Joined on this episode by the one and only Clark Lamping! Was an awesome episode as we discussed so much from his wheelhouse, starting with high-rise ops, and mega-area building response, to handling and preparing for huge planned events, as well as hostile MCI's. There is so much we covered  that of course does not take into account all the audience brought to the table!

Joined by the one and only Ryan McCormick for this episode of the scrap. The last time we tried to have this discussion some tornadoes through his town caused us to reschedule. On this episode we got to dig into the why of this profession, the power of the micro-conferences, passion and sharing... and of course all the audiences questions and discussion! What an amazing Scrap!!!!

Very special guest Anthony Avillo on this episode of the Scrap! Topics include the new edition of his Fireground Strategies book, with new topics to cover such as Active Shooter command considerations, civil disturbance, lithium ion incidents... not to mention the wealth of knowledge that is his experience- plus all the audience threw our way!

Joined by the one and only Mike Salzano for this 196th episode of the Weekly Scrap. We discuss his keys to success for officers, earning respect, developing others, communication, size-up... and as always, the audience decided to throw so many questions into the mix! It was an amzong scrap!

Joined on this episode by JJ Cassetta to discuss all things fire! We plan to discuss his journey and the all of the people that have impacted him in his fire service career. We talked buffing, and photos, and training.  Of course everything that the audience threw our way! Was an awesome Scrap.

Joined on this episode by Jeff Eckert out of Philly! We discuss 
changing Culture, fighting back against those who want to take the aggression out of the fire service, Younger people making rank very fast, the lack of senior firefighters... and that of course does not include all of the questions from the audience! It was an amazing scrap!

Joined by the one and only Todd Edwards. Excited to talk to him about developing a size-up mindset, fire tactics, training philosophy, incorporating family into the fire life and as always everything that the audience threw at us! Was very excited for this one, and it did not dissapoint!

Joined by none other than Bob Pressler himself to focus on talking about the basics, a little about nozzles, VES, and the current mindset, how long do we have to make firefighters... and of course everything that the amazing live audience threw our way. If you were there live, you already know how great it was!  Enjoy!!!!!!

Joined by the incomparable Chis Naum to discuss so much about the fireground. We talked about the impact of the built environment on todays fireground decision making, the FACTS "First-Arriving, Construction, Tactics, Safety" Tactical windows of Operations, and so much more. Then of course everything the audience threw our way! It was a very good episode, with tons of information to b gleaned!

Because of last minute real life stuff, Mike Terpak had to reschedule... so we get a last minute fill in by none other than the man the myth the mustache... Kyle Romagus!!!!  He absolutely crushed it with engine nerd talk and so much more!