Firefighter Podcast

Banter & catch up with some members of the UK Pink Firefighter team. Supporting & raising awareness about Breast Cancer.

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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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Jacqui Wilmshurst PhD CPsychol is a Senior Consultant & Psychologist working in Psychological Health & Safety, Wellbeing, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging.

Find out more or connect with Jacqui via her LinkedIn HERE

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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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Mark Pearce runs Fitness For the Frontline with 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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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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From a background in high level rugby James Bull turned to  fighting fires and saving lives where over time he feels like he has lost himself as his previously confident, happy self as his mental health deteriorated in part due to the people around him and working conditions.

As a Station Commander James says he knows that if he wants to raise awareness about the mental health challenges that come from working in the fire service, he has to be able to talk about his own experiences. But this, he says, is not something that comes naturally to him.  One of James's methods for managing his mental health is his passion for long distance running with one of his most recent and biggest challenges in an altogether different inferno; running 250km in six days through the searing heat of the Sahara desert, to confront a 20 year battle with PTSD.

Things mentioned in the podcast can be found with the links below:
James supporting The Firefighters Charity
Documentary created alongside James's Marathon Des Sables
Locate nearby help with HUB OF HOPE

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Paul served for nearly 18 years in the British Army as a reconnaissance soldier, completing several frontline tours in Afghanistan and Iraq. He was blown up by RPGs (Rocket-Propelled Grenades) and with an IED (Improvised Explosive Device), experiencing hundreds of firefights and seeing comrades, friends, blown up on numerous occasions.

Starting on the 1st of March 2022, to help fund The HEAD UP charity Paul ran the coastlines of England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Wight, and the Isle of Man

Find out more about the HEAD UP charity.

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Andy is a Strength & Conditioning Coach:

• Bsc(Hons) S&C
• PGdip Physiology 
• & UK Firefighter

Andy works with predominantly with Professional athletes and you can find him on Instagram HERE

You can find useful content about human performance from Andy HERE

NOTE: FOR CONTEXT THIS WAS RECORDED BACK IN AUGUST 2022

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A quick round up of some of the award winner's, partner's & organisers from the Fire & Emergency awards 2022.

The Excellence in Fire and Emergency Awards recognise and celebrate the achievements of the fire and emergency services. Chief Fire Officers, their teams, industry supporters, suppliers and front-line firefighters come together to celebrate the work of brigades, teams and individuals who have really made a difference.

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Dr Christian Morgner is a Senior Lecturer in Cultural and Creative Industries at the University of Sheffield.

He was the lead on a study Understanding ethnicity and residential fires from the perspective of cultural values and practices.

The Grenfell Tower and Lakanal House fires in London in 2017 and 2009 highlighted how these devasting events mainly affected people from ethnic minorities. While many studies have explored the role of socio-demographic variables in residential fires, ethnicity or race have received only marginal research attention. To redress this imbalance, this paper specifically addresses rate and severity of residential fires in relation to ethnicity. To that end, the study conceptualises ethnicity in a novel way—not as an individual variable but from a community perspective, focusing on cultural norms and practices and how these relate to residential fire incidents.

Learn more about this study by clicking HERE

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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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Andrew Ledgerton-Lynch is the Managing Editor for FIRE MAGAZINE

Every year FIRE magazine publisher, Fire Knowledge host the Excellence in Fire & Emergency Awards 2022. his year it will be held in London on December 9th.

In todays episode we speak about:

• Nominees for the awards
• Innovation in the sector during 2023
• Decontamination and how far we have come
• Pay disputes
• Strike action
• Culturals reviews and what it means for UKFRS
• Professional development & "Practice to Progress"
• and a whole host of other things.....

Its always great to recognise fire and emergency services workers and the awards offers chief officers and their teams the opportunity to unite with suppliers, organisations and industry supporters to recognise and applaud such achievements. 

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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.
Designed by Firefighters for Firefighters
Join our Facebook group HERE
Try the program for FREE HERE 

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