Firefighter Podcast

A former special forces soldier now  turned international leadership consultant Martin is a coach, trainer and speaker specialising in teamwork, leadership, personal development & peak performance. Now a published author of his book From Mercenaries To Missionaries it was a pleasure to welcome Martin to the podcast.

Links to things discussed :

• Martin's Book From Mercenaries To Missionaries
• The Daily Stoic Ryan Holiday
• Simon Sinek & his book Start with WHY
• Joseph Campbell & his book The hero with a thousand faces

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Find out more about UK Firefighter Challenge competitions by visiting any of the below

Cheshire Firefighter Challenge
Welsh Firefighter Challenge
British Firefighter Challenge

See action from the 2021 BFC event HERE

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We catch up with UK ISAR as they travelled to KOSOVO for their HEAVY TEAM training exercise.

Listen in as i speak with various members of the team & discuss:

• Communications
• Resilience both mental and physical
• Managing fatigue and welfare
• Leadership in its various approaches
• AR1 & 2 assessments
• Shoring
• Logistics & equipment management 
• Various levels of rope working
• Mentoring & Developing others

The primary function of UKISAR is to respond on behalf of HM Government to overseas emergencies, usually involving search and rescue from collapsed structures. Its volunteer members are on call 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

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In this two-part episode i speak with Martin Bromiley about the tragic case of his then wife Elaine who In 2007, died due to a medical error. The Bromiley case will be familiar to many of of our NHS colleagues but the lessons from this case can teach us stark lessons about our own leadership and teamwork.

In this follow-up part two we will go deeper into the Human factors science of Martin's story and how we can take lessons in designing for safety, learning from success and failure, communication with team members, having a plan & taking control.

Martin is an airline pilot with an interest in human factors and formed the Clinical Human Factors Group in 2007.

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In this two-part episode i speak with Martin Bromiley about the tragic case of his then wife Elaine who In 2007, died due to a medical error. The Bromiley case will be familiar to many of of our NHS colleagues but the lessons from this case can teach us stark lessons about our own leadership and teamwork.

In part one we learn of the unfortunate series of events of Elaine's passing and how Martin navigated this period of life with how two young children.

Martin is an airline pilot with an interest in human factors and formed the Clinical Human Factors Group in 2007. In the follow-up part two we will go deeper into the Human factors science of this and take lessons in designing for safety, learning from success and failure, communication with team members, having a plan & taking control.
 
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Seb Walker is an experienced employment laywer who has defended people in the public and private sector throughout his career and still does so currently. In today's episode we talk through some of the "need to know's" for anyone entering into that dreaded meeting. We hope you never need to utilize the majority of the information shared today.......but just incase better to be prepared.

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Over the last several years Paul (a firefighter based in Colorado Springs USA) has had the opportunity to work with Tesla to gain an understanding of EV's for proper extrication when dealing with high voltage cables and lithium batteries.

With his experience he currently works with the NFPA and UL as their SME for EV extrication, EV Fires and stored energy fires.

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In today's episode we speak with Chris about his experience when he was part of a team of firefighters seconded into an intensive care unit during the pandemic to support the work of our brothers and sisters in the NHS

Chris is a Firefighter, Business owner & friend of the podcast with a wide range of experience from the world of the emergency services.

You can find out more about Chirs and how he and his brother help people to live fitter healthier lives by visiting their website HERE

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The start of the UK's firefighter challenge kicks off next week with the return of the Cheshire fire challenge in VIRTUAL FORM and the lineup is looking better than ever.

In today's episode, I speak with event organizers Mark & James as we get ready to see the times start rolling next week.

If you haven't yet registered then do so by jumping over to the website HERE

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Stephen Harris is an Experienced fire service Group Commander and joined the fire service in 1992.

He says the fire service made me, loved me, broke me and helped rebuild me. He has many years of leading, designing and delivering post incident traumatic stress interventions in the UKFRS and says he has loved every minute of it.

In this episode, we referenced author Daniel Pink & you can find some of his work on audible by clicking HERE

you can find out more about Steve by visiting their website HERE

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