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The Buzz on Technical Rescue: Hackensack Parking Garage Collapse The Buzz on Technical Rescue Podcast Author:  Michael Daley Bob Duemmel Host Bob Duemmel talks with New Jersey Task Force 1 (NJTF-1) Rescue Leader Michael Daley and NJTF-1 Paramedic Sean Conboy about the July 16 parking garage collapse in Hackensack, NJ. This podcast was recorded during the live session of "The Buzz on Techni ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Training & Tactics Talk: Uncovering the 'Gaps' in Firefighter Training Training & Tactics Talk Podcast Author:  Doug Cline The future and identification of the gaps in fire department training are critical as organizations move forward. Southeastern Association of Fire Chiefs 21:10 minutes (12.14 MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Apparatus Architects: Dick Young on the Evolution of Fire Apparatus Apparatus Architects Podcast Author:  Mike Wilbur and... Tom Shand Hosts Tom Shand and Michael Wilbur talk with apparatus industry veteran Dick Young about his observations. Dick talks about time with Cayasler, Buffalo Fire Appliance and Young Fire Equipment companies and the evolution of apparatus in those years. From open ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Buzz on Technical Rescue: Mine Rescue Response Teams The Buzz on Technical Rescue Podcast Author:  Bob Duemmel Bob Duemmel chats with veteran rescuer Rick Hickman about the realm of mine rescue operations. Hickman is the safety manager at Morton Salt in Painesville, OH, a member of the board of directors for the National Mine Rescue Association and president of the Northern Mine Rescue Association. Rick, a 29-year vete ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Buzz on Technical Rescue: Mine Rescue Response Teams The Buzz on Technical Rescue Podcast Author:  Bob Duemmel Bob Duemmel chats with veteran rescuer Rick Hickman about the realm of mine rescue operations. Hickman is the safety manager at Morton Salt in Painesville, OH, a member of the board of directors for the National Mine Rescue Association and president of the Northern Mine Rescue Association. Rick, a 29-year vete ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Leader's Toolbox: Paul LeSage on Crew Resource Management The Leader's Toolbox Podcast Author:  Dr. Richard B. ... Dr. Richard Gasaway talks with recently retired Tualatin Valley, OR, Assistant Chief of Operations Paul LeSage about crew resource management (CRM). LeSage discusses the program that the fire service adapted from the airline industry. He reviews the common misconceptions about CRM and factors about instilli ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Leader's Toolbox: Paul LeSage on Crew Resource Management The Leader's Toolbox Podcast Author:  Dr. Richard B. ... Dr. Richard Gasaway talks with recently retired Tualatin Valley, OR, Assistant Chief of Operations Paul LeSage about crew resource management (CRM). LeSage discusses the program that the fire service adapted from the airline industry. He reviews the common misconceptions about CRM and factors about instilli ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Initial Command: Success in the First Few Minutes of the Firefight Firehouse Roundtables This podcast from Firehouse World looked at the role of the initial incident commander at structure fires and how it impacts the outcome of the response. Deputy Chief Ed Hadfield talks with Battalion Chief Anthony Kastros, Sacramento Metro Fire District; Capt. Wes Kitchel, Santa Rosa, CA; Capt. Tim Linke, Lincoln, NE and Lt. Todd Wernet, Seattle. FIRE ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Initial Command: Success in the First Few Minutes of the Firefight Firehouse Roundtables This podcast from Firehouse World looked at the role of the initial incident commander at structure fires and how it impacts the outcome of the response. Deputy Chief Ed Hadfield talks with Battalion Chief Anthony Kastros, Sacramento Metro Fire District; Capt. Wes Kitchel, Santa Rosa, CA; Capt. Tim Linke, Lincoln, NE and Lt. Todd Werner, Seattle. FIRE ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Initial Command: Success in the First Few Minutes of the Firefight Firehouse Roundtables Podcast Author:  Ed Hadfield This podcast from Firehouse World looked at the role of the initial incident commander at structure fires and how it impacts the outcome of the response. Deputy Chief Ed Hadfield talks with Battalion Chief Anthony Kastros, Sacramento Metro Fire District; Capt. Wes Kitchel, Santa Rosa, CA; Capt. Tim Linke, Lincoln, NE ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Safety Week 2010: Suicide Prevention for First Responders Safety Health & Survival Week Carolyn Clark shares advice on observing first responders who exhibit signs and symptoms of suicidal behavior. 11:01 minutes (7.57 MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Safety Week 2010: Suicide Prevention for First Responders Safety Health & Survival Week Dr. Carolyn Clark shares advice on observing first responders who exhibit signs and symptoms of suicidal behavior. 11:01 minutes (7.57 MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Safety Week 2010: Reducing Exposure to Infectious Diseases Safety Health & Survival Week Firehouse.com Contributor Ryan Pennington reviews several methods to reduce a first responder's exposure to a variety of infectious diseases. Pennington discusses proper PPE on emergency scenes, vehicle and station decontamination and the best means to prevent carrying potential hazards home to your family.  7:05 minutes (4.08 MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Safety Week 2010: Reducing Exposure to Infectious Diseases Safety Health & Survival Week Firehouse.com Contributor Ryan Pennington reviews several methods to reduce a first responder's exposure to a variety of infectious diseases. Pennington discusses proper PPE on emergency scenes, vehicle and station decontamination and the best means to prevent carrying potential hazards home to your family.  7:05 minutes (4.08 MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Safety Week 2010: Alcohol and Drugs in the Fire Station Safety Health & Survival Week Dr. Richard B. Gasaway examines the impact of alcohol and drug abuse on firefighters and first responders. He looks at the role that officers and firefighter play in bring the problem to light and methods that can be used to offer assistance to the responders facing issues. 22:27 minutes (15.42 MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Safety Week 2010: Stress Management for First Responders Safety Health & Survival Week  Battalion Chief Jeff Dill, founder of Counseling Services for Fire Fighters, LLC, shares the need for stress management programs within all departments. He looks at the acronym EER for educate, exercise and reduce stress as the basis for creating a healthier work environment for young and veteran responders. Listen as he describes common symptoms that we should all be aware of and easy methods t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Safety Week 2010: Stress Management for First Responders Safety Health & Survival Week  Battalion Chief Jeff Dill, founder of Counseling Services for Fire Fighters, LLC, shares the need for stress management programs within all departments. He looks at the acronym EER for educate, exercise and reduce stress as the basis for creating a healthier work environment for young and veteran responders. Listen as he describes common symptoms that we should all be aware of and easy methods t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Safety Week 2010: Increasing Firefighter Fitness Levels Safety Health & Survival Week Captain Mike Contreras, former wellness and fitness coordinator for the Orange County, CA, Fire Authority, discusses the differences between health, wellness and fitness when it comes to firefighters and first responders. Contreras talks about a variety of fitness tips and routines that can help increase a firefighter's overall level of fitness.  18:20 minutes (10.52 MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Safety Week 2010: Post-incident Refueling Safety Health & Survival Week Scott Tomek and Nicole Olson examine the importance of post-incident refueling and how firefighter's can prepare for the next run. Just like the need to refuel after a work out, responders need need to be physically ready for the next response. Tomek and Olson discuss several ways to refuel whether you are on the apparatus or back in the station.  ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Safety Week 2010: Post-incident Refueling Safety Health & Survival Week Scott Tomek and Nicole Olson examine the importance of post-incident refueling and how firefighter's can prepare for the next run. Just like the need to refuel after a work out, responders need need to be physically ready for the next response. Tomek and Olson discuss several ways to refuel whether you are on the apparatus or back in the station.  ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Safety Week 2010: Increasing Firefighter Fitness Levels Safety Health & Survival Week Captain Mike Contreras, former wellness and fitness coordinator for the Orange County, CA, Fire Authority, discusses the differences between health, wellness and fitness when it comes to firefighters and first responders. Contreras talks about a variety of fitness tips and routines that can help increase a firefighter's overall level of fitness.  