Carla Morrison is a serving firefighter from Canada who during a routine Health screening discovered she has dramatically reduced hearing on one side. This discovery lead to further testing which showed a large brain tumour which threatened her career, her home life and possibly her life.

Also on the podcast today is Bradley Dicks also from Canada & Kyle Keighery a serving firefighter from Australia

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Bronte Jones is a UK firefighter, weightlifter & contender on UK's GLADIATORS where she made it the finals. Gladiators is a sports entertainment TV show & one of the most defining game shows of the 90's in the UK, as well as across the globe. Athletic members of the public battle as Contenders against the shows very own mighty Gladiators to earn points in an array of events that tests their speed, strength, stamina and skill.

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Sleep is one of the most important aspects of our life, health and longevity and yet it is increasingly neglected in 21st century society, with devastating consequences: every major disease in the developed world - Alzheimer's, cancer, obesity, diabetes - has very strong causal links to deficient sleep.

Based on the Journal of Global Health, first responders are as much as three times more likely to suffer from insomnia than non-shift workers & a Recent UClan document stating 61% of firefighters have sleep problems.

My guest today is Dan Evison a Father of 3, a Firefighter (Watch Manager) of 22 years & now (since 2021) an adult sleep coach & consultant.

Contact Dave at [email protected]
Deeper dive & Help available at his website HERE
Read/Audio book "Why We Sleep by Mathew Walker" HERE
Cleveland Clinic study HERE
Mental health of UK firefighters | Scientific Reports (nature.com)
Common Sleep Disorders Increase Risk of Motor Vehicle Crashes and Adverse Health Outcomes in Firefighters | Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine (aasm.org)
Association between sleep quality and type of shift work in Korean firefighters - PMC (nih.gov)
Implementing a Sleep Health Education and Sleep Disorders Screening Program in Fire Departments - PMC (nih.gov)

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My Guest today is Eduardo Martins from the Brazilian Fire Service. In 2024 The Podcast's very own Pete & Sarah competed in the SAUDI ARAMCO CHALLENGE Toughest Firefighter Alive as athletes for the UK team. Over the course of the competition we caught up with a few of the 317 athletes from over 29 countries where we caught up with Eduardo & Others.

connect with Martins HERE

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My Guest today is Jared Johnson 9 x Firefighter Challenge World Champion. In 2024 The Podcast's very own Pete & Sarah competed in the SAUDI ARAMCO CHALLENGE Toughest Firefighter Alive as athletes for the UK team. Over the course of the competition we caught up with a few of the 317 athletes from over 29 countries where we caught up with Jared & Others.

You can find more advice and coaching from Jared HERE

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Dan Stephens Is a highly experienced and operationally competent Chief Fire Officer/Chief Executive Officer. Currently serving as Chief Fire and Rescue Advisor and Inspector to Welsh Government Prior to which he was Chief Officer/Chief Executive Officer of the Melbourne Metropolitan Fire Brigade having previously served for 7 years as the Chief Fire Officer of Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service.

Dan led Merseyside through 7 years of the most significant challenges in the history of the organisation maintaining excellent levels of performance throughout.  With extensive operational leadership experience around critical incident decision making Dan has been the Fire and Rescue Service Incident Commander at a number of major incidents.

Dan was the Chair of the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) Operations Coordination Committee, the strategic lead officer for National Resilience and capability lead officer for Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) and the UK International Search and Rescue Team (UK ISAR). He was awarded the Queens Fire Service Medal (QFSM) in the Queens New Year’s Honours List 2015 for service to the Fire and Rescue Service.

Prior to joining the FRS he was a soldier in the Third Battalion, The Parachute Regiment from which he was discharged with an Exemplary Service Record.

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In 2024 The Podcast's very own Pete & Sarah competed in the SAUDI ARAMCO CHALLENGE Toughest Firefighter Alive as athletes for the UK team. Over the course of the competition we caught up with a few of the 317 athletes from over 29 countries.

Today we are speaking with Team UK & British Firefighter Challenge organisers John Gregory & Mickey Joseph.

you can find info on UK firefighter challenge event below:
The British Firefighter Challenge
The Cheshire Fire Challenge
The Welsh Firefighter Challenge

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In 2024 The Podcast's very own Pete & Sarah competed in the SAUDI ARAMCO CHALLENGE Toughest Firefighter Alive as athletes for the UK team. Over the course of the competition we caught up with a few of the 317 athletes from over 29 countries.

Today we are speaking with Team Canada's Carla Morrison, Bradley Dicks, Brad Shearing & David Murray.

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In 2024 The Podcast's very own Pete & Sarah competed in the SAUDI ARAMCO CHALLENGE Toughest Firefighter Alive as athletes for the UK team. Over the course of the competition we caught up with a few of the 317 athletes from over 29 countries.

Today we are speaking with Team USA's Ana Ruzevic & Sarah McGill & Andrew Cook.
Ana & Sarah took silver and Gold in the overall Female category.

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Your job takes priority most of the time, which often puts you bottom of the list. Well, that’s in the past. It’s time to start serving number one – YOU. Because, ultimately you need to be at your best all year round, you’re needed to serve and protect. You can only get so far on your own – stop trying to wing it.

Grace Cowan AKA The Shift Workers’ Coach has been where you are right now serving as a police officer she was passionate about the job but completely lost on how to get her fitness where she needed it to be. It took her years of training, frustration, overwhelm and nearly hitting rock bottom to get here. Now she helps other first responders and shift workers do the same but without the guess work and years of wasted time.

You can get help, resources and guidance from Grace and her team HERE
You can follow Grace and benefit from all her free tips and training approaches on her socials HERE

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