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FIREFIGHTER SUCCESS PODCAST

73 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 59 ratings

When lives depend on us, success is our only option. Learn from successful firefighters and fire service leaders on how to achieve excellence, continuously improve, and leave a lasting impact and legacy in the fire service. Learn more about the Firefighter Success book at FirefighterSuccessBook.com.

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David Hesselmeyer - 073

April 08, 2023 15:00 - 41 minutes - 28.9 MB

David Hesselmeyer started in the emergency services in 1997. He holds certifications such as North Carolina Firefighter Level II, Advanced Firefighter, Rescue Technician, Hazardous Materials Level I Responder, EMT-Paramedic, Executive Emergency Management Coordinator, and Certified Emergency Manager. Currently David volunteers with Buies Creek Fire Rescue as a Firefighter/EMT, is an adjunct instructor at Campbell University in the Homeland Security program, and speaks at state and national ...

Jared Vermeulen - 072

February 19, 2023 20:00 - 1 hour - 44.3 MB

Jared Vermuelen is a captain with Boca Raton Fire Rescue in Florida where he has served for over 15 years. He is a first generation firefighter that entered the fire service in 2007 after working as a paramedic for a local ambulance company and hospital. Jared Specializes in hazardous materials, rope rescue, trench rescue, confined space, and heavy extrication as a part of his department’s regional hazmat team for Boca Raton and Palm Beach County.  Jared is the author of the book “The Moder...

Arjuna George - 071

January 15, 2023 10:00 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MB

Arjuna George is the author of “Burnt Around The Edges, A guide to Mastering Stress and Surviving Burnout.” He retired in 2021 as the Fire Chief for Salt Spring Island Fire Rescue after 24 years of service. Chief George is a trauma-informed resilience coach and T.R.E.® Provider specializing in performance coaching for burnout prevention and recovery for fire chiefs and fire leaders.  He is a family man, entrepreneur, and author with a passion for helping others lead healthier and happier l...

Ryan Rodriquez - 070

December 11, 2022 10:00 - 50 minutes - 34.7 MB

Ryan Rodriquez is a firefighter/paramedic who has been on the job for 16 years.  He is the founder of IGNITEd, a company where he provides public strength training and nutrition coaching services as well as private leadership and teamwork consulting services. Ryan also hosts the IGNITEd Firefighter Podcast, where he talks about all things fire service related in order to help his audience deal with the mental, physical, and emotional stressors of the job. Ryan’s new book is called “Own It! ...

Jesse Quinalty - 069

November 19, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour - 41.7 MB

Jesse Quinalty is a Master Instructor and the owner of Red Helmet Training in Southern California which houses four classrooms and a command training center. He specializes in Company Officer Training as well as table top and digital fire simulations. He is a Captain with the San Bernardino County Fire Department working in Battalion 10 and was the Operations and Training Captain at his previous department. Jesse has authored several articles in fire service magazines and has recently publi...

Curt Isakson - 068

November 06, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 50.4 MB

Chief Curt Isakson is a 30-plus year veteran of the fire service, with experience working in volunteer, career, and combination departments in urban, suburban, rural, and countywide settings. He is currently a battalion chief for Escambia County Fire Rescue in Florida where he has worked for the last 21 years. Before his time with Escambia, Curt was a Company Officer with the Pensacola Fire Department assigned to Heavy Rescue 31 for 9 years. Lastly, he is the founder of County Fire Tactics...

John Cuomo - 067

October 23, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 51.5 MB

John Cuomo is a firefighter and paramedic, author and owner of Wild Bull Media, Inc. With over 20 years as a firefighter, John is passionate about the fire and police communities and the service they provide to our country. In his career, John served as a driver/engineer, lieutenant, and captain and stepped up as EMS chief, battalion chief, and training chief.  John is currently working on a new book about PTSD and mental health within the fire service, a subject he considers a priority. Wi...

Josh Wells - 066

October 09, 2022 09:00 - 51 minutes - 35.8 MB

Josh Wells is an Arizona native who has been a firefighter for nearly two decades. He currently serves as a captain for the Sedona Fire District. In 2010, Josh took his first promotional test for captain and failed miserably. He was discouraged after this loss, but this set him on a quest to find a path to promotional testing success. In 2016 Josh placed #1 on a captain's test and was promoted shortly thereafter. After his promotion, Josh helped many other firefighters reach the top of the...

