The Weekly Scrap, Firefighter Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

I am back from my globe trotting and excited to be joined on this episode by the OG of the Scrap, Mr. Episode 11, Cort Smith.  We dive deep into his philosophy on training recruits and why he believes it is such an overlooked topic.  We discuss tradition and it's impact on training. Of course the audience as always determined the direction and actual rabbit holes we dove down. It was an amazing episode with a lot of useful resources offered.  Enjoy!

Guest host, Chief Scott Thompson, was joined on this episode by Bret Stidham. They discussed Starting the USAR team in Dallas, rising the ranks, leadership And of course all the questions and comments that the audience had!  It was an amazing Scrap! Don't miss this one!

Joined on this episode by none other than Bryan LaFleur himself! Highly requested guest and it was a great conversation. We start off by talking about building a truck culture from the ground up. Then we discuss a legacy of mentorship, creating cultures of accountability, the culture of why? How to let your failures drive you and so much more. Of course that does not include everything that the audience brought our way, and they always bring the best questions.  

Joined by Ron Moore with the University of Extrication. We discussed everything extrication, electric vehicle response, rescue size-up, airbags, technology advancements, blankets and and of course all the stuff the audience threw our way! I did not think a rescue guy would destroy the Next five questions, but judge for yourself! (he did)

Joined by Stephen Runyan (AKA Tommy Gunn) to talk about what and who built him, recruitment being more than checking boxes, the word safety! --- all of this plus everything the audience threw our way. Was an awesome evening, enjoy the recording!

Joined by Justin McWilliams to talk about search... data on search... reasons for search... opportunities for search... data from Firefighter Rescue Survey and not to mention all of the topics and questions the audience throws our way!

To make up for last nights facebook outage. Bobby Eckert is stepping in to drop some fire and knowledge bombs. Make time to be here this evening!  We discussed everything from search to VES, to Engine OPS and Tactics. The audience as always absolutely crushed it with questions for Bobby. Enjoy!

Joined by the awesome Jay Bonnifield to discuss all things fire attack.... streams, hose, nozzles, application! It was an amazing scrap,  another great time and audience absolutely crushed it with their questions and comments!

Joined by Keith Niemann to talk about developing a training mindset and how to impact the culture of your department. His take on leadership and mentoring and all the great questions the audience threw our way! 

Joined by the legend himself Bill Gustin! Been trying to make this one happen for a while... and it is finally here! Was a great time as we discussed changes in the fire service, and hurricanes, and leadership and hose packages! The audience was on point with solid questions and comments. It was a Scrap for the ages!