18:20 minutes (10.52 MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Leadership on the Line: Seatbelt Safety in 2010 Leadership on The Line Dr. Burton A. Clark talks with several chief officers about their department's initiatives to get firefighter's to wear seatbelts while riding on emergency vehicles. Guests include: National Fire Service and EMS Seat Belt Pledge Video: Embrace Life - always wear your seat belt ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Leadership on the Line: Seatbelt Safety in 2010 Leadership on The Line Dr. Burton A. Clark talks with several chief officers about their department's initiatives to get firefighter's to wear seatbelts while riding on emergency vehicles. Guests include: National Fire Service and EMS Seat Belt Pledge Video: Embrace Life - always wear your seat belt ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Apparatus Architects: Cherry Hill's Emergency Vehicle Maintenance Program Apparatus Architects This month on The Apparatus Architects, Tom Shand and Michael Wilbur talk with Captain Tom Parks of the Cherry Hill, NJ, Fire Department. Captain Parks heads the department's Motor Maintenance Division which oversees a fleet of more than 50 vehicles. Tom and Mike talk with Captain Parks about a number of subjects including fleet maintenance, auxiliary braking systems and apparatus specifications. Captain Parks exa ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Keeping Firefighters Safe Around Professional Grade Fireworks News & EventsFirehouse.com Reporter Ed Ballam Talks with Merrimack, NH, Captain Shawn Allison about his course that is designed to teach firefighters how to keep themselves safe during fireworks. Allison,  a licensed pyrotechnician in New Hampshire, also helps responders focus on how to respond when things go wrong at these events.  Click here to read Ed Ballam's full story. Display Firework ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Keeping Firefighters Safe Around Professional Grade Fireworks News & EventsFirehouse.com Reporter Ed Ballam Talks with Merrimack, NH, Captain Shawn Allison about his course that is designed to teach firefighters how to keep themselves safe during fireworks. Allison,  a licensed pyrotechnician in New Hampshire, also helps responders focus on how to respond when things go wrong at these events.  Click here to read Ed Ballam's full story. Display Firework ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Buzz on Technical Rescue: First Responders and Confined Space Entry The Buzz on Technical Rescue After a series of incidents where firefighters were seriously injured upon entering hazardous atmospheres at confined space incidents, this edition of The Buzz on Technical Rescue focuses on safety for first-due companies. Host Bob Duemmel talks with retired Captain Pete Rizzo, who is president of Tech Rescue Corp. IAFC's FIRE/EMS Stand Do ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Buzz on Technical Rescue: First Responders and Confined Space Entry The Buzz on Technical Rescue After a series of incidents where firefighters were seriously injured upon entering hazardous atmospheres at confined space incidents, this edition of The Buzz on Technical Rescue focuses on safety for first-due companies. Host Bob Duemmel talks with retired Captain Pete Rizzo, who is president of Tech Rescue Corp. IAFC's FIRE/EMS Stand Do ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Regional Approach to High-rise Firefighting Firehouse Roundtables Several veteran firefighters and officers from the west coast tackle the issue of high-rise firefighting and how their agencies use the approach from a regional response. Firetown Training Specialist TrainFirefighters.com 62:21 minutes ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Regional Approach to High-rise Firefighting Firehouse Roundtables Several veteran firefighters and officers from the west coast tackle the issue of high-rise firefighting and how their agencies use the approach from a regional response. Firetown Training Specialist TrainFirefighters.com 62:21 minutes ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fire Marshal's Corner: FM Global Report on Green and Sprinklers and the Dangers with Photovoltaic Units Fire Marshal's Corner Ed Comeau and Mike Love look at two perspecteives of the impact of fires on the environment on this month's Fire Marshal's Corner. They look at the operational and global perspectives. Solar Photovoltaic Safety - Part 1 Solar Photovoltaic Safety - Part 2 ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Leader's Toolbox: Supervisor's Bootcamp The Leader's Toolbox In this episode of the Leader's Toolbox, Chief Richard B. Gasaway talks with EMS Chief Jon Politis of the Colonie EMS Department in Latham, NY about the "Supervisor's Bootcamp." Jon, a 30-year veteran of fire and EMS, developed the "Supervisor's Bootcamp" program. They two focus on the challenges supervisors face, especially new supervisors transitioning from buddy to boss. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Leader's Toolbox: Supervisor's Bootcamp The Leader's Toolbox In this episode of the Leader's Toolbox, Chief Richard B. Gasaway talks with EMS Chief Jon Politis of the Colonie EMS Department in Latham, NY about the "Supervisor's Bootcamp." Jon, a 30-year veteran of fire and EMS, developed the "Supervisor's Bootcamp" program. They two focus on the challenges supervisors face, especially new supervisors transitioning from buddy to boss. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Training & Tactics Talk: Over the Wall - NASCAR and Firefighting Training & Tactics Talk Podcast Author:  Jeffrey Pindelski Christopher Naum The crew of any NASCAR pit stop can change four tires, put in two cans of fuel, add or remove a wedge, peel a layer of laminate from the windshield, clean the grill and be done, getting the car out of the pits in under 15 seconds easily. Talk abou ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Training & Tactics Talk: Over the Wall - NASCAR and Firefighting Training & Tactics Talk Podcast Author:  Jeffrey Pindelski Christopher Naum The crew of any NASCAR pit stop can change four tires, put in two cans of fuel, add or remove a wedge, peel a layer of laminate from the windshield, clean the grill and be done, getting the car out of the pits in under 15 seconds easily. Talk abou ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Buzz on Technical Rescue: Mitigating Elevator Emergencies The Buzz on Technical Rescue Podcast host Bob Duemmel talks with retired FDNY Captain Tony Tricarico about elevator emergencies. Tony discusses the evolution of elevators and shares the differences between the current elevator systems. He details the system components and controls of a variety of systems. They talk through elevator emergency situation size-ups, utility controls and elevator access points. Tony offers a number of trick ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Buzz on Technical Rescue: Mitigating Elevator Emergencies The Buzz on Technical Rescue Podcast host Bob Duemmel talks with retired FDNY Captain Tony Tricarico about elevator emergencies. Tony discusses the evolution of elevators and shares the differences between the current elevator systems. He details the system components and controls of a variety of systems. They talk through elevator emergency situation size-ups, utility controls and elevator access points. Tony offers a number of trick ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Apparatus Architects: Innovations and Finds at FDIC Apparatus Architects Podcast Author:  Mike Wilbur The Apparatus Architects focus on the new apparatus and innovations found at FDIC in April. The main focus of the show included several "Green" fire apparatus. From new ARFF vehicles to pumper and ladder truck innovations, Tom Shand and Michael Wilbur talk about the details of a wide-variety of new and updated rigs fou ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rick Suche on Apparatus Maintenance for Severe Service News & EventsFirehouse.com writer Ed Ballam talks with Rick Suche, president and owner of Fort Garry Fire Trucks Ltd., an apparatus builder in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Rick has been in the fire service for 30 years serving as a volunteer firefighter as well as building fire apparatus that are used in some of the most extreme climates in the world, including the Arctic. Listen as he discusses maintenance and mechanical concerns that his vehicles face as they often work in extreme env ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rick Suche on Apparatus Maintenance for Severe Service News & EventsFirehouse.com writer Ed Ballam talks with Rick Suche, president and owner of Fort Garry Fire Trucks Ltd., an apparatus builder in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Rick has been in the fire service for 30 years serving as a volunteer firefighter as well as building fire apparatus that are used in some of the most extreme climates in the world, including the Arctic. Listen as he discusses maintenance and mechanical concerns that his vehicles face as they often work in extreme env ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2010 AFG Grants: Past Winners Share their Tips for