The Weekly Scrap, Firefighter Podcast

Chief Ike is the official guest of episode 100 of the Weekly Scrap! He puts his quest for emotional intelligence on pause, and then gets fired up and talking about people before water!  One of the best and most interactive Scraps to date!

Joined by none other than David Hinojosa, the Houston Samurai! Whose hobbies include forcible entry, building props, destroying props, and learning as mush as possible about a job that can kill you. It was a good time as he dropped knowledge bomb after knowledge bomb.  The audience did not disappoint, and of course we got his reading suggestions and the answers to the five questions for firefighters.

Joined on this episode by the amazing Dena Ali. Topics we discuss include the truth behind mental health in emergency services, why peer support teams work, the importance of sleep... and of course all of the different questions the audience throws at us.  Dena gives us her books that every firefighter should read, and her answers to the five questions for firefighters!

I almost named this one "Weekly Scrap #97 - Todd Edwards, American Firefighting badass!"

Joined on this episode by the man, the myth, the legend himself Todd Edwards of Fire Life Training. The rabbit holes were interesting and deep! Planned topics included realistic training, and realistic leadership. Staying engaged humble and motivated... promotion...demotion and release... and then the audience started throwing questions at us.  Was a killer Scrap!

Joined on this episode by Rob Ramirez of National Rescue Consultants, we start with a brief discussion on the collapse in Florida, then we deep dive into the Mayday Mindset. All about firefighters in high stress situations and how to best prepare for them.  As usual, the show gets hijacked by awesome questions from the audience, and it is an amazing time of knowledge bombs and info dumps from Rob!

Joined on this episode by the founder of Next Rung, Blake Stinnett. We discuss all things fire service related, especially as it pertains to mental health. Plus whatever questions the audience can throw our way, then his book suggestions and of course the five questions.

Joined on this episode by Chief Jacob Johnson. Super excited to talk to him on the subject of mentoring, connecting and the work it takes. Of course we will discuss "Doing your damn job!" as well as Jacob's book suggestions and the five questions for firefighters!  We get derailed and go chasing squirrels with the viewer questions and it is a great time!

Joined by Bassel Ibrahim on this weeks episode of the Scrap.Topics include Fire Department Standards a, RIT Ops, The Florida Smoke Diver Program, Training and fitness, of course we get derailed completely by viewer discussion and topics! Then his answers to the five questions!

 Joined on short notice by Eddie Steele, the president of the Frontier Fools down in Texas. We discuss how to overcome adversity, passion, Brotherhood, and protecting the job. The audience throws him some tough questions which he handles like a pro.  We discuss the challenges of starting a new FOOLS chapter and what he has learned along the way. And as always his book suggestions and the five questions for firefighters!

Joined this evening by Jon Metz and Jeremy Olsen, authors of the book Firehouse Pranks and Antics. We discuss humor in the firehouse and what they discovered as they researched and interviewed firefighters from across the country.  Of course they give their suggestions on books every firefighter should read as well as their answers to the five questions.