The Weekly Scrap, Firefighter Podcast

The podcast covers Mayday Mindset, training approaches, surviving knife fights in elevators, and making yourself hard to kill. The hosts promise a Varsity AF conversation and audience engagement for a fun episode.

Joined on this episode by the incomparable Frank Leeb to discuss... wind driven fires, the recent 5th Alarm Brooklyn fire, safety and aggressive firefighting, how process drives outcomes, backdrafts, smoke explosions, and over pressurization... all of this plus all the curve balls the audience threw our way!  Was an amazing Scrap... enjoy!

Joined on this episode by the one and only Chris Stewart. We plan to discuss leadership, culture, customer service, training, incident command, safety, extinguishment, search, and ventilation... all of that plus everything the audience threw our way! Was an amazing time.

Joined by the host of the Couplings Fire podcast Taylor Anderson to have an amazing Scrap! We talk about directing your passion, dealing with villains, communication, imposter syndrome and that is just what was planned...it doesn't include what the audience brought to the table! What an awesome show!!!

Went live at the 22nd Orlando Fire Conference to do a Scrap live on location with an in-person audience and also the facebook audience. The panel was Walt Lewis, Matty Johnson and Rob Ramirez. They fielded questions from both audiences, and they were not soft tosses!!!  The panel crushed it as they discussed everything from the state of brotherhood, suicide and females in the fire service. Was a great evening!

A discussion on the passion and adversity in the fire service with guest Cody Trestrail. Topics include the decline of fire service mission, public expectations, search profiling, balancing tradition with technology, the role of faith, door control, character values, leadership, and daily training drills.

In this podcast, Chief Scott Thompson discusses the importance of promoting a fire first culture in fire departments, implementing new deployment models for efficiency, and fostering leadership and cultural transformation. They also explore topics such as formal mentoring programs, optimal driving approaches, cultivating positive change, peer reviews, embracing leadership responsibilities, and the importance of feedback and recommended books for firefighters.

It's the return of Grant Schwalbe, Facebook would not let his original scrap happen, but he is back! Was an awesome conversation. I have already borrowed (stolen) so much from Grant, and I look forward to even more! The audience showed up as always and brought amazing questions. Enjoy! 

Joined on this episode by Christopher Snow creator of the Rogue Tailboard. We are going to discuss faith, passion and commitment to the craft. We will discuss keys to staying ignited, and how to weather the detractors. Plus, as always the great interaction, questions and thoughts from the audience!

Joined by Benjamin Martin to go deep diving into the psychology of leadership. Group culture, motivation, and whatever rabbit holes we can find to dive into. As always, the show was driven by the awesome questions from the audience.