Success Grants Public safety grant writer Brian Vickers talks with two fire chiefs who have been successful in receiving a wide array of Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) funding and SAFER grants. AFG Website 2010 AFG Guidance 2010 AFG Tutoria ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2010 AFG Grants: Past Winners Share their Tips for Success Grants Public safety grant writer Brian Vickers talks with two fire chiefs who have been successful in receiving a wide array of Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) funding and SAFER grants. AFG Website 2010 AFG Guidance 2010 AFG Tutoria ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2010 AFG Grants: Federal Funds to Increase a Department's Capabilities Grants Firehouse.com talks with Brian Vickers, a public safety grant writer and CEO of a consulting company, about the 2010 Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) program that opened this week. The federal funding program, which closes May 28, will provide $390 million to departments whose needs are deemed necessary by peer review. Vickers reviews the changes to the 2010 AFG program, including new priorities to station modifications, ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2010 AFG Grants: Federal Funds to Increase a Department's Capabilities Grants Firehouse.com talks with Brian Vickers, a public safety grant writer and CEO of a consulting company, about the 2010 Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) program that opened this week. The federal funding program, which closes May 28, will provide $390 million to departments whose needs are deemed necessary by peer review. Vickers reviews the changes to the 2010 AFG program, including new priorities to station modifications, ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Campus Firewatch Radio: Off-Campus Couch Fires & Campus Safety Day Campus Firewatch Radio This month on Campus Firewatch Radio, host Ed Comeau covers Campus Fire Safety Capitol Hill Day 2010 when advocates from across the nation gathered in Washington to talk with Congressional staffers about campus fire safety legislation moving through Congress. Listen in to see how successful the day was as a number of legislators immediately became bill co-sponsors. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Campus Firewatch Radio: Off-Campus Couch Fires & Campus Safety Day Campus Firewatch Radio This month on Campus Firewatch Radio, host Ed Comeau covers Campus Fire Safety Capitol Hill Day 2010 when advocates from across the nation gathered in Washington to talk with Congressional staffers about campus fire safety legislation moving through Congress. Listen in to see how successful the day was as a number of legislators immediately became bill co-sponsors. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Leader's Toolbox: Steve Austin on Responder Safety The Leader's Toolbox In this episode of The Leader's Toolbox Dr. Richard B. Gasaway talks with Steve Austin from the Emergency Responder Safety Institute. The Institute is a committee of the Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen's Association and serves as an informal advisory panel of public safety leaders committed to reducing deaths and injuries to America's emergency responders. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Leader's Toolbox: Steve Austin on Responder Safety The Leader's Toolbox In this episode of The Leader's Toolbox Dr. Richard B. Gasaway talks with Steve Austin from the Emergency Responder Safety Institute. The Institute is a committee of the Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen's Association and serves as an informal advisory panel of public safety leaders committed to reducing deaths and injuries to America's emergency responders. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Training & Tactics Talk: Live Fire Training Standard Updates Training & Tactics Talk If you have been assigned to lead or participate in a live fire training exercise, you have a serious responsibility to the people you will train, lead, or supervise. These include a moral obligation and legislative responsibilities, including state laws, local codes, and even the possibility of criminal charges for acts that could be considered malicious or negligent. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Training & Tactics Talk: Live Fire Training Standard Updates Training & Tactics Talk If you have been assigned to lead or participate in a live fire training exercise, you have a serious responsibility to the people you will train, lead, or supervise. These include a moral obligation and legislative responsibilities, including state laws, local codes, and even the possibility of criminal charges for acts that could be considered malicious or negligent. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Buzz on Technical Rescue: L.A. County Air Operations The Buzz on Technical Rescue Host Bob Duemmel talks with L.A. County Air Ops Training Cadre Hank Reimer about the variety of responses that the department's three fully-staffed helicopters can respond to around the clock. Reimer shares a number of the missions that the air ops section can responded to and it is broken into four categories: support, EMS, fire suppression and technical rescue. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Buzz on Technical Rescue: L.A. County Air Operations The Buzz on Technical Rescue Host Bob Duemmel talks with L.A. County Air Ops Training Cadre Hank Reimer about the variety of responses that the department's three fully-staffed helicopters can respond to around the clock. Reimer shares a number of the missions that the air ops section can responded to and it is broken into four categories: support, EMS, fire suppression and technical rescue. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Apparatus Architects: Wildland Rig Manufacturers Roundtable Apparatus Architects Apparatus Architects Tom Shand and Michael Wilbur held a roundtable discussion with several wildland firefighting vehicle manufacturers at the Firehouse World last month in San Diego. Panelists include: Boise Mobile Equipment Pierce Manufacturing ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Apparatus Architects: Wildland Rig Manufacturers Roundtable Apparatus Architects Apparatus Architects Tom Shand and Michael Wilbur held a roundtable discussion with several wildland firefighting vehicle manufacturers at the Firehouse World last month in San Diego. Panelists include: Jeff Ramey from Boise Mobile Equipment (BME), Rich Demski and Mike Switzer from Pierce, Doug Feldman from Rosenbauer America and Wayne Kindred from West-Mark Fire Apparatus. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Joseph Martinelli on Chicago Fire Department's Squad Companies News & Events Chicago Firefighter Joseph Martinelli talks with Firehouse Editor Peter Matthews about the Chicago Fire Department's squad companies.  Read the Story: Grand Prize Winner: Chicago Firefighter Joseph Martinelli Podcast: 2009 Heroism Grand Prize Recipient: Joseph Martinelli ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Joseph Martinelli on Chicago Fire Department's Squad Companies News & Events Chicago Firefighter Joseph Martinelli talks with Firehouse Editor Peter Matthews about the Chicago Fire Department's squad companies.  Read the Story: Grand Prize Winner: Chicago Firefighter Joseph Martinelli Podcast: 2009 Heroism Grand Prize Recipient: Joseph Martinelli ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2009 Heroism Grand Prize Recipient: Joseph Martinelli News & Events Firehouse.com Editor Peter Matthews talks with Chicago Firefighter Joseph Martinelli about his actions that led him to become the grand prize recipient for the 2009 Firehouse Heroism & Community Service Awards. Martinelli, of Chicago's Squad 2, responded to a dwelling fire close to the station. On arrival bystanders informed Martinelli and his officer, Captain Capt. Pat Maloney  that someone was t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2009 Heroism Grand Prize Recipient: Joseph Martinelli News & Events Firehouse.com Editor Peter Matthews talks with Chicago Firefighter Joseph Martinelli about his actions that led him to become the grand prize recipient for the 2009 Firehouse Heroism & Community Service Awards. Martinelli, of Chicago's Squad 2, responded to a dwelling fire close to the station. On arrival bystanders informed Martinelli and his officer, Captain Capt. Pat Maloney  that someone was t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fire Marshal's Corner: Arson Concerns and Green Construction Fire Marshal's Corner On Fire Marshal's Corner this month Ed Comeau and Mike Love look at a recent rash of arson fires that plagued Northampton, MA. Joining the hosts are Fire Chief Brian Duggan and Captain John Garriepy who was the incident commander for these fires. Green Building Fire Safety National ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fire Marshal's Corner: Arson Concerns and Green Construction Fire Marshal's Corner Podcast Author:  Mike Love Ed Comeau On Fire Marshal's Corner this month Ed Comeau and Mike Love look at a recent rash of arson fires that plagued Northampton, MA. Joining the hosts are Fire Chief Brian Duggan and Captain John Garriepy who was the incident commander for these fires. