FIREFIGHTER SUCCESS PODCAST

By Jim Moss

What's FIREFIGHTER SUCCESS PODCAST about?

When lives depend on us, success is our only option. Learn from successful firefighters and fire service leaders on how to achieve excellence, continuously improve, and leave a lasting impact and legacy in the fire service. Learn more about the Firefighter Success book at FirefighterSuccessBook.com.

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FIREFIGHTER SUCCESS PODCAST episodes:

04.08.2023
David Hesselmeyer - 073
David Hesselmeyer started in the emergency services in 1997. He holds certifications such as North Carolina Firefighter Level II, Advanced Firefighter, Rescue Technician, Hazardous Materials Level I Responder, EMT-Paramedic, Executive Emergency Management Coordinator, and Certified Emergency Manager.Currently David volunteers with...
02.19.2023
Jared Vermeulen - 072
Jared Vermuelen is a captain with Boca Raton Fire Rescue in Florida where he has served for over 15 years. He is a first generation firefighter that entered the fire service in 2007 after working as a paramedic for a...
01.15.2023
Arjuna George - 071
Arjuna George is the author of “Burnt Around The Edges, A guide to Mastering Stress and Surviving Burnout.” He retired in 2021 as the Fire Chief for Salt Spring Island Fire Rescue after 24 years of service.Chief George is a...
12.11.2022
Ryan Rodriquez - 070
Ryan Rodriquez is a firefighter/paramedic who has been on the job for 16 years. He is the founder of IGNITEd, a company where he provides public strength training and nutrition coaching services as well as private leadership and teamwork...
11.19.2022
Jesse Quinalty - 069
Jesse Quinalty is a Master Instructor and the owner of Red Helmet Training in Southern California which houses four classrooms and a command training center. He specializes in Company Officer Training as well as table top and digital fire simulations....
11.06.2022
Curt Isakson - 068
Chief Curt Isakson is a 30-plus year veteran of the fire service, with experience working in volunteer, career, and combination departments in urban, suburban, rural, and countywide settings.He is currently a battalion chief for Escambia County Fire Rescue in Florida...
10.23.2022
John Cuomo - 067
John Cuomo is a firefighter and paramedic, author and owner of Wild Bull Media, Inc. With over 20 years as a firefighter, John is passionate about the fire and police communities and the service they provide to our country. In...
10.09.2022
Josh Wells - 066
Josh Wells is an Arizona native who has been a firefighter for nearly two decades. He currently serves as a captain for the Sedona Fire District.In 2010, Josh took his first promotional test for captain and failed miserably. He was...
04.17.2022
Doug Mitchell - 065
Doug Mitchell is a captain in the New York City Fire Department with 30 years of fire experience, the last 23 being with the FDNY. He is a principal member of the NFPA 1400 committee and co-authored Fire Engineering’s “25...
04.10.2022
Prepared to Fight Fire - Julian Serrano - 064
Julian Serrano is a firefighter with Palm Beach County Fire Rescue in Florida. He is passionate about mentorship, leadership, training and firefighter fitness. Early in his career, he decided to take ownership of his fitness, losing nearly 100 pounds. Since...
03.20.2022
Dan McBride - 063
Dan McBride is a firefighter in Chelan County, Washington. He started out as a volunteer firefighter, following in his dad’s footsteps, who is a 39-year fire service veteran and deputy chief. Dan shifted gears and went into law enforcement, serving...
03.13.2022
Eddie Buchanan - 062
Eddie Buchanan began his fire service career in 1982 and is currently the Chief of Administration for Hanover Fire-EMS in Richmond, Virginia. He is a past president of the International Society of Fire Service Instructors and was the George D....
03.06.2022
Mike Matros - 061
Mike Matros is a career firefighter paramedic of 16 years and is currently with the Sudbury Fire Department in Massachusetts. Mike is also the founder and executive director of the Hero's Cup Foundation, a non-profit organization focused on the health...
02.27.2022
Paul Hasenmeier - 060
Paul Hasenmeier is a 22-year fire service veteran and the fire chief of the Sunset Beach Fire Department in North Carolina. He is a graduate of the National Fire Academy’s Executive Fire Officer Program. He also possesses a bachelor’s...
02.20.2022
Scott Geiselhart - 059
Scott Geiselhart is a 24-year retired assistant chief from the Frazee Fire Department of Minnesota. He is a PTSD, addiction, and suicide-attempt survivor. Scott escaped a near-death experience on his road to discovery and recovery from his post-traumatic stress disorder....
02.13.2022
Nick Papa - 058