Doug Mitchell - 065

April 17, 2022 09:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MB

Doug Mitchell is a captain in the New York City Fire Department with 30 years of fire experience, the last 23 being with the FDNY.  He is a principal member of the NFPA 1400 committee and co-authored Fire Engineering’s “25 to Survive: Reducing Residential Injury and LODD” in 2013 with his fire service brother Dan Shaw. Make sure you go back to episode 50 of the Firefighter Success Podcast and check out Chief Shaw’s popular episode. Doug also has a Bachelor’s degree from University of MD Ba...

Prepared to Fight Fire - Julian Serrano - 064

April 10, 2022 09:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MB

Julian Serrano is a firefighter with Palm Beach County Fire Rescue in Florida. He is passionate about mentorship, leadership, training and firefighter fitness. Early in his career, he decided to take ownership of his fitness, losing nearly 100 pounds. Since then, he has become a Florida Smoke Diver and ultramarathon runner.  Since the last time he was on the Firefighter Success Podcast, Julian created Prepared to Fight Fire, an intense 8-week fitness program which helps aspiring firefighter...

Dan McBride - 063

March 20, 2022 09:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MB

Dan McBride is a firefighter in Chelan County, Washington. He started out as a volunteer firefighter, following in his dad’s footsteps, who is a 39-year fire service veteran and deputy chief. Dan shifted gears and went into law enforcement, serving 7 years as a corrections officer in maximum security. In addition to serving as a firefighter in Chelan County, he is the founder and CEO of Thinline Anthem, a company whose mission is to assist first responders with their mental and physical hea...

Eddie Buchanan - 062

March 13, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 45.4 MB

Eddie Buchanan began his fire service career in 1982 and is currently the Chief of Administration for Hanover Fire-EMS in Richmond, Virginia. He is a past president of the International Society of Fire Service Instructors and was the George D. Post Instructor of the Year in 2015 for the creation of the SLICE-RS concept, which was incorporated into the ISFSI’s Principles of Modern Fire Attack Program.   Eddie serves on the Executive Advisory Board for FDIC and Fire Engineering Magazine and o...

Mike Matros - 061

March 06, 2022 10:00 - 41 minutes - 28.6 MB

Mike Matros is a career firefighter paramedic of 16 years and is currently with the Sudbury Fire Department in Massachusetts. Mike is also the founder and executive director of the Hero's Cup Foundation, a non-profit organization focused on the health and safety of all first responders.  In addition to Mike's non-profit work, Mike is also the founder and President of RedLine Gear Cleaning, a nationwide turnout gear cleaning company that provides on-site cleaning services directly at fire de...

Paul Hasenmeier - 060

February 27, 2022 10:00 - 53 minutes - 37.1 MB

Paul Hasenmeier is a 22-year fire service veteran and the fire chief of the Sunset Beach Fire Department in North Carolina.  He is a graduate of the National Fire Academy’s Executive Fire Officer Program. He also possesses a bachelor’s degree in Fire Science from Columbia Southern University as well as a master’s degree in Public Administration from Capella University.   Paul is also a lead faculty member at Columbia Southern University where he teaches online courses in their fire administ...

Scott Geiselhart - 059

February 20, 2022 10:00 - 39 minutes - 27.1 MB

Scott Geiselhart is a 24-year retired assistant chief from the Frazee Fire Department of Minnesota. He is a PTSD, addiction, and suicide-attempt survivor. Scott escaped a near-death experience on his road to discovery and recovery from his post-traumatic stress disorder.  Scott is now a national speaker who shares his message of healing and redemption with thousands of first responders. He is also a co-author of the IAFC’s Yellow Ribbon Report “Under the Helmet: Performing an Internal Size-...

Nick Papa - 058

February 13, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 49.7 MB

Nicholas Papa is a lieutenant with the New Britain Fire Department in Connecticut, where he has served for more than 14 years. A second-generation firefighter, he entered the fire service in 2003, volunteering for a neighboring suburb until his appointment to the New Britain Fire Department.  Nick is the author of Coordinating Ventilation: Supporting Extinguishment & Survivability, and has been an FDIC classroom instructor since 2017. He is a technical panelist for the UL-FSRI Study on Coor...