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Leader's Toolbox: Keys to Passing the Promotional Exam The Leader's Toolbox The Leader's Toolbox host Dr. Richard B. Gasaway talks with Battalion Chief Steve Prziborowski talks about promotional exams. The two look at the best methods to prepare for promotional exams and interviews as a firefighter looks to move up the career ladder. Chief Prziborowski shares a number of common factors that keep candidates from making it to the next step and also offers insight on the grading proces ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Buzz on Technical Rescue: Cliff Rescue and California's Rope Rescue Training Foundation The Buzz on Technical Rescue Host Bob Duemmel talks with three Southern California area firefighters about a recent cliff rescue at the Cabrillo National Monumen and rescue training throughout the state. Heartland Fire Training Facility California's State Fire Training Website ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Apparatus Architects: Apparatus Backing Concerns and Response Policies Apparatus ArchitectsThe Apparatus Architects look at a number of topics this month and their guest, a Los Angeles Fire Department Captain, talks about the LAFD's operations and apparatus assignments. Michael Wilbur and Tom Shand start the show, recorded at Firehouse World in San Diego, with two listener questions. Shand asssists a firefighter looking to add safety doors to an open cab apparatus. Wilbur offers advice to a assistant chief who is looking for response policies for carbon monoxi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Buzz on Technical Rescue: Rope Rescue Operations The Buzz on Technical Rescue Podcast host Bob Duemmel talks with Mike Donahue founder of Progressive Rescue in this edition of The Buzz on Technical Rescue. Bob and Mike discuss various aspects of rope rescue operations during this session. They look at safety, equipment, knots and rigging related to rope rescue. Mike shares some thoughts on how a team or department functions at a rope rescue incident. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website VCOS Radio: Roundtable on Fire-based EMS, Mutual Aid and Budgets VCOS Radio Firehouse.com Editor Peter Matthews hosts a roundtable with three fire chiefs, looking at a number of issues facing the fire service. Guests include Battalion Chief Norvin Collins from Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue in Oregon, Chief Jim Harrington from the Gates, NY, Fire District and Chief Chief Greg Render from Signal Hill Fire Department in Belleville, IL. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Leader's Toolbox: Alternative Staffing Models The Leader's Toolbox Host Dr. Richard B. Gasaway talks with Ponderosa, TX, Fire Chief Fred Windisch about alternative staffing models. Chief Windisch emphasizes the importance of identifying the root problems with your department's staffing to help keep the proper number of members on the street. The two discuss the value of being "mission-centric" and the need to evaluate your organization's and community's needs. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Firehouse World 2010 Preview News & EventsFirehouse.com talks with Firehouse World Program Director Harvey Eisner and Show Manager Mary Velline about the upcoming conference and trade show in San Diego. Mary reports on the recent partnership with the California State Firefighter's Association (CFSA) and how their annual conference will be co-located at Firehouse World. This partnership, bringing California's best teachers and instructors to San Diego, expands the learning opportunites through a number of workshops ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Apparatus Architects: FDSOA's Symposium - Vehicle Safety Apparatus Architects Apparatus Architects Tom Shand and Michael Wilbur report from the Fire Department Safety Officers Association (FDSOA) Apparatus Symposium. They look at several of the topics, based on this year's theme of "Getting back to basics - safely." Fatal Boston Crash in Focus at FDSOA Custom, Com ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Buzz on Technical Rescue: A Look at the USAR Equipment Cache The Buzz on Technical Rescue Host Bob Duemmel talks with New Jersey Task Force 1 member Michael Daley about the wide array of equipment carried by USAR teams on their deployments. The two discuss the different types of search gear, breaking and breaching tools and shoring equipment. Hear how they transport the equipment from their base to the scene of a catastrophe and what they need to bring to be self-sufficient for the first 72 hou ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Buzz on Technical Rescue: USAR Deployments to Haiti The Buzz on Technical Rescue In the inaugural edition of "The Buzz on Technical Rescue," host Bob Duemmel talks with Fred LaFemina, who is the Chief in Charge of Rescue Operations for FDNY. LaFemina talks about the challenges that USAR teams face when being deployed on an international mission and what guidelines they must meet. Some of the basic challenges the teams face in deployment include equipment, transportation, immunizations ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Leader's Toolbox: Community Risk Reduction The Leader's Toolbox In this edition of The Leader's Toolbox host Richard B. Gasaway interviews Mary Marchone, Community Risk Reduction Program Specialist at the National Fire Academy. National Fire Academy Gasaway Consulting Group 41:28 minutes (23.76 ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Training & Tactics Talk: Creating a Comprehensive Training Calendar Training & Tactics Talk Do you have problems deciding what to do for training? Does your department have a yearly comprehensive training calendar? Host Douglas K. Cline uses this podcast to bring a help you create a comprehensive yearly training calendar. The annual calender helps maximize points for your ISO rating and is focused focused on developing sharp and well-trained personnel. Cline also provides information on how to kee ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Apparatus Maintenance: Bill Foster on Apparatus Safety News & EventsFirehouse.com writer Ed Ballam talks with Bill Foster, vice president and member of the board of directors of Spartan Motors. Foster has been a firefighter for more than 30 years and is a huge advocate for apparatus maintenance training. He talks about what firefighters should and should not do to keep their apparatus on safely on the road. 44:43 minutes (25.59 MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Apparatus Maintenance: Glenn Davis on Preventative Maintenance Programs News & EventsFirehouse.com writer Ed Ballam continues his coverage of apparatus maintenance as he talks with Glenn Davis, the founder and owner of Lakes Region Fire Apparatus Inc., an apparatus service center and HME/Ahrens-Fox dealer in Tamworth, NH. The two discuss the need to find a competent and trusted service center as part of a solid apparatus preventative maintenance program. 15:22 minutes (8.83 MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fire Marshal's Corner: International Fire Scope - Russia, Vietnam and Botswana Fire Marshal's Corner This month on Fire Marshal's Corner, co-hosts Ed Comeau and Mike Love look at the international fire scene. With the recent tragedy in Perm, Russia, that killed 124 people in a nightclub fire, they talk with Mark Ghilarducci, vice president for James Lee Witt Associates for some insight into the Russian fire service. Mark recently did a trip to Russia and met with a number of fire service professionals and t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Apparatus Architects: Looking back at 2009, Forward to 2010 Apparatus Architects Tom Shand and Mike Wilbur offer a retrospective look at 2009 and offer their wish list for the apparatus industry in 2010. The Apparatus Architects look at the five major factors that impacted the industry in 2009. The economy, the large number of apparatus accidents and the government regulations of engines are just some of the events they discuss. Fir ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Training & Tactics Talk: Winter and Cold Weather Emergencies Training & Tactics Talk Cold weather brings new challenges to the fire service. If you mix snow and ice with the cold, a new demension is created. Join host Douglas Cline and his guest, Daniel Bernardy, training officer for the Inver Grove Heights, MN, Fire Department, as they explore responses associated with cold and inclimate weather. Cold Weather Operations 44:45 ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fire Marshal's Corner: The Impact of 'Going Green" on Life Safety and Construction Fire Marshal's Corner This month on Fire Marshal's Corner we're welcoming Mike Love as a regular co-host to the show. Mike is the fire marshal for Montgomery County, MD, Fire and Rescue and has a long career in the fire service on both the local and national level. He is the founder of the invaluable communications tool, EPARADE, which has about 900 members. Welcome Mike. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Apparaus Architects: How to Create an Effective Bid Review Process Apparatus Architects The Apparatus Architects look at 2009 as the year winds down and the apparatus industry stabilizes. They review ideas for last minute biding to secure 2007 EPA engines for new vehicles and a variety of multiple unit contracts for large city departments.  