially in men.

Find out more about STRONGMEN charity HERE

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Steven Sadler is the UK's leading On-call expert. Steve has served in four Fire and Rescue Services (FRS) throughout England: Cornwall, Devon and Somerset, Staffordshire and Shropshire. He has used his research expertise working as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Keele University, alongside this fire service experience to develop research and data solutions and innovations intended to help FRSs improve the availability of On-call fire engines in England.

As a professional researcher he has supported numerous fire and rescue services, including:

•  Having developed the country's only research-led model of good practice for the availability of On-call fire engines at Keele University in collaboration with Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service
•  Supported production of FRSs HMICFRS Action Plans
• Supported the Irish Fire and Rescue Service's Retained Duty System Review
• Has recently been shortlisted for EFE Innovation of the Year for his work with Shropshire FRS sustaining their On-call success which was the most comprehensive on-call research project ever undertaken in England

Find out more about Steve & Re-enkindle HERE

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Gerard Mann is an experienced Leading Firefighter, Instructor & international conference speaker from  Fire Rescue Victoria in East Melbourne Australia.

You can contact Gerard through his Linkedin HERE

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On 22 May 2017, an Islamist extremist suicide bomber detonated a shrapnel-laden homemade bomb as people were leaving the Manchester Arena following a concert.

Twenty-three people were killed, including the attacker, and 1,017 were injured, many of them children. The incident was the deadliest terrorist attack and the first suicide bombing in the United Kingdom since the 7 July 2005 London bombings.

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Joining me today is returning guest Steve Dudeney as we talk about:

• Industrial action and strikes
• culture in the job
• the growing dander happening in fire safety
• firefighter pay
• and much more........

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Leanne is a UK firefighter who was featured on the BBC’s "We Are England"

We Are England, aired an episode called We Are Firefighters in2022 which showed a unique insight into the heart of the modern-day fire and rescue service.

Today i chat with Leanne about:

• teamwork
• community
• culture
• morale
• challenges and setbacks

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