Nicholas Papa is a lieutenant with the New Britain Fire Department in Connecticut, where he has served for more than 14 years. A second-generation firefighter, he entered the fire service in 2003, volunteering for a neighboring suburb until his appointment...
02.06.2022
Nick Higgins - 057
Nicholas J. Higgins is a firefighter and district training officer for Piscataway Fire District #2 in Piscataway, New Jersey. He is a New Jersey State Level 2 Fire Instructor, a National Fallen Firefighters Foundation state advocate, and a member of...
01.30.2022
Ryan Johnston - 056
Ryan Johnston is a 30-year student of the fire service, with the last 24 years as a career firefighter. Ryan is also a rescue technician at the Waterville Fire Department in Maine. He is also a lieutenant in his hometown...
01.23.2022
Nick Joiner & Murphy Arsenaux (Firehouse Mentor) - 055
Murphy Arsenaux is a retired captain and 37-year veteran of the fire service. He started his career at the New Orleans Fire Department and finished it at St. George Fire Department in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Check out episode 054...
01.16.2022
Murphy Arsenaux - 054
Murphy Arsenaux is a 37-year veteran of the fire service. He is the author of A Company of Leaders, Leading At Every Level and Co-author of Firehouse Mentor. He entered the New Orleans Fire Department in 1984 and rose to...
01.09.2022
Jared Van Ek - 053
Jared Van Ek is a lieutenant with the Spartanburg City Fire Department in South Carolina - an ISO Class 1 and Internationally Accredited Fire Department. He is a 31-year fire service veteran – serving 24 years as a volunteer...
12.26.2021
Stephen Shaw - 052
Stephen Shaw is a 26-year veteran of the fire rescue service. He is the Assistant Chief for Training & EMS for Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue. Chief Shaw is an accredited Chief Fire Officer and the chair of the EMS Subcommittee...
12.19.2021
Steve Pegram - 051
Steve Pegram is a 35-year firefighter who has served in every rank from firefighter to Chief in both the volunteer and career fire services. Chief Pegram has been Fire Chief of Goshen Township Fire and EMS since 2009, and is...
12.12.2021
Dan Shaw - 050
Dan Shaw is a Deputy Fire Chief for the Fairfax County Fire & Rescue Department in Northern Virginia and 29-year veteran of the fire service. He is a national fire educator who has instructed at FDIC since 2009.Chief Shaw is...
12.05.2021
Brian Olson - 049
Brian Olson is a 13-year veteran of the Eagle Fire Department in Eagle, Idaho. He is a founding member of the Firefighter Rescue Survey, a Brothers in Battle Instructor, and a Georgia Smoke Diver. He is also a dedicated husband,...
11.28.2021
Dennis Reilly - 048
Dennis Reilly is a forty-eight-year fire service veteran currently serving as the Fire Chief in Pittsburg, Kansas. Prior to his current position, he was the Fire Chief in Sunrise Beach, Missouri, an Assistant Chief in North Carolina & California and...
11.21.2021
Chris Hickman - 047
Chris Hickman has served for nearly 27 years in the emergency services. Chris currently serves as a Captain/Paramedic for Ocala Fire Rescue in Florida.During his career, Chris has remained active as a mentor, coach, and advocate for the community’s youth....
11.14.2021
Eric Dreiman - 046
Chief Eric Dreiman has been a firefighter since 1990. He has served in every rank from firefighter up to division chief. He is currently the Chief of Training at the Indianapolis Fire Department. He serves on several state and local...
11.07.2021
Julian Serrano - 045
Julian Serrano is a firefighter with Palm Beach County Fire Rescue in Florida. He is passionate about mentorship, leadership, training and firefighter fitness.Early in his career, he decided to take ownership of his fitness, losing nearly 100 pounds. Since then,...
10.31.2021
Tilden Billiter - 044
Tilden Billiter is a 24-year fire service veteran and the assistant chief at the Sacramento Fire Department in California. He also serves as the director of training, overseeing all in-service training, recruit and lateral training academies, college fire academy, health...
10.17.2021
P.J. Norwood - 043
P.J. Norwood is the Director of Training at the Connecticut Fire Academy. He is a retired deputy chief from the East Haven Fire Department in Connecticut and has served four years with the Connecticut Army National Guard.Chief Norwood is a...
10.10.2021
Jim Moss (Fire & Iron Podcast Interview) - 042
Listen to Jim Moss' interview from the "Fire & Iron Podcast," where Matt, Ryan and Jim discuss the Firefighter Success book, personal leadership, living intentionally, and much more. Make sure to subscribe to the Fire and Iron Podcast and listen...
10.03.2021
Ben Martin (Part 2) - 041
Benjamin Martin currently serves as a captain with a large metro fire department in Virginia. He provides leadership training workshops and keynotes internationally and throughout the United States. Ben blends over 18 years of public safety experience with his ongoing...
