FIREFIGHTER SUCCESS PODCAST

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 FDIC classroom, workshop, and HOT Instructor, a Fire Engineering Advisory Panel Member, a Fire Engineering book and video author of “The Evolving Fireground - Researched Based Tactics” and the “Tactical Perspectives” DVD Series.  P.J. is a Contributing author to “Pass It On II & III.” 

He also serves on the UL-FSRI Technical Panel for the Study of Residential Attic Fire Mitigation Tactics and Exterior Fire Spread Hazards on Fire Fighter Safety. P.J. is a Public Safety Education Group advisory member for UL-FSRI. He has lectured across the United States and internationally. He is certified to the Fire Instructor II, Fire Officer III, Fire Marshal and paramedic levels.

Learn more at: StopBelievingStartKnowing.com 

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 often.

Learn more at FirefighterSuccessBook.com. 

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 Ph.D. study of human behavior and motivation to provide an entertaining and unfiltered view on a variety of leadership topics such as communication, command and control strategies, conflict management, and emotional intelligence. 

Ben is the founder of the popular website and leadership movement EmbraceTheResistance.com, which features leadership training for existing and aspiring leaders. In addition to his leadership blogs, he is a contributing author to several leadership books and has published articles in Fire Engineering, FireRescue, Fire Department Training Network (FDTN), International Society of Fire Service Instructors (ISFSI), FirefighterToolbox, and FirefighterWife.

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 22 years on the frontline as a first responder followed by an additional five years of teaching at a private training center. 

He now spends his days writing, speaking at events nationally, and podcasting. His first book, The Rescuer: One Firefighter’s Story Of Courage, Darkness, And The Relentless Love That Saved Him, has hit the shelves internationally and is receiving amazing reviews from readers worldwide.

You can learn more about him at Rescuerbook.com, JasonSautel.com and on Facebook.

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 change
• Personal accountability
• Positive peer pressure
• Medical and fitness evaluations
• Physical agility assessments
• Fire department fitness committees
• Functional fitness equipment
• Fitness training/education
• Firehouse gyms
• Fitness/wellness policies
• Incentivization

Get their bestselling book Firefighter Functional Fitness and host their interactive fitness workshops: FirefighterFunctionalFitness.com

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 numerous fire service articles, and is co-author of the bestselling books: Air Management for the Fire Service and the Challenges of the Firefighter Marriage.

He is a member of the Fire Engineering/FDIC Advisory Board, Firefighter Air Coalition board member, on the advisory board of the UL-Firefighter Safety and Research Institute and teaches across the country on air management, fireground tactics, leadership and company officer development. 

Mike co-hosts the popular Fire Engineering radio webcast “The Mikey G and Mikey D Show” and partners with his wife Anne (Firelife.com) to teach strategies for developing and maintaining a strong marriage and family. 

"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 credibility through trust, respect, and example.

Jim reads Chapter 12 - Credibility from the Firefighter Success book, and offers some closing thoughts on credibility for the promotional process, as well as how mistakes affect credibility.

Learn more at FirefighterSuccessBook.com.