Nick Higgins - 057

February 06, 2022 10:00 - 51 minutes - 35.8 MB

Nicholas J. Higgins is a firefighter and district training officer for Piscataway Fire District #2 in Piscataway, New Jersey. He is a New Jersey State Level 2 Fire Instructor, a National Fallen Firefighters Foundation state advocate, and a member of the Board of Directors for the 5-Alarm Task Force—a 501 (c) (3), non-profit organization.  Nick is also the founder and a contributor of The Firehouse Tribune website. He has taught “Critical Thinking and Fireground Decision Making” and “Critica...

Ryan Johnston - 056

January 30, 2022 10:00 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MB

Ryan Johnston is a 30-year student of the fire service, with the last 24 years as a career firefighter. Ryan is also a rescue technician at the Waterville Fire Department in Maine. He is also a lieutenant in his hometown with the Oakland Fire Department.  Ryan is also a contributing writer for Firefighter Nation and a charter member of the Managing Officer Program at The National Fire Academy. He is the owner of Maineiac Training: A small fire training company that prides itself on providi...

Nick Joiner & Murphy Arsenaux (Firehouse Mentor) - 055

January 23, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 42.2 MB

Murphy Arsenaux is a retired captain and 37-year veteran of the fire service. He started his career at the New Orleans Fire Department and finished it at St. George Fire Department in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.  Check out episode 054 with Murphy, where we discuss his book: A Company of Leaders: Leading at Every Level On this episode, we welcome Murphy's co-author for Firehouse Mentor, Lieutenant Nick Joiner. Nick has been in the fire service for 26 years. In 1995, at 19-years-old, he started h...

Murphy Arsenaux - 054

January 16, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 44.6 MB

Murphy Arsenaux is a 37-year veteran of the fire service. He is the author of A Company of Leaders, Leading At Every Level and Co-author of Firehouse Mentor.  He entered the New Orleans Fire Department in 1984 and rose to captain in 1995. In 1999 he transferred to the St. George Fire Department in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and in 2000 he was promoted to captain again. His assignments have varied, from leading one of the busiest engines in the city of New Orleans, assisting in the development ...

Jared Van Ek - 053

January 09, 2022 10:00 - 59 minutes - 41.1 MB

Jared Van Ek is a lieutenant with the Spartanburg City Fire Department in South Carolina - an ISO Class 1 and Internationally Accredited Fire Department.  He is a 31-year fire service veteran – serving 24 years as a volunteer and the last 7 as a career firefighter.  Jared is passionate about fitness and is an avid trail runner and Spartan racer.  He is a certified Peer Fitness Trainer, a CrossFit level 1 Trainer and leads a Fitness Team as the Fire Department’s Peer Fitness Coordinator.   ...

Stephen Shaw - 052

December 26, 2021 10:00 - 48 minutes - 33.1 MB

Stephen Shaw is a 26-year veteran of the fire rescue service. He is the Assistant Chief for Training & EMS for Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue. Chief Shaw is an accredited Chief Fire Officer and the chair of the EMS Subcommittee for the Fire Chiefs Association of Broward County. He serves as Vice Chair of the South Florida Local Emergency Planning Committee. He is an IAFC Hazmat Committee member and a Hazmat Specialist for USAR Task Force 2. As an instructor and writer, his articles have been f...

Steve Pegram - 051

December 19, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 51.2 MB

Steve Pegram is a 35-year firefighter who has served in every rank from firefighter to Chief in both the volunteer and career fire services. Chief Pegram has been Fire Chief of Goshen Township Fire and EMS since 2009, and is set to retire on January 1, 2022. He will start his new role of Township Administrator for Goshen Township soon after.  He has a laundry list of accomplishments, which include (but are not limited to): Being the past president of the International Society of Fire Servi...

Dan Shaw - 050

December 12, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 42 MB

Dan Shaw is a Deputy Fire Chief for the Fairfax County Fire & Rescue Department in Northern Virginia and 29-year veteran of the fire service. He is a national fire educator who has instructed at FDIC since 2009. Chief Shaw is a Vice President of Traditions Training, teaching all over the United States on fire service topics and leadership. He has been published in Fire Engineering magazine, is a regular contributor to the monthly Fire Engineering Google Hangout, and in 2013 co-authored the ...