09.26.2021
Ben Martin (Part 1) - 040
Benjamin Martin currently serves as a captain with a large metro fire department in Virginia. He provides leadership training workshops and keynotes internationally and throughout the United States. Ben blends over 18 years of public safety experience with his ongoing...
09.19.2021
Ali Rothrock - 039
Ali Rothrock has been a firefighter and emergency medical technician in the volunteer fire service since 2005. She has delivered more than 500 presentations nationwide and she is the Founder and Lead Instructor for 'On the Job and Off,' an...
09.05.2021
Mike Dugan - 038
Mike Dugan is a 27-year veteran of the FDNY and served as the captain of Ladder Company 123 in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. As a lieutenant, he served in Ladder Company 42 in the South Bronx. While assigned as a firefighter...
08.29.2021
Jason Sautel - 037
Jason Sautel entered the fire service at the age of 18 with CAL Fire in Riverside County. Shortly thereafter, he became an Alameda County Paramedic assigned to the city of Oakland and then joined the Oakland Fire Department. He spent...
08.22.2021
11 Steps To Creating a Culture of Firefighter Fitness (Dan Kerrigan) - 036
Based on their popular FDIC class, Jim Moss and Dan Kerrigan give firefighters and fire departments 11 steps to creating a culture of firefighter fitness and wellness. TOPICS DISCUSSED:Fire department culture changePersonal accountabilityPositive peer pressureMedical and fitness evaluationsPhysical agility assessmentsFire...
07.25.2021
Mike Gagliano - 035
Mike Gagliano has over thirty years of fire/crash/rescue experience with the Seattle Fire Department and the United States Air Force. He retired as the Captain of Ladder 5 and remains a proud member of Fire Station 31.Captain Gagliano has written...
07.18.2021
Credibility - 034
"Credibility is the currency of the fire service."Host Jim Moss shares his thoughts on why credibility is an essential quality of successful firefighters and leaders. Jim shares why credibility is critical at every level, and how every firefighter can build...
07.11.2021
Jim Silvernail - 033
Jim Silvernail is the fire chief of the Kirkwood Fire Department of St. Louis County, Missouri, and a 25-year veteran of the fire service. He is also a graduate of the National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program and is...
07.04.2021
Brian Soller - 032
Brian Soller has been an active volunteer firefighter for the last 31 years. He currently serves as the assistant chief of the Rock Hill Fire Department and was their fire chief from 2018-2020. Soller also served as chief of...
06.27.2021
Kara Judd - 031
Kara Judd is a fire lieutenant in upstate New York. She is also the only female in her fire department and the first to hold a line officer position. Additionally, she is a firefighter/EMT for Clark Burn Center at Upstate...
06.20.2021
Jeremy Sanders - 030
Jeremy Sanders has served for 19 years on a suburban career fire department in central Oklahoma where he currently holds the rank of Captain. In 2020 he created Crew 1st Culture and the Crew 1st Culture Podcast in which he...
06.13.2021
Craig Stalowy - 029
Craig Stalowy started his fire service career in the Chicago area in 2004 before eventually moving to Colorado in 2009. He worked for the City of Colorado Springs for 6 years and is currently a Firefighter/Paramedic on a truck company...
06.06.2021
James Geering - 028
James Geering was born and bred in Bath, England. After moving to the United States in 2002, he began his journey in the fire service, ultimately serving for fourteen years as a firefighter/paramedic on both the East and West Coasts....
05.30.2021
Robby Owens - 027
Robert C. Owens Sr. is a captain and EMT intermediate with the Henrico County, Virginia Division of Fire. He began his fire service career with the Mechanicsville Volunteer Fire Department and previously served as a career firefighter in Stafford County,...
05.23.2021
Josh Chase - 026
Josh Chase is a lieutenant with Norfolk Fire Rescue in Virginia, and is a 15-year veteran of the fire service. He has a passion for leadership and strengthening firefighters to lead at the informal level. Josh is the author of...
05.16.2021
101 Rules For Firefighter Success - 025
101 Rules For Firefighter Success is the Special Report download, available for free at FirefighterSuccessBook.com. It provides readers with a taste of what is inside the pages of the #1 bestselling book: Firefighter Success: 20 C's to Firefighter Excellence.Download the...
05.09.2021
John Dixon - 024
John Dixon is currently serving as the Chief of Training and Safety in the Teaneck Fire Department in New Jersey and has over 23 years in the fire service. He has earned his Fire Officer (FO) credentials from the Center...

