Pocket Tools Training Podcast

In this episode we Interview Retired Guilford College Fire Department, and Past President of the NC State Firefighters Association,  Fire Chief Bob Wilson

This is a rebroadcast of the SERT podcast as we approach hurricane season. This  episode discussed the various aspects of SERT deployment from requesting resources to deployment.

In this podcast we interview graduates of the spring 2022 Breathing Equipment School.

This brief podcast covers some updates to the how we manage NFA classes in NC.

In this podcast we discuss initial response to search incidents. We are joined by responders from Alabama, Tennessee, and North Carolina. 

Jeff Randall resides in Alabama and is involved in Search and Rescue with Randalls Adventure and Training Search and Rescue (RAT SAR) responding to incidents across Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina. https://ratsar.org/

Jeff Wadley resides in Tennessee and is a member of the Backcountry Unit Search and Rescue (BUSAR) which is based in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Jeff actively teaches lost person behavior courses throughout the region. https://teambusar.org/

Mike Street resides in Haywood County, NC and is a member of Haywood SAR and a Paramedic with Haywood Country EMS. https://www.facebook.com/HaywoodSAR

David Walker resides in Haywood County, NC and is a member of Center Pigeon Fire Department and Haywood County SAR.

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Deputy Director Brian Wade joins us on this episode to discuss the 2022 Supplemental and COVID-19 Relief Fund Grants. Please see the link below for more information on these funding opportunities.

https://www.ncosfm.gov/fire-rescue/fire-rescue-grants-and-relief-funds/fema-grants-and-other-grant-opportunities

We also bid farewell to Michael Caviness as he departs from OSFM to a new role with Rowan Cabarrus Community College.

Monna Gillespie comes joins us on the show to talk about the changes that have occurred with the upgrade to ImageTrend's new platform called Elite.

Brian Taylor joins us today to talk about the new Volunteer Skills Based Training program that was released by OSFM in late December. He answers questions that we have received about the program.

This week's episode was again onsite at the NC NFA Weekend in Emmittsburg, MD. While there, we found one of our former high school fire academy recruits in the crowd and asked him to sit down and discuss the High School Fire Academy Program and his experiences. We finish the episode by talking about volunteerism and the difficulties of recruiting at a volunteer fire department.