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#317 Ben Levy UK strategic lead for Fires in Tall Buildings at the National Fire Chiefs Council Aug 12, 2024

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Ben Levy is a highly experienced senior manager at Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service. During his 28-year career as a firefighter and officer he has gained significant operational experience. He has held a wide range of leadership positions, with a primary focus on operational command, safety, technical advice, assurance, and research and development.

As the strategic lead for Fires in Tall Buildings at the National Fire Chiefs Council, he is focussed on advancing techniques and procedures for firefighting, rescue and evacuation in respect of tall buildings. His primary concern is the safety of both firefighters and affected occupants.

Ben recognises that a legacy of design, construction and build issues continue to create a significant challenge to Fire and Rescue Service responders. In response, he continually emphasises the importance of outstanding levels of preparedness for, and response to, fires in tall buildings .
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#316 Josh Burchick Forged & Unbroken Aug 06, 2024

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Joshua Burchick is a Captain with Howard County (MD) Department of Fire & Rescue Services, and has served with HCFR since early 2004. Additionally, he has served with the Kentland Volunteer Fire Department in Prince Georges County, MD. He is a trainer for the IAFF’s Fire Ground Survival Program, is an ACE certified Peer Fitness Trainer and nationally accredited CrossFit trainer. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Public Safety Leadership from Johns Hopkins University. He also runs the online community, Forged & Unbroken, a service promoting resiliency in the fire service through physical, mental, and emotional means, donating to public safety non-profits and charitable causes.
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#315 British Firefighter Challenge 2024 ROUND UP Aug 02, 2024

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A round up episode about The British Firefighter Challenge 2024. The event, athletes, sponsors and medal winner.
Find out more about the BFC HERE
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#314 The Who, What, How & Why The Firefighters Podcast started - Sarah Bromley Interviews founder & Host Pete Wakefield Jul 25, 2024

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In today episode we are giving into a long standing request which has become more frequent lately and we have UKFRS serving Watch Commander & member of the podcast team Sarah Bromley Interviewing the founder & Host of the firefighters podcast Pete Wakefield asking about the Who, What, How & Why The Firefighters Podcast got started.
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#313 The Firefighters Charity with Joss Gaynor & Steve Sadler Jul 22, 2024

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Today my guests are Joss Gaynor from The Firefighters Charity & Steve Sadler from Re-enkindle specialising in Fire Service Research.
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#312 IFIW and the international perspective with Mike Stachowicz Jul 16, 2024

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Today returning guest and friend of the podcast Mike Stachowicz from the UKFRS as we discuss his recent trip to International Fire Instructor’s Workshop IFIW. The next IFIW in 2025 will be in Denver, Colorado.
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Links from todays chat:
UL FSRI: https://training.fsri.org/

Fire Ventilation, Stefan Svensson: https://www.msb.se/siteassets/dokument/publikationer/english-publications/fire-ventilation.pdf

Water and Other Extinguishing agents: https://rib.msb.se/filer/pdf/23061.pdf

Enclosure Fires, Lars-Göran Bengtsson: https://rib.msb.se/filer/pdf/20782.pdf

And obviously cfbt.be as we mentioned it few times: http://www.cfbt-be.com/en/

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CHANGE - Embracing, Embedding and Managing through it with Louise Diffey at WFS 2024 Jul 11, 2024

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Today I'm speaking with Louise Diffey from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire & Rescue service about how we Embrace, Embed and Manage through the ever changing landscape of the First responders working life and also discuss mental models that are useful when thinking about how we manage change in our own lives as well.
This episode was recorded at the 22nd annual Woman In The Fire Service. Women in the Fire Service UK (WFS) was set up in the 1990s with its purpose of Enabling and inspiring confident and successful women to build a more progressive Fire and Rescue Service.
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#311 High Rise Firefighting with Brent Brooks Jul 08, 2