What's FIREFIGHTER SUCCESS PODCAST about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

FIREFIGHTER SUCCESS PODCAST episodes:

David Hesselmeyer - 073

Jared Vermeulen - 072

Arjuna George - 071

Ryan Rodriquez - 070

Jesse Quinalty - 069

Curt Isakson - 068

John Cuomo - 067

Josh Wells - 066

Doug Mitchell - 065

Prepared to Fight Fire - Julian Serrano - 064

Dan McBride - 063

Eddie Buchanan - 062

Mike Matros - 061

Paul Hasenmeier - 060

Scott Geiselhart - 059

Nick Papa - 058

Nick Higgins - 057

Ryan Johnston - 056

Nick Joiner & Murphy Arsenaux (Firehouse Mentor) - 055

Murphy Arsenaux - 054

Jared Van Ek - 053

Stephen Shaw - 052

Steve Pegram - 051

Dan Shaw - 050

Brian Olson - 049

Dennis Reilly - 048

Chris Hickman - 047

Eric Dreiman - 046

Julian Serrano - 045

Tilden Billiter - 044

P.J. Norwood - 043

Jim Moss (Fire & Iron Podcast Interview) - 042

Ben Martin (Part 2) - 041

Ben Martin (Part 1) - 040

Ali Rothrock - 039

Mike Dugan - 038

Jason Sautel - 037

11 Steps To Creating a Culture of Firefighter Fitness (Dan Kerrigan) - 036

Mike Gagliano - 035

Credibility - 034

Jim Silvernail - 033

Brian Soller - 032

Kara Judd - 031

Jeremy Sanders - 030

Craig Stalowy - 029

James Geering - 028

Robby Owens - 027

Josh Chase - 026

101 Rules For Firefighter Success - 025

John Dixon - 024

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