Firehouse World FDSOA's ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website An Update from the National Fire Academy: USFA Safety Programs and New Classes News & Events U.S. Fire Administration Deputy Administrator Chief Glenn Gaines hosts a podcast that looks at a variety of programs being offered by the U.S. Fire Administration and those taking place at the National Fire Academy (NFA) in Emmitsburg, MD. Fire Program Specialist Kathy Gerstner discusses the USFA's "Install. Inspect. Protect." safety campaign. Install. Ins ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NVFC Corner: SAFER Application Tips and Tricks Grants Several members of the National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) team up to provide tips and information for preparing a Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant application and narrative. Guests include Chief Jeff Cash, NVFC First Vice Chair Jack Carriger, NVFC Massachussetts Alternate Director Joe Maruca, and Jason Wofford of the Cherryville Fire Department. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website VCOS Radio: Silver Ribbon Report on Youth Fire Programs VCOS Radio IAFC Volunteer and Combination Officers Section (VCOS) Chairman Tim Walls talks with several members of the new VCOS Silver Ribbon Report, titled Opening New Doors, that details best practices for junior firefighter, explorer and other youth firefighter programs. Guests include: Chief Dan Eggleston, Deputy Chief Mike Jaffa, Fire Marshal Kevin Kowalski and Cliff Takawna, the director of public safety at Learning for Life. Ea ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Leader’s Toolbox: Bill Jenaway & Operation Safe Arrival The Leader's Toolbox Dr. Richard Gasaway talks with Dr. Bill Jenaway, Executive Vice President of the Volunteer Firemen's Insurance Service, Inc. (VFIS) on this edition of the Leader's Toolbox. They discuss Jenaway's recent program, "Arriving Safe at the Scene and the Station," from Fire Rescue International. Dr. Jenaway, also a Pennsylvania fire chief, shares his perspective on the challenges of vehicle safety. He shares severa ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Leader’s Toolbox: Understanding Aggressive Strategy The Leader's ToolboxThis month on the Leader's Toolbox, Dr. Richard Gasaway talks with Battalion Chief Mark Emery of the Woodinville, WA, Fire & Life Safety District on the topic of aggressive strategy. Chief Emery talks about the differences between strategy and tactics and how it is common that departments focus their training on tactics and overlook the strategic underpinnings that set up those tactics. They also explore the levels responsibility for setting and communicating th ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fire Marshal’s Corner: Learning from the D.C. Live Burn Fire Marshal's Corner This month on Fire Marshal's Corner host Ed Comeau looks at the landmark Vision 20/20 efforts. Ed talks with project manager Jim Crawford, fire marshal for Vancouver, WA. Jim has been the driving force behind the project from its genesis in 2006 when he brought together an informal group of noted national experts in Florida. From this beginning, Vision 20/20 has grown to the point where it is an important pa ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Apparatus Architects: Ideas for Cost-Effective New Vehicles Apparatus Architects The Apparatus Architects explore a number of ways to reduce the costs of new vehicles this month. From a quick and simple "bullet list" to a true evaluation based on need versus cost, Tom Shand and Michael Wilbur share several factors that can help make your next rig more affordable and highly functional. Shand and Wilbur also answer several listener questions, including proper positioning of ladder trucks, the di ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Apparatus Architects: "Things We do to Screw Up Fire Trucks" Apparatus Architects Apparatus Architects Tom Shand and Michael Wilbur explore a variety of ideas for apparatus design the turned into "thing we do to screw up fire trucks." The Architects look at several examples, including equipping the bumper with a variety of gear, but no reinforcement; poorly placed utility boxes and choosing a dangerous color for aerial ladders. Shand and Wilbur look at the current events, including news and ind ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Training & Tactics Talk: Implementing a Safety Culture Following an LODD Training & Tactics Talk Subtitle:  Doug Cline Douglas Cline talks with two fire officers about their departments efforts to implement a safety culture after line of duty deaths. Both share their first-hand experiences in the tragic loss of fellow firefighters. The Salisbury, NC, Fire Department lost two firefighter during a fire in a mill buiding in 2008. Division ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fire Marshal’s Corner: Social Media for Prevention & Vision 20/20 Update Campus Firewatch Radio This month on Fire Marshal's Corner host Ed Comeau looks at the landmark Vision 20/20 efforts. Ed talks with project manager Jim Crawford, fire marshal for Vancouver, WA. Jim has been the driving force behind the project from its genesis in 2006 when he brought together an informal group of noted national experts in Florida. From this beginning, Vision 20/20 has grown to the point where it is an important part o ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Engine Company Operations in Today's Buildings Firehouse Roundtables Captain Russell Merrick moderates a roundtable that looks at the changing roles of engine companies based on new construction, vacant structures and the decrease in staffing. Panelists include: Deputy Chief (retired) Robert "Butch" Cobb, Jersey City, NJ Firefighter Ryan Pennington, Charleston, WV Battalion Chief Al Mullins, Fairfax County, VA Russel ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Firehouse Central 2009 Preview News & Events Peter Matthews, editor of Firehouse.com, chats with Program Director Harvey Eisner and Show Manager Mary Velline about Firehouse Central, being held in Atlanta , Oct. 26 - 30, 2009. The two discuss the wide-variety of offerings at this year's Firehouse Central, including the addition of Law Enforcement Expo Southeast. This public safety shows offers a variety of crossover training sessions, bring fire, EMS and law personnel into one room. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Through the Smoke: What do You Know About ISO? Through The Smoke  While many of you may have heard about I.S.O., or Insurance Services Office — the agency that evaluates most public fire protection services in the United States — what do your really know about I.S.O.? ISO’s Fire Chiefs Online ISO Mitigation ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Apparatus Architects: 2009 Manufacturers Roundtable at Firehouse Expo Apparatus Architects  Apparatus Architects Tom Shand and Michael Wilbur held the third annual Apparatus Manufacturers Roundtable at the Firehouse Expo last month in Baltimore. Panelists and guests include: Jim Featherstone, Singer Associates/Pierce Sean Duffy, Rosenbauer America Jim Salmi, Crimson Fire Jason Witmier, KME   NFPA 1901: Standard for Automotive Fire ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Developing and Adapting Successful Fire Prevention Applications Firehouse Roundtables Fire Marshal Mike Love, from Montgomery County, MD, hosts a roundtable discussion on a variety of issues for fire and life safety educators. Panelists and guests include: Lt. Dan Byrne, Beaufort, SC Bill Delaney, Montgomery County, MD Billy D. Hayes, Washington D.C. Outreach Specialist Patsieann Misiti, Alexandria, VA Teresa Neal, U.S. Fire Administration Sandy Facinoli, Chief of the U.S. Fire Administration's Prevention & Information Branch   ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bringing Safety to the Forefront of Your Department Firehouse RoundtablesJ. Gordon Routley, a division chief with the Montreal Fire Department, hosts a roundtable that explores how the safety culture can evolve in the fire service. Panelists include: Chief of Department Salvatore Cassano, FDNY Battalion Chief Greg Collier, Mt. Laurel, NJ Community Affairs Director Billy D. Hayes, Washington D.C. Captain Pete Rizzo, retired from Rochester, NY   16 Firefighter Life Safety Ini ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Leader’s Toolbox: Four Generations and the Differences in the Firehouse The Leader's Toolbox In this month's episode of the Leader's Toolbox, Dr. Richard Gasaway talks with Captain Bob Duemmel of the Rochester, NY, Fire Department about generational differences in today's fire service. The discussion focuses on four distinctly different generations of firefighters who are working in the firehouse in 2009. Capt. Duemmel compares and contrasts the traits of each generation and discusses the challenges ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Successful Rescue Operations in Today’s Fire Service at Firehouse Expo Firehouse Roundtables This podcast looks at issues facing technical rescue teams on an international level including training, funding and resource allocation. Panelists include: Lt. Michael Daley, Monroe Township Fire District 3; Pete Rizzo of Tech Rescue Corp and Garth Vincent, chief of emergency operations with Eastern Emergency Response in Trinidad. The host is Capt. Bob Duemmel with the Rochester, NY, Fire Department. