In this podcast with Chief Eric Saylors, a consummate pracedemic, we explore and go deep on a handful of topics, namely: succession planning, quantifying fire department return on investment, communicating with City Hall, the importance of telling a story, and, of course, IMCIs (intentional mass casualty incidents). I can promise you that you will learn something from Chief Saylors...and that you'll enjoy this episode.We mention a couple of articles and his master's thesis in the podcast, and here are the links to each of them.

Bio:Eric Saylors is a Fire Chief with has 29 years of experience in the fire service and a Doctorate in Leadership from USC. He currently serves the El Cerrito/Kensington Fire Department after serving the Sacramento City Fire Department for 25 years. During his career he’s held the rank of paramedic firefighter, engineer, captain, battalion chief, assistant chief, and fire chief. He’s worked on an ambulance, fire engine, ladder truck, type 1 hazmat team, and heavy rescue unit. He has experience in high-rise, large commercial, Urban interface, basement, and balloon construction fires. Before promoting to the executive staff, he served as BC1, the battalion chief in downtown Sacramento.In addition to the doctorate, he has two associate degrees, a bachelor's in finance, a master's in Security Studies from the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS).He teaches Command and Control of Major Incidents and Chief’s General Administration classes for the California State Fire marshal and is an instructor for Elite Command Training. He also regularly consults with fire departments in active shooter events, succession planning, leadership, and post fire analysis. He has published over twenty articles on homeland security and fire service topics.

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We sit down with our great friend OJ. We discuss multiple topics, but mainly hang around and chat about ladders. If you want to know more about ladders and ladder operations, stick around!

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We sit down with Sean Duffy and Nick Peppard to do a Crossover Show. We all come up with questions and present them to the group. It was a great discussion and even better time.

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We sit down with Chief Corley Moore to discuss the Book of Search, The Weekly Scrap, Family, and much more.

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We sit down with one of the best out there. Codys passion is second to none and he loves the job!

We sit down and discuss his fire service history, family, Brothers In Battle, Firemanship, and much more!

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We sit down with Ben Shultz and guest host Brian Brush. They talk back and forth on their personal and professional relationship as well as talk about training and much more.

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We've been sitting on this episode for a little bit, but we were finally able to get around to release it.

Greg is an excellent human being. Working for a very urban fire department that sees its fair share of work.

Greg also gets around and you can see him attending your local fire conference. We hope you enjoy the show and thank you to Vanguard Safety Wear for the sponsorship as always!

Justin Hanley is an Engineer with the Parker County ESD. He travels the world and competes in technical rescue competitions. He's also one of the fine fellas that run our FireNuggets Texas affiliate. Sit down and enjoy the show!

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We sit down with Scott Hewlett of Multiple Calls Podcast. We chat about multiple things such as his podcast, training mental health, and much more. We hope you enjoy the show!

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We sit down with some good dudes! Jesse & Micah Horton from Hortons & Hunt as well as the Undisclosed Agents Podcast.

We pick their brains on their passion, drive, training, and the podcast. We hope you enjoy!

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