Fire Engineering Podcast Network

Are the Vollies Going Away?

In this episode of "The Command Post," Rick Lasky and John Salka discuss the future of the volunteer fire service.
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COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates and Firefighters: An Update

Frank Ricci and Bobby Halton examine the impact of COVID-19 vaccine mandates on fire departments with guests Andy Singleton and Cindy and David Polikoff.
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First-Due Battalion Chief

Host Danny Sheridan is joined by Frank Leeb to discuss cancer and firefighters.
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Politics & Tactics

Frank Ricci and David Polikoff talk with guests Andy Singleton and Cindy Polikoff about the impact of vaccine mandates on fire departments.
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Firefighter Behavioral Health

Dr. Beth Murphy and company address issues related to firefighter health and mental well-being.
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Firefighting Fridays: The Fire Service and Fire Research

Jeff Shupe and other members of Strategic Fire Training reflect on the history of fire service research over the decades, including current studies undertaken by UL FSRI, NIST, and other such organizations.
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Fire Service Court

The panel of firefighter-attorneys--Chip Comstock, John K. Murphy, Brad Pinsky, and Curt Varone--look at emerging legal issues facing fire departments.
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RIT: Are You Ready to Intervene?

 
Terry McGrath, Scott Thompson, John Salka, and Bobby Halton are joined by Lieutenant Bassel Ibrahim with the Orlando (FL) Fire Department to talk about his “One Bad Day” program and being proactive in RIT operations.
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The Professional Volunteer Fire Department: Recruitment and Retention

Jerry Knapp joins host Tom Merrill to discuss a special task force he was appointed to in New York State to examine issues related to recruitment and retention. This idea is to make your volunteer fire department stand out and excel as an elite unit that people want to be a part of.
Jerry discusses several ideas the task force is examining relating to training, establishing a dedicated bureau dedicated to recruitment and retention efforts on a state wide basis, tax incentives and money issues as they relate to the volunteer fire service, taking a good look at programs already in place at various agencies that are proven successful, and taking a look at incentives that work to entice people to join and remain in their volunteer fire department.
Jerry is also looking for your help and wants input and information from YOU the listener and he will be providing his contact information so you can get hold of him to offer your ideas, suggestions and examples of issues, challenges and what is working and not working out there. Even though this is a New York State task force, the issues, challenges and possible solutions are definitely NOT geographic at all and apply across the land. And, as Jerry points out, a lot of what is being done currently is not working.
Please join us and listen in and this will be the first in a series of episodes dedicated to not just recruiting new members, but retaining them as well.

Back Step Boys

Ron Kanterman and Tom Aurnhammer discuss current goings-on in the fire service, leadership, and more.
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