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Training & Tactics Talk: How the Powell Doctrine can Influence Firefighting Training & Tactics Talk Joining Chief Douglas Cline this month is Derrick Clouston, field supervisor of the fire and rescue training division of the North Carolina Office of State Fire Marshal's Office. They disucss the Powell Doctrine, created by General Colin Powell as he lead miltary troops into the Gulf War. Saving Our Own: The Powell Doctrine and Interior Fire Operations ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website VCOS Radio: Maintaining Funding, Morale in the Poor Economy Firehouse RoundtablesDr. Richard Gasaway hosts this edition of VCOS Radio, which examines the impact of the economy on the volunteer and combination fire departments. Panelists include VCOS Chairman Tim Wall, Chief of the North Farms Fire Department; Williamsport, MD, Chief William R. Ball; Chief Mike Lee of the Lincolnton, NC, Fire Department and David See, retired fire chief from Salisbury, MD. The group discusses alternative funding ideas, grants and whether the man-hours dedicated to so ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Apparatus Architects: Fleet Planning and Ground Ladders at Firehouse Expo Apparatus Architects Hosts Tom Shand and Michael Wilbur start this month's podcast with a heated discussion on the Buffalo, NY, Fire Department's use of pick-up trucks being as front line apparatus because of an aging fleet and lack of spare units. This chat looks at other departments who are in a pinch when it comes to spare units. They also review a recent incident where two firefighters were killed in the line-of-duty while trainin ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Leader’s Toolbox: The Effects of Firefighter Layoffs The Leader's Toolbox  Dr. Richard Gasaway dispenses advice to a firefighter who has had several friends leave the department because of layoffs and early retirements. The loss of personnel leaves the firefighter confused, angry and bitter towards city administration. Listen as Dr.Gasaway helps guide this firefighter through the rough times. Gasaway also helps guide a new officer who doesn't quite feel prepared for the job. T ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wildland Firefighting: Situation Awareness and Mutual Aid from Firehouse World Firehouse RoundtablesThree veteran wildland firefighters discuss a variety of topics, including situation awareness for the urban/wildland fire crews and the challenges brought on my mutual aid units. Guests include Quinn MacLeod, retired from the Parker Fire Protection District in Colorado and retired Los Angeles City Fire Department Battalion Chiefs Patrick Shanley and Don Stuckey. The podcast starts with a discussion on what constitutes a "Red Flag" day in California and how this can f ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fireground Audio: Baltimore Church Damaged By Fire News & EventsListen to several 9-1-1 calls and fire department radio traffic from a two-alarm fire at the Bethel AME Church in Baltimore on July 1, 2009. Related Article • Baltimore Church Damaged By Fire 4:55 minutes (2.85 MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Apparatus Architects: Proper Maintenance and Operations for Emergency Vehicles Apparatus Architects The Apparatus Architects focus on firefighter and emergency vehicle safety as they close out June and the Firefighter Safety, Health & Survival Week. Tom Shand and Michael Wilbur look at a variety of NFPA Standards, including 1911, 1912, 1931 and 1962, and the 16 Life Safety Initiatives that form a baseline for annual vehicle inspections and safety checks. They break down each of these standards and how they ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Construction Needs for the 2009 Fire Station Construction Grant Program Grants Firehouse.com Grants Contributor Brian Vickers talks with Tommy Abercrombie of Abercrombie Design, about the Fire Station Construction grant (FSC) program that has provided $210 million in funding. This podcast focuses on the construction and technical aspects of station redesigns and new construction standards. Please send any questions, suggestions or comments for this podcast to: podcast@firehouse.com. Related Links ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fire Marshal's Corner: Battling Sprinkler Opponents in Texas Firehouse Magazine Insider This month on Fire Marshal's Corner, host Ed Comeau looks at the residential sprinkler issue, following up on last month's show. Legislation was introduced recently in Texas in a last-minute attachment to a bill that would bar communities from allowing residential sprinkler ordinances or code adoptions. This definitely sneaked in under the radar screen and the fire service in Texas mobilized in response, hol ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Near-Miss Listen & Learn: Seatbelts and Firefighters Near-Miss Listen & Learn Near-Miss host John Tippett talks with FDNY Lt. Michael Wilbur about the issue of seatbelt usage in the fire service. Listen as they review two near-miss reports that involve seatbelts and further discuss this hot topic and how it relates to safe arrival. Tippett says "Wearing a seat belt is an extension of your PPE." Please send any suggestions, questions or comments, to: podcast@firehouse.co ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2009 Fire/EMS Safety Week: Mark Emery on Scene Size-Up Safety Health & Survival Week Battalion Chief Mark Emery talks about size-up skills and situation awareness for the fireground based on a private dwelling fire. He incorporates the three leading causes of fireighter deaths on the fireground and how you can include them during size-ups and scene assessments. For more on this years 2009 Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week, visit: http://www.firehouse.com/safety-week.html. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2009 Fire/EMS Safety Week: Rich Gasaway on Situation Awareness Safety Health & Survival Week Dr. Richard B. Gasaway dicusses situation awareness and it's critical role in fireground safety. For more on this years 2009 Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week, visit: http://www.firehouse.com/safety-week.html. Please send any questions or comments to: podcast@firehouse.com Related Links •SA Technologies 7:44 minutes (4.46 MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2009 Fire/EMS Safety Week: Michael Dubron on Firefighter Cancer Safety Health & Survival WeekLos Angeles County Firefighter/Paramedic Michael Dubron talks about cancer and firefighters. Dubron founded the Firefighter Cancer Support Network after he was diagnosed with cancer. For more on this years 2009 Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week, visit: http://www.firehouse.com/safety-week.html. Please send any questions or comments to: podcast@firehouse.com Related Links 12:35 minutes (7.23 MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2009 Fire/EMS Safety Week: Mike Gurley on Implementing Safety in the Department Safety Health & Survival Week Battalion Chief Mike Gurley, the Eastern Director of the Fire Department Safety Officer's Association talks about making the commitment as an officer to focus on safety. He relates the story of one of his first officers who ignored basic safety concepts and his experiences with two LODDs. Listen as Gurley offers several ideas for implementing safety in your department. 10:30 minutes ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Six Days, Six Fires, 19 Children and 9 Adults Killed In the six days between February 6 and 11, there were six fires that killed 19 children and 9 adults across the nation, which are the latest in what seems to be an increase in fires that have claimed the lives of three or more people per incident. In the past 30 days, 65 people have been killed, with over half of them being children. Compounding these tragedies is that so many of these fires are probably preventable with fire safety practices that we all know.For many years, fire department ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Leaders Toolbox: Oil & Water The fire service attracts people from all backgrounds and the old adage “It’s like mixing oil and water”, applies to those in firehouses all over the world. The first segment of the Leader’s Toolbox with Fire Chief Richard Gasaway this month looks at this problem from the chief’s perspective. A chief wrote in requesting assistance after several arguments have erupted during run in’s with one particular firefighter. Options include a one-on-one discussion with the two parties involved and e ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 100,000 FIREFIGHTERS ARE NOT WRONG. FIREFIGHTING, SMOKE & OUR CANCERS (Part 2)As firefighters, the discussions on the previous THROUGH THE SMOKE Show could not have made our hair stand up any more than it did! That “Firefighter Cancer Study”, done by University of Cincinnati (UC) environmental health researchers blew us away…sort of. It’s not as if we DIDN’T know about the problems-we just didn’t really WORRY ABOUT IT. But maybe now, it seems, we are….well, maybe. The UC-led tea ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website