Brian Olson - 049

December 05, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 46.1 MB

Brian Olson is a 13-year veteran of the Eagle Fire Department in Eagle, Idaho. He is a founding member of the Firefighter Rescue Survey, a Brothers in Battle Instructor, and a Georgia Smoke Diver. He is also a dedicated husband, father, and man of faith. Brian one of the hard-chargers in the fire service who takes a no-nonsense, no-excuse approach to every aspect of his life. Take the Firefighter Rescue Survey at: FirefighterRescueSurvey.com 

Dennis Reilly - 048

November 28, 2021 10:00 - 57 minutes - 39.6 MB

Dennis Reilly is a forty-eight-year fire service veteran currently serving as the Fire Chief in Pittsburg, Kansas. Prior to his current position, he was the Fire Chief in Sunrise Beach, Missouri, an Assistant Chief in North Carolina & California and he retired as a Battalion Chief in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. During his time in New Jersey, Dennis became one of the original members of the New Jersey Urban Search & Rescue Task Force 1.  As part of Task Force 1, Chief Reilly made several deploym...

Chris Hickman - 047

November 21, 2021 10:00 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MB

Chris Hickman has served for nearly 27 years in the emergency services. Chris currently serves as a Captain/Paramedic for Ocala Fire Rescue in Florida. During his career, Chris has remained active as a mentor, coach, and advocate for the community’s youth. His passion for inspiring the next generation of leaders has been highlighted accomplishments that range from Florida High School Football Championships, to teaching/coaching martial arts, to mentoring the future and present members of th...

Eric Dreiman - 046

November 14, 2021 10:00 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MB

Chief Eric Dreiman has been a firefighter since 1990. He has served in every rank from firefighter up to division chief. He is currently the Chief of Training at the Indianapolis Fire Department. He serves on several state and local training boards and he is currently the Chairman of the Indiana Board of Firefighting Personnel Standards and Education.  Chief Dreiman holds multiple fire and EMS certifications and has a Bachelor’s of Science from Indiana University and a degree in Fire Scienc...

Julian Serrano - 045

November 07, 2021 09:00 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MB

Julian Serrano is a firefighter with Palm Beach County Fire Rescue in Florida. He is passionate about mentorship, leadership, training and firefighter fitness. Early in his career, he decided to take ownership of his fitness, losing nearly 100 pounds. Since then, he has become a Florida Smoke Diver and ultramarathon runner.  Julian is also passionate about firefighter mental health, teaching fellow firefighters about PTSD and suicide awareness. 

Tilden Billiter - 044

October 31, 2021 09:00 - 41 minutes - 28.9 MB

Tilden Billiter is a 24-year fire service veteran and the assistant chief at the Sacramento Fire Department in California. He also serves as the director of training, overseeing all in-service training, recruit and lateral training academies, college fire academy, health and fitness program, and emergency vehicle operations program. Tilden is the previous assistant chief of EMS and a previous shift commander. He also served as the drill master of the Regional Fire Academy, teaching nationwi...

P.J. Norwood - 043

October 17, 2021 09:00 - 48 minutes - 33.4 MB

P.J. Norwood is the Director of Training at the Connecticut Fire Academy. He is a retired deputy chief from the East Haven Fire Department in Connecticut and has served four years with the Connecticut Army National Guard. Chief Norwood is a FDIC classroom, workshop, and HOT Instructor, a Fire Engineering Advisory Panel Member, a Fire Engineering book and video author of “The Evolving Fireground - Researched Based Tactics” and the “Tactical Perspectives” DVD Series.  P.J. is a Contributing a...

Jim Moss (Fire & Iron Podcast Interview) - 042

October 10, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 46.5 MB

Listen to Jim Moss' interview from the "Fire & Iron Podcast," where Matt, Ryan and Jim discuss the Firefighter Success book, personal leadership, living intentionally, and much more. Make sure to subscribe to the Fire and Iron Podcast and listen often. Learn more at FirefighterSuccessBook.com. 

Ben Martin (Part 2) - 041

October 03, 2021 09:00 - 41 minutes - 28.7 MB

Benjamin Martin currently serves as a captain with a large metro fire department in Virginia. He provides leadership training workshops and keynotes internationally and throughout the United States. Ben blends over 18 years of public safety experience with his ongoing Ph.D. study of human behavior and motivation to provide an entertaining and unfiltered view on a variety of leadership topics such as communication, command and control strategies, conflict management, and emotional intelligenc...

