Firefighter Podcast

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

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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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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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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
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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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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
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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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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
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Try the program for FREE HERE 

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 This Incident debrief comes from an RTC incident on the A1M on Saturday, June 16, 2007. Whilst dealing with this incident a member of UKFRS was fatally injured, a Leading Firefighter sustained head and leg injuries and a Highways Agency Traffic Officer also sustained a fractured leg.

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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
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Assistant Chief Fire Officer Karl Bowden is a  senior leader within the UK Fire & Rescue Service. From his wide ranging career both operationally and in moving through the ranks of different organisations Karl shares with us the experiences, incidents and environments that have shaped the way he approaches his role today.

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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
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The King's Cross fire on 18 November 1987 is still considered the worst fire in the history of the London Underground and began when a match was dropped on the escalators.

The fire claimed the lives of 31 people – including a senior ranked firefighter – and seriously injured many more.
 
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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 

Get notified of each Podcast episode as soon as they come out by clicking HERE

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Jamie is a serving police officer & Jess is an operational firefighter. They have 3 children and balance family, fitness and their roles on the front line.

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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 

Get notified of each Podcast episode as soon as they come out by clicking HERE

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Steve is a station commander in the aviation sector of firefighting at one of the busiest airports in the world. He is also from a whole family of firefighters serving for generations at their local on call station. Steve also owns DUTY CREW COFFEE which has been a favourite of the podcast for over a year before bringing them onboard as a partner to share high quality delicious coffee created by an environmentally responsible company 

Listen in as we unfold:

• Aviation firefighting
• Generational firefighting 
• the burden of trauma
• the effect of firefighting on family life
• the fear of pursuing your passions 
• scratching the entrepreneurial itch & much more...

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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 

Get notified of each Podcast episode as soon as they come out by clicking HERE

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Steve Dudeney joined the London Fire Brigade in 1987 and spent 31 years serving his community.

Starting on Blue Watch at Bethnal Green fire station in East London where they averaged around 4000 calls per year.

As his career progressed, he took promotion and spent time at both Plaistow and Bow Fire Stations, also in the East End serving in every rank from Firefighter to Temporary Assistant Divisional Officer as Station Commander.

He was promoted to Group Manager and worked in Training then at HQ in Special Operations during the 2012 London Olympics.

In 2013 he became a Borough Commander for the ‘Borough of fire’ Hackney & for the final eight months moved back to Tower Hamlets and ended up as Commander for the Borough he grew up.

He retired in July 2018 and now works as a fire and resilience consultant doing any number of things from fire safety to lecturing on the National Inter Agency Liaison Officers course at the Fire Service College.

Steve is the author of LONDON FIREFIGHTER published in 2022 which you can find 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.
Designed by Firefighters for Firefighters
Join our Facebook group HERE
Try the program for FREE HERE 

Get notified of each Podcast episode as soon as they come out by clicking HERE

Send us Fan Mail

Support the show

***The views expressed in this episode are those of the individual speakers. Our partners are not responsible for the content of this episode and does not warrant its accuracy or completeness.***

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