From the Drawing Board to the Apparatus Floor with the Apparatus Architects This month’s show covers the gamut of fire apparatus design and safety, but starts with the sobering facts of safe vehicle operations. In recent months, three apparatus operators were indicted after vehicle accidents that killed a fellow firefighter and injured civilians. Mike Wilbur mentions the fact that investigators immediately check the weight of the vehicle and often times the units is over loaded. Tom Shand starts the discussion on becoming compliant with NFPA 1901 Standards for a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Leaders Toolbox: Department Mission Statements and Motivation for Training What is your department’s mission statement? Does your department even have a mission statement? While we welcome 2007, it maybe time to reevaluate your organizations mission statement, or work to make sure you have one. In this Leaders Toolbox podcast, Fire Chief Richard Gasaway looks at the different reasons for creating and maintaining the body of your mission statement. Do you know your statement? Do your members know? If not, this Leader’s Toolbox will offer ideas for making the mi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FIREFIGHTING CANCER “Taking in” a little smoke??As a firefighter, the outcome of the recent study done by University of Cincinnati (UC) environmental health researchers will BLOW YOU AWAY. Their work-which directly impacts you, has determined that firefighters are significantly much more likely to develop four different types of cancer than workers in other fields.Surprised? Their findings suggest that the protective equipment such as SCBA’s, masks, turnout clothing etc firefighters ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Training & Tactics Talk on Radio@Firehouse Here’s the scenario: It’s 10:30 PM and you arrive at a 2,500-square-foot house with heavy smoke showing from two sides and dispatch tells you that the next company is seven minutes out. It’s you as the engine company officer, a driver and two firefighters. As you approach the house, you look inside a vehicle and see two car seats in the back. No one is outside the house and the neighbors are not around. What would you do? In this first installment of “Training  ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Leader’s Toolbox In this first podcast with Radio@Firehouse, Fire Chief Richard B. Gasaway tackles leadership issues from all sides in “The Leaders Toolbox”. The new monthly podcast series, “The Leaders Toolbox” is a great resource for everyone in the fire service from the new recruit to the chief of department. Each month, Chief Gasaway will use his experience and knowledge from 28 years in the fire service, with the last 18 as fire chief.In this show, Chief Gasaway responds to two ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FIREFIGHTER ESCAPE!!…A Discussion With FDNY R-3 Firefighter Jeff Cool & PART 2 of …THE SMOKE YOU WORK IN. Part I In this episode of THRU THE SMOKE, Chief Goldfeder and his returning guest Captain Mike Gagliano from Seattle will further discuss the firefighter air management program and YOUR survival….the issues of MANAGING YOUR AIR! But first, our very special guest is FDNY Firefighter Jeff Cool who will be discussing the critical need for firefighters to have “built in” fire escape bail systems. Jeff knows the issue first hand as he is one of four firefighters who survived &# ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FIREFIGHTER ESCAPE!!…A Discussion With FDNY R-3 Firefighter Jeff Cool & PART 2 of …THE SMOKE YOU WORK IN. Part II In this episode of THRU THE SMOKE, Chief Goldfeder and his returning guest Captain Mike Gagliano from Seattle will further discuss the firefighter air management program and YOUR survival….the issues of MANAGING YOUR AIR! But first, our very special guest is FDNY Firefighter Jeff Cool who will be discussing the critical need for firefighters to have “built in” fire escape bail systems. Jeff knows the issue first hand as he is one of four firefighters who survived &# ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Leadership on the line: Seat Belts Past, Present, Future About 45% of the fire service does not wear their seat belt when riding in emergency vehicles. Firefighters have been and will be injured and killed because they were not using their seat belt. This problem is not new; it persists today, and will not change in the future until we the fire service take responsibility and buckle up. Today’s show continues the National Seat Belt Pledge Campaign. The program objective is to have 1,000,000 firefighter’s sign the pledge to wear their seat bel ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website You WILL manage YOUR SCBA AIR ! THE SMOKE FIRE FIGHTERS WORK IN…Myths, Mis-Understandings & FACTS! In this episode of THRU THE SMOKE, Chief Goldfeder and his guest Captain Mike Gagliano from Seattle will discuss their Firefighter Air Management program and YOUR survival. While “packing up” is a good start to lengthening your ability to keep RESPONDING to fire calls and maybe even be around long enough to have grand children, KNOWING how to MANAGE your air-and those of your firefighters carries it ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website On The Floor in Baltimore… At Firehouse Expo - PART I Join Through The Smoke Host Chief Billy Goldfeder for unique candid “on the floor” discussions with firefighters, chiefs, vendors and others for a full range of rapid fire discussions. You’ll hear from well known friends such as FDNY’s Chief of Department Pete Hayden (Ret) and FDSOA’s Mary McCormack. And in a very special chat, listen in as Billy talks candidly with Chief Danny Krushinski. Chief Krushinski was the IC of that heroically tragic LODD when East ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website On The Floor in Baltimore… At Firehouse Expo - PART II Join Through The Smoke Host Chief Billy Goldfeder for unique candid “on the floor” discussions with firefighters, chiefs, vendors and others for a full range of rapid fire discussions. You’ll hear from well known friends such as FDNY’s Chief of Department Pete Hayden (Ret) and FDSOA’s Mary McCormack. And in a very special chat, listen in as Billy talks candidly with Chief Danny Krushinski. Chief Krushinski was the IC of that heroically tragic LODD when East ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LIVE in Baltimore! Who DRIVES you?? Who RESCUES you? Who LEADS you? This Through The Smoke is all about YOU! Join FIREHOUSE.COM’s THROUGH THE SMOKE Host Chief Billy Goldfeder and his guests, with Firehouse Contributors Battalion Chief John Salka, Captain Mike Dugan and Lt. Mike Wilbur, and their lively audience from Firehouse Expo in Baltimore. Listen in as they discuss current events that effect YOU including recent apparatus LODD’s and a surprising news story of a Missouri firefighter who was trapped in a fire, and got out alive, but is now raising serious (and potentially legal) co ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Chat With Chief Dave Paulison, New FEMA Director…And Dennis Smith -‘Report from Engine Company 82? Starting as a firefighter in Dade County, Florida, Chief Dave Paulison has been involved-and affected by, as many “emergencies” as any of us… and he has never forgotten where he came from. Hopefully, that’s the wisdom behind his most recent achievement:being appointed as the Under Secretary for FEMA. The FEMA CHIEF. Dave has stated that he is going to work with FEMA to make American proud of the agency-that in itself will be a challenge. Listen in as Dave talks about ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Standing Down, Cyanide, And A Road Trip “…Another firefighter safety stand down…?” “We did that last year?!?” How about we just SHUT UP…BUCKLE UP…SLOW DOWN… & STOP! “We” (that’s all of us) haven’t done all that great since last years STAND DOWN. We probably got a C - and while we didn’t totally fail-there is a lot more room for improvement in order to seriously impact FF injury and death. So building on the success of the National Fire ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website From The Drawing Board To The Engine Room Floor In the first installment of their Podcast series with the Apparatus Architects, Mike Wilbur and Tom Shand get down and dirty in their series “From The Drawing Board To Engine Room Floor With The Apparatus Architects.”Mike and Tom give talk about their observations of newly designed apparatus after returning from a recent fire service trade show. They will talk about new innovations and technologies that are available to fire departments who are currently looking to designs a new piece of ap ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Looking Back…and Forward with Chief Alan Brunacini - Part II (Note: This is PART 2 of 2...due to the time Chief Bruno spent with us, we have broken this episode of THROUGH THE SMOKE into two parts)In our last episode of THROUGH THE SMOKE, Chief Bruno shared with us some "wit and wisdom", in his decades as a firefighter, and Chief, of the Phoenix Fire [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Looking Back…and Forward with Chief Alan Brunacini - Part I (Note: This is PART 1 of 2 PARTS...due to the time Chief Bruno spent with us, we have broken this episode of THROUGH THE SMOKE into two