The RIT Nerds

On this episode Nathan sits down with Lionel Crowther of Winnipeg Fire. Lionel shares his journey through the fire service, his injury sustained at a double LODD fire and how he and his family tackle his ongoing recovery from this incident.

On this episode Nathan and Ron sit down with Brandon Cory to discuss the operations of the LODD he was involved with in March of 2020. Brandon explains his experience and some of the crews operations while removing Captian Benjamin Lauren who fell partially through the floor of a raised ranching subsequently died of his injuries. Thanks for listening and learning with us.

In this episode we are ending 2022 and kicking off 2023. We have lined up some great guests to come and speak about their experiences and looking forward to having some old friends on again. We do jump into a few topics in this episode, hoping to spark some thoughts of our listeners. As always we appreciate your support. If you or someone you know have an experience you'd like to be shared please reach out to us and we'll see what we can do about sharing your story. Enjoy and thanks for learning with us.

YouTube video of James' event.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5PYF8YY31M

The Nerds have a session with Tim Anderson of Anderson Rescue Solutions. Tim discusses some of his firefighter tools and products along with a January 6, 2018 LODD with the Philadelphia Fire Department at which Tim was a member of the rescue crew.

On this episode we have a very special guest, Lt. Josh Burchick of the Howard County, MD Department of Fire Rescue.

Lt. Burchick has been a member of the fire service since 2003, when he began volunteering and a career firefighter since 2005.

On this episode Lt. Burchick will take us inside the tragic events of July 23, 2018 where FF Nate Flynn was involved in a floor collapse and subsequently died of his injuries. Lt. Burchick was a member and leader of the Rapid Intervention Team which successfully deployed, located and removed FF Flynn

We dive into a number of different topics and down a few rabbit holes. You will want to listen to the very end. Thanks for listening and enjoy…

How many hands on the down FF?

Jeff Alter interview Part B

Interview with Jeff Alter, Part A

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