This week on The Firefighter Training Podcast talks about how to be a good senior firefighter, how to aspire to be a good senior firefighter. We also discuss mentoring.

This week on The Firefighter Training Podcast we talk about all of the equipment we use including the apparatus.

I discuss What equipment, cost and pricing information, shelf life, maintenance and where do we store it.

I also discuss the purchase and the sales personnel.

This week The Firefighter Training Podcast talks about being an officer and the fine balance between being empathetic but not being weak.

You must show a human side and that may leave you somewhat vulnerable and I discuss some thoughts about what to do so the personnel does not mistake your kindness for weakness.

This week The Firefighter Training Podcast talks about going defensive on the fireground. We discuss some scenarios, and the consequences of having to go defensive as well as the mindset and effect on the troops.

This episode is operational.

This week The Firefighter Training Podcast looks at the myths and misconceptions of doing a size up without actually taking actions based upon the factors you considered.

This episode is operational.

This week The Firefighter Training Podcasts discusses looking back on your knowledge, training, experience and certainly your effort that you gave this past year. More importantly and honest look back provides for a better diving board platform as you jump into the new pool of 2019.

Happy New Year to All!

This week The Firefighter Training Podcast talks about the quote that is attributed to Einstein that says the definition of insanity is completing the same action over and over and expecting different results.

I have a conversation with Joe Starnes from Kill The Flashover Project and we venture into a variety of fire service areas.

This is not a fireground operational episode.

This week The Firefighter Training Podcast looks at riding positions on apparatus in the Career and the volunteer / on-call department.

This episode is operational.

This week The Firefighter Training Podcast Looks at properties of carbon monoxide, some incidents, some basic procedures for responding to and handling these incidents.

This episode is operational.

This week The Firefighter Training Podcast looks at everything to do with SOPs or SOGs as some like to call them.

What are they, how do you format them, what is their purpose, and how to review and revise them are all topics that are discussed.