Ben Martin (Part 1) - 040

September 26, 2021 09:00 - 49 minutes - 33.8 MB

Benjamin Martin currently serves as a captain with a large metro fire department in Virginia. He provides leadership training workshops and keynotes internationally and throughout the United States. Ben blends over 18 years of public safety experience with his ongoing Ph.D. study of human behavior and motivation to provide an entertaining and unfiltered view on a variety of leadership topics such as communication, command and control strategies, conflict management, and emotional intelligenc...

Ali Rothrock - 039

September 19, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 44 MB

Ali Rothrock has been a firefighter and emergency medical technician in the volunteer fire service since 2005. She has delivered more than 500 presentations nationwide and she is the Founder and Lead Instructor for 'On the Job and Off,' an online platform dedicated to building more resilient first responders. Since its creation in 2018, its training programs are regarded as some of the best first responder mental health courses in the country.  Ali is a CISM Team Member, Behavioral Health S...

Mike Dugan - 038

September 05, 2021 09:00 - 49 minutes - 33.8 MB

Mike Dugan is a 27-year veteran of the FDNY and served as the captain of Ladder Company 123 in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. As a lieutenant, he served in Ladder Company 42 in the South Bronx. While assigned as a firefighter in Ladder Company 43 in Spanish Harlem, Dugan received the James Gordon Bennett medal in 1992 and the Harry M. Archer Medal in 1993---the FDNY’s highest award for bravery.  Captain Dugan is also a longtime instructor at FDIC. He is a contributing editor to Fire Engineering m...

Jason Sautel - 037

August 29, 2021 09:00 - 42 minutes - 29.4 MB

Jason Sautel entered the fire service at the age of 18 with CAL Fire in Riverside County. Shortly thereafter, he became an Alameda County Paramedic assigned to the city of Oakland and then joined the Oakland Fire Department. He spent 22 years on the frontline as a first responder followed by an additional five years of teaching at a private training center.  He now spends his days writing, speaking at events nationally, and podcasting. His first book, The Rescuer: One Firefighter’s Story Of...

11 Steps To Creating a Culture of Firefighter Fitness (Dan Kerrigan) - 036

August 22, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 48 MB

Based on their popular FDIC class, Jim Moss and Dan Kerrigan give firefighters and fire departments 11 steps to creating a culture of firefighter fitness and wellness. TOPICS DISCUSSED: Fire department culture change Personal accountability Positive peer pressure Medical and fitness evaluations Physical agility assessments Fire department fitness committees Functional fitness equipment Fitness training/education Firehouse gyms Fitness/wellness policies Incentivization Get their...

Mike Gagliano - 035

July 25, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 54.8 MB

Mike Gagliano has over thirty years of fire/crash/rescue experience with the Seattle Fire Department and the United States Air Force. He retired as the Captain of Ladder 5 and remains a proud member of Fire Station 31. Captain Gagliano has written numerous fire service articles, and is co-author of the bestselling books: Air Management for the Fire Service and the Challenges of the Firefighter Marriage. He is a member of the Fire Engineering/FDIC Advisory Board, Firefighter Air Coalition b...

Credibility - 034

July 18, 2021 09:00 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MB

"Credibility is the currency of the fire service." Host Jim Moss shares his thoughts on why credibility is an essential quality of successful firefighters and leaders. Jim shares why credibility is critical at every level, and how every firefighter can build credibility through trust, respect, and example. Jim reads Chapter 12 - Credibility from the Firefighter Success book, and offers some closing thoughts on credibility for the promotional process, as well as how mistakes affect credibil...

Jim Silvernail - 033

July 11, 2021 09:00 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MB

Jim Silvernail is the fire chief of the Kirkwood Fire Department of St. Louis County, Missouri, and a 25-year veteran of the fire service. He is also a graduate of the National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program and is internationally accredited as a Chief Fire Officer through the Center of Public Safety Excellence. Chief Silvernail is the author of Suburban Fire Tactics and the co-author of Suburban Fire Tactics from the Right Seat. In addition to Suburban Fire Tactics, Jim has wr...

