Firefighter Podcast

Today I welcome State of Fire author Charles Vaught. Charles was a a crewmember on the Highlands 20, once described as an “elite 20-man hand crew” and today we discuss:

• life of a wildland firefighter
• toe-to-toe in battles with Nature
• Our honest flaws, egos, weaknesses, and baggage

To honor all wildland firefighters 10% of all book sales are being donated the Wildland Firefighter Foundation. You can learn more about Charles HERE

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Today I welcome back a good friend Matt who runs BOOP podcast. Matt is an operational firefighter and today we discuss:

• self discipline
• mental health
• suicide
• becoming an EFAD driver
• self doubt
• why we should not allow our schooling to stand in the way of our self education

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Incident Debriefs are crucial at the Firefighters Podcast as we believe that knowledge learned from operational activity should be shared with not just all fire and rescue services but the wider sector where appropriate.

This helps us to improve performance at incidents, cope with future changes in the operational environment, develop and innovate to provide the best service to the public and improve the safety of firefighters & other front line responders.

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Todays debrief is from an incident on the evening of 2nd November 2007 where four Warwickshire Fire & Rescue Service firefighters died carrying out their duties. They were fighting a fire which started on a single pallet inside an evacuated industrial building, in Atherstone-on-Stour.

The debrief aims to be objective, open minded and fair. The main focus is on the operational learning from the incident and the events surrounding it.

The events of that evening have had a profound effect on all involved, and it is the sincere hope of the firefighters podcast that this debrief assists in making firefighters and the communities they serve safer. Four firefighters were tragically taken away from their loved ones and colleagues that evening.

We hope you take some learnings away from this incident.

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Dave Widdup is career firefighter having joined the  UK Fire & recue service in 1992. Over his 30 years of service Dave has become a highly respected & knowledgeable operator with the areas of Urban Search & rescue, International search and rescue & has also become a heavily sought out for his skills as an instructor, his abilities and emotional intelligence as a mentor & his commitment & dedication as a colleague and friend to many more.

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Incident Debriefs are crucial at the Firefighters Podcast as we believe that knowledge learned from operational activity should be shared with not just all fire and rescue services but the wider sector where appropriate.

This helps us to improve performance at incidents, cope with future changes in the operational environment, develop and innovate to provide the best service to the public and improve the safety of firefighters & other front line responders.

Todays debrief is a short look at an incident attended by members South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service in February 2008 where two firefighters unfortunately suffered serious burns requiring skin grafts had long term life effects.

We hope you take some learnings away from this incident.

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Mark took over the role of the Chair of the NFCC from Roy Wilsher in April 2021.

Mark began his fire service career 30 years ago in Essex and served across many fire stations and in many roles. He was appointed as the Deputy Chief Fire Officer in Suffolk in 2010 and then Chief Fire Officer and County Council Director in 2013. Alongside his Chief Fire Officer role he held Director responsibilities in the Council for Highways, Passenger Transport, Emergency Planning, Trading Standards, Community Safety, Equality and Inclusion and Health & Safety.

Mark was in attendance at this years Women in the Fire Service UK National Training and Development Event.

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The Podcast spent the weekend learning, developing and being inspired whilst supporting this years Women in the Fire Service UK National Training and Development Event.

Listen in on the first evenings speakers as six female chief fire officers past and present answered questions and shared experiences on stage

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The Podcast spent the weekend learning, developing and being inspired whilst supporting this years Women in the Fire Service UK National Training and Development Event.

Over the coming week we will be dropping some of the great chats we had with some of the attendees, instructors, facilitators and chief fire officers past, present and future.

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Incident Debriefs are new to the Podcast but we believe that knowledge learned from operational activity should be shared with not just all fire and rescue services but the wider sector where appropriate.

This helps us to improve performance at incidents, cope with future changes in the operational environment, develop and innovate to provide the best service to the public and improve the safety of firefighters & other front line responders.

Our first debrief is a short look at an incident attended by members of Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service on may 13th 2016 known as the Flower Factory where they dealt with a large fire and crews experienced several large "near miss" explosions.

We hope you take some learnings away from this incident.

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A quick whistle stop tour as we caught up with some of the organisers, service reps and competitors at the First ever Welsh Firefighter Challenge

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