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Snakes, Tornadoes and Hurricanes

In The Arena - June 03, 2019 02:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Jon and Eddy are back on the road at the Inter-Tribal Emergency Management Coalition Summit in Shawnee, Oklahoma this week and giving an update in recent disasters and safety tips for responders.

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WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOUNG PEOPLE ARE INSPIRED?

In The Arena - May 16, 2019 01:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Eddy interviews two 14 year old girls about to take part in a large scale field exercise with a group of real responders.  

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Learning from the 1918 Pandemic

In The Arena - April 30, 2019 01:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
The 1918 influenza pandemic was the most severe pandemic in recent history. It was caused by an H1N1 virus with genes of avian origin. Although there is not universal consensus regarding where the virus originated, it spread worldwide during 1918-1919.  In the United States, it was first identif...

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A Vested Interest In Safety

In The Arena - April 24, 2019 03:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
A live Interview from the 2019 National Hurricane Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana with a company changing the way responders stay safe. Meet Peter Kirvin, the CEO of FireNinja, Superior Safety Equipment.

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That Cop Is Mine!

In The Arena - April 17, 2019 21:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Since Ferguson, Missouri and the death of Michael Brown in 2014, it seems an open season has been declared on police officers. The attacking and even killing of police officers is just a symptom of a larger epidemic that afflicts the United States, and that is we no longer love and respect our f...

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Working Between The Rock and The Hard Place

In The Arena - April 17, 2019 01:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
A follow up episode to "Crisis at the Border" of the In The Arena Podcast

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Healing and Hope with Sharon Evans and Mercy

In The Arena - April 16, 2019 01:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
A Live interview from the 2019 Texas Emergency Management Conference, with Sharon Evans and Mercy from HOPE Animal-Assisted Crisis Response. 

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Protecting Texas with Game Warden David Pellizzari

In The Arena - April 16, 2019 01:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
A Live Interview from the 2019 Texas Emergency Management Conference, with Texas Parks & Wildlife Officer David Pellizzari.

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Crisis at the Border

In The Arena - April 10, 2019 05:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
The American Public has been feeding off one-liners and tweets for too long and that it is time we talk about the reality of the situation down at the border.  If people are going to get their news from Twitter in single sentences, they are going to stay uninformed and manipulated by whoever the...

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INSIDE THE HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE: AN INTERVIEW WITH REAL HEROES

In The Arena - April 07, 2019 22:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
A live interview with Major Ryan Rickert and Major Jeremy DeHart of the 53rd Weather Recon Squadron. Recorded at the National Tropical Weather Conference in South Padre Island, Texas.

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THE 2019 HURRICANE PREDICTIONS

In The Arena - April 07, 2019 05:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Live from the National Tropical Weather Conference in South Padre Island, Texas.

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Preserving a Heritage with the Aurora Regional Fire Museum

In The Arena - March 30, 2019 05:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
An interview Brian Failing (Executive Director) and Cayla Wagner (Museum Assistant) at the Aurora Regional Fire Museum in Aurora, Illinois.

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Lighting A Path to a Career in Forensics

In The Arena - March 30, 2019 05:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
An update on the new FoxFury Lighting Solutions Forensic Learning Lab at SciTech Hands On Museum in Aurora, IL.

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Using Response to Teach STEAM

In The Arena - March 26, 2019 05:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Recorded at the Sci-Tech Museum in Aurora, Illinois, during the Spring-break "StayCation" an interview with Ian McCleary and Camille Coller. How response technology and history is being used to inspire a new generation of innovators and responders.

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When a Picture is Worth More Than a Thousand Words

In The Arena - March 25, 2019 05:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
This bonus Episode features a powerful interview with Responder/Artist Daniel Sundahl.  Daniel captures the hearts and minds of responders around the world and turns them into thought provoking and often times healing works of art.  Passionate about raising mental health awareness for first resp...

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Radio Chatter March 2019 Part 2

In The Arena - March 23, 2019 05:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In this Radio Chatter episode, Eddy and Jon talk about podcast tours, craw fish disasters, border patrol and police recruiting. 

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Grandpa, Tell Me a Story Featuring LT. Ed Weiss (Retired)

In The Arena - March 19, 2019 05:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
This phone-in episode is an interview with Oak Park Illinois Fire Department Lt Ed Weiss (Ret.) Lt. Weiss shares his experiences as he took the job he never thought he would have and how he was guided by a Divine hand to help change the course of firefighting and emergency management forever.  R...