Brian Soller - 032

July 04, 2021 09:00 - 58 minutes - 40.4 MB

Brian Soller has been an active volunteer firefighter for the last 31 years.  He currently serves as the assistant chief of the Rock Hill Fire Department and was their fire chief from 2018-2020. Soller also served as chief of the Monticello Fire Department from 2001-2002.  Brian is a nationally certified level 2 fire instructor, nationally certified fire officer, an advanced swift water / flood rescue technician and instructor. For the past 17 years has been a New York state fire instructor...

Kara Judd - 031

June 27, 2021 09:00 - 40 minutes - 27.7 MB

Kara Judd is a fire lieutenant in upstate New York. She is also the only female in her fire department and the first to hold a line officer position. Additionally, she is a firefighter/EMT for Clark Burn Center at Upstate Hospital in Syracuse, New York, where her role is outreach and education. Kara is the founder and owner of St. Florian Fitness, where she brings education and awareness to reducing firefighter line-of-duty deaths. It is her passion and mission to help firefighters get heal...

Jeremy Sanders - 030

June 20, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 41.8 MB

Jeremy Sanders has served for 19 years on a suburban career fire department in central Oklahoma where he currently holds the rank of Captain. In 2020 he created Crew 1st Culture and the Crew 1st Culture Podcast in which he shares the importance of the pursuit of daily personal growth. This daily growth has helped him to not only become a better firefighter and officer but also a better dad and husband. He is married with 7 kids and lives on a small farm just outside of Tulsa. Listen to the ...

Craig Stalowy - 029

June 13, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 50.7 MB

Craig Stalowy started his fire service career in the Chicago area in 2004 before eventually moving to Colorado in 2009. He worked for the City of Colorado Springs for 6 years and is currently a Firefighter/Paramedic on a truck company for East Metro Fire Rescue (CO). Joining John Spera and Tom Johnson, Craig became a member of the Fit to Fight Fire team in 2019. He is the primary author of Fit to Fight Fire’s newest book: The Backstep. He has completed the Ironman race and multiple ultram...

James Geering - 028

June 06, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 47 MB

James Geering was born and bred in Bath, England. After moving to the United States in 2002, he began his journey in the fire service, ultimately serving for fourteen years as a firefighter/paramedic on both the East and West Coasts.  James started The Behind the Shield Podcast in 2016 after losing multiple first responders to a host of physical and mental health issues. In 2020, James released his book: “One More Light: Life, Death and Humanity Through the Eyes of a Firefighter” to make ev...

Robby Owens - 027

May 30, 2021 09:00 - 58 minutes - 40 MB

Robert C. Owens Sr. is a captain and EMT intermediate with the Henrico County, Virginia Division of Fire. He began his fire service career with the Mechanicsville Volunteer Fire Department and previously served as a career firefighter in Stafford County, Virginia.  Owens is a certified Fire Instructor II and Fire Officer IV by the Virginia Department of Fire Programs, and a Mass Casualty Incident Management instructor for the Virginia Office of EMS. He graduated as a member of the Charter C...

Josh Chase - 026

May 23, 2021 09:00 - 54 minutes - 37.6 MB

Josh Chase is a lieutenant with Norfolk Fire Rescue in Virginia, and is a 15-year veteran of the fire service. He has a passion for leadership and strengthening firefighters to lead at the informal level. Josh is the author of Jump Seat Leadership: The Guide to Informal Leadership in the Fire Service, and also Take the Lead: The Guide to Taking Ownership of Your Life. He currently runs the Jump Seat Leadership Facebook page and teaches informal leadership in the fire service. Josh is also th...

101 Rules For Firefighter Success - 025

May 16, 2021 09:00 - 13 minutes - 9.15 MB

101 Rules For Firefighter Success is the Special Report download, available for free at FirefighterSuccessBook.com. It provides readers with a taste of what is inside the pages of the #1 bestselling book: Firefighter Success: 20 C's to Firefighter Excellence. Download the free Special Report at: FirefighterSuccessBook.com

John Dixon - 024

May 09, 2021 09:00 - 48 minutes - 33.6 MB

John Dixon is currently serving as the Chief of Training and Safety in the Teaneck Fire Department in New Jersey and has over 23 years in the fire service. He has earned his Fire Officer (FO) credentials from the Center for Public Safety Excellence, Graduate Grade from the Institution of Fire Engineers, Training Officer credentials from the International Society of Fire Service Instructors, and is a National Fire Academy alumnus.  Chief Dixon has a passion for training, mentoring, and inspi...