parts. Part 2 will be posted next week so STAY TUNED)Unless you joined the fire department 15 minutes ago, you have heard of Phoenix Chief Alan Brunacini. Odds [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Firefighters Love for the Job There are a lot of fire service books-starting from some written in the 1800's right up to some "must have" books written by fire service greats. Does your library include named authors such as Brannigan, Norman, Smith, Montagna, Salka, Brunacini, Dunn, Clark, Friedman, Carter, Coleman, Page, Murtagh, Mittendorf, Richman, Stapleton, McCormack and Holbrook? And [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website ‘Going for the Green’ - How to Win Grant Money Part IV On April 7 at 5 p.m. the application period for the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program FY2006 will close. In the fourth and final part of the “Going for the Green” Podcast series, Radio@Firehouse speaks with three Congressional leaders who helped create the program; Congressmen Steny Hoyer (MD), and Curt Weldon (PA), Senator Mike [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website ‘Going for the Green’ - How to Win Grant Money Part III Join Radio@Firehouse for the third installment of “Going For The Green” where Firehouse.com grant guru Brain Vickers talks with three departments who have won. You will hear how the Montgomery County, MD, received, $750,000 in the largest fire prevention grant to date. Chiefs from Hailey, ID and Amsterdam, NY, have been awarded two grants during [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website ‘Going for the Green’ - How to Win Grant Money Part II Join Radio@Firehouse.com in the second installment of “Going for the Green”, to give your department an edge over others to win grant money. Firehouse.com Contributing Editor Brian Vickers, a Houston-area firefighter, is a freelance grant writer that has helped departments win over $11 million in grants in the last four years. This four-part [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fire Officers Charged In Firefighter Deaths Firefighters being injured and killed in the line of duty is not new. While we are making progress, the efforts must continue. In many cases, the deaths end in changes-but in so many-not much actually does change-and firefighters continue to get killed the same ways. In March of 2005, a Fire Lieutenant and a rookie Firefighter [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website ‘Going for the Green’ - How to Win Grant Money Part I Firehouse.Com Contributing Editor Brian Vickers, a firefighter from the Houston area, also works as a freelance grant writer and has helped departments win more than $11 million in grants over the last four years. This four-part series will take you through the process of applying for a grant and give you tips that are vital [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fire Service Grants Insider The Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program, through the Department of Homeland Security, awarded more than 5,000 applicants with over $600 million in 2005, but some of the rules have changed in 2006. Join AFG director Brian Cowan and Fire Program Specialist Tom Harrington and former fire chief Glenn Gaines who is now consultant with [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LIVE FIRE TRAINING? Get’m in There and DO WHAT? "LIVE" fire training has been around for years and years-and in most cases-it makes a very positive difference in making sure firefighters get realistic, hands on and effective training. But unfortunately, in some cases "fire training out of control" has lead to serious injuries and tragically, the deaths of several firefighters, instructors and officers. Even [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website For Those Of You Who May Not Have Known Chief Ray Downey… As we start off the new year and look ahead-it's important to look back as well... to remember where we have been, and determine where we are going. Whenever many of us look back in the "fire" business, we can't help but remember one of the FINEST Chiefs ever, Deputy Chief Ray Downey from FDNY. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Tragic Loss?The PRELIMINARY Facts Thus Far in the Recent LODD of Pennsylvania Fire Instructor Robert Gallardy There has been a lot of discussion nationally regarding the recent tragic loss of PA. Fire Instructor Robert "Newt" Gallardy, 47. Firefighter deaths shake us all ... deaths during training shake us even harder.Gallardy’s death on Oct. 25, 2005 was the first time anyone lost their life at the Pennsylvania State Fire Academy. While speculation [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Success or Failure: The Volunteer Fire Department A Focus on the Mission ... And why some succeed, and some failThere is currently a lot of discussion nationally regarding volunteer fire departments. Just recently, USA Today ran a front page story on the subject of VFD membership and respons, and in NY, on Long Island, the newspaper Newsday is running a week [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Through the Smoke: The Future Of The Volunteer Firefighter Join Radio@Firehouse.Com's Through The Smoke radio program with host Billy Goldfeder and his guests this week Chief Phil Stittleburg - Chairman of the National Volunteer Fire Council and Chief Tim Wall, Chairman of the IAFC Volunteer & Combination Officers Section for a discussion on the FUTURE of Volunteer Firefighters -- the STATUS of the volunteer [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A National FIRE Mutual Aid System Is it time for A NATIONAL FIRE MUTUAL AID SYSTEM ? A "simple and basic" system lead and coordinated by the International Association of Fire Chiefs in full cooperation with the national fire service organizations-and LOCAL fire departments?This isn’t a new question. The concept has been discussed for decades in the fire service-and the need [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Leadership on the Line: Critical Infrastructure Protection This program was recorded before Hurricane Katrina hit the United States. The information presented is about why it is important to insure the contained operational ability of Fire, Police, and EMS when disaster hits. The program describes the resource available to local emergency responders to asses venerability and strategies to insure response - [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Fire Guys One on One with John Edward John Edward (host of TV's Crossing Over) is our special guest on this weeks show! John talks about how he got started as a medium, his public safety and medical background, the healing process of 9/11 and ways we can talk to our patients who are in the process of dying! Total run time: [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Very Special Through the Smoke?Never Forget 9-11?Four Years Later Join "Through The Smoke" host, Deputy Chief Billy Goldfeder for an in-depth and deeply personal discussion with three people who share a very emotional bond -- Lee Ielpi, Lynn Tierney and Marian Fontana. And find out how you can help and become involved to insure the Nation ... and the World -- NEVER FORGET!On [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Fire Guys on the Media The week Jim and Wayne discuss the reality of the Media. From the recent release of the 9/11 audio recordings to Video Camera's on the Fire Ground. Plus, they interview Billy Goldfedder on his new show "Through the Smoke." All this and more! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Fire Guys?In Search Of?? Join the Fire Guys as they tackle the question of Response Safety and Firefighter Cancer. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Fire Guys?The First Broadcast Join the Fire Guys, Jim Goetz and Wayne Adams, in their inaguaral Podcast on Radio@Firehouse.com. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Near Misses?Do We Care? On the latest edition of Through the Smoke, Billy Goldfeder examines the recently launched “near-miss” reporting system created by the IAFC Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website One Fire Department?Two Near Tragic Apparatus Accidents With Chief Billy Goldfeder ... and guests Chief Darrell Cunningham of the Bourbon FPD in Missouri and Firehouse contributor Lieutenant Mike Wilbur from of EmergencyVehicleResponse.com. Mike serves as a volunteer firefighter in orange County, NY and serves as a Lieutenant with FDNY, Ladder 27. Find out about one department who miraculously survived two near tragic [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Billy Goldfeder?s Through the Smoke: Blocking Accident Scenes Public Nuisance or Personnel ProtectionOn the latest edition of Through the Smoke, Billy Goldfeder responds to a columnist who questions the necessity of blocking highways and numerous emergency apparatus at accident scenes. Guests are Jack Sullivan, Director of Training for the Emergency Responder Safety Institute, responder Selena Schmidt, a Fort Worth, Texas paramedic who was [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Leaders Discuss the Issue: Fire Service Safety Culture National and local leaders in the fire services discuss Fire Service Safety Culture in honor of "Stand Down for Firefighter Safety" on June 21. 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