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FAITH, FAMILY, AND FIREFIGHTING with Andy Starnes

In The Arena - March 08, 2019 06:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In the midst of our search for success & serving others we have forgotten about our first priority: Our family! How do we hold onto faith and family while answering the call?  Andy Starnes is a 20-year veteran of the fire service, currently serving as a captain with the Charlotte, NC, Fire Depa...

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Vent. Enter. Demolish. A look at the Fire Maul and the FireWrap Grip Kit

In The Arena - March 08, 2019 06:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
When one looks at the Fire Service, most of the tools that we use were designed for something else and we have adapted those tools to do what we need them to do.  FireMaul has taken on an innovative approach to modern day firefighting with tools created to do the job of a firefighting.  This int...

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THE BROTHERHOOD

In The Arena - March 07, 2019 05:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
This episode was recorded in Baton Rouge on March 7, 2019 in memory of fallen firefighter Captain Jacob Ringering.  

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Radio Chatter March 2019

In The Arena - March 03, 2019 05:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Eddy and Jon discuss current events, the podcast itself, reports, tours, and more, in their monthly episode of "Radio Chatter". This episodes focus is in Emergency Management Magazine report entitled "We've Failed Miserably at Preparedness", motel gas explosions, home preparedness, the Visual911...

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Is Your Ambulance Clean? Featuring Nicole Arbach

In The Arena - March 02, 2019 01:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
A live interview RN/Paramedic Nicole Arbach, Ambulance Educator from North Memorial Health in Minnesota.  Listen to Nicole share her insights regarding protocols and attitudes toward infectious disease prevention in EMS as well as the story of her own son who experienced what infection can mean ...

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America’s Drug Problem Featuring Kirk Hughes, RN, EMT, CSPI

In The Arena - March 01, 2019 05:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
A live interview with Kirk Hughes, RN, EMT, CSPI, Education Director of the Minnesota Poison Control System.  With years of experience in Fire/EMS and a background as a death scene investigator, Hughes has become a specialist on America’ drug problem.  Is Narcan working? How far behind are we in...

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Responding to the Invisible Child

In The Arena - February 28, 2019 05:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
As a responder, you are prepared to handle many unexpected situations that you encounter on a call. You have likely found that there are situations and calls you go on that seem to require different response tactics or specialized care that you may not be trained or highly skilled in. Would you ...

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EMS Today 2019 Wrap Up

In The Arena - February 24, 2019 05:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
After a long week in National Harbor, Maryland, Eddy and Jon go over their experiences at EMS Today 2019. 

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A journey of discovery: Creating tools for responders

In The Arena - February 21, 2019 05:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In this episode, Eddy interviews Antonio Cugini, Director of Marketing for FoxFury Lighting Solutions.  FoxFuy is our main podcast sponsor and the creators of some of the finest lighting solutions in the responder world.  How did they get here?  How has the company grown? What sets FoxFury apart...

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The Lesson From a 911 Outage

In The Arena - December 29, 2018 04:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
This episode is a short rant about the lesson we should all be learning from the recent Century Link 911 outage.  Our reliance on technology has turned us into a society that is more vulnerable than perhaps any in history despite the breakthroughs that originally looked like lifesavers!

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Lessons From M*A*S*H*

In The Arena - December 22, 2018 02:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
During this holiday season, there will be families experiencing pain and loss, responders pulled away from their families for the sake of the call, and while the holiday will be filled with trees, lights and gifts, it will also be a time of pain and agony for so many.  It is a time of the year w...

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Leech Lake - Are We Training The Whole Responder Brain?

In The Arena - December 15, 2018 15:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
From the Leech Lake Public Safety Conference in Walker Minnesota December 14th, 2018.  An interview with Rob Pearson from North Memorial Air Care on the art of hemorrhage control and the science of stress training.  Could this research change the way we train? Could the way we train prevent PTSD...

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Leech Lake - Use of Police Force

In The Arena - December 15, 2018 05:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
The use of force, in the context of law enforcement, may be defined as the "amount of effort required by police to compel compliance by an unwilling subject" Within the world of Criminal Justice, there is probably no other issue that draws as much attention as the use of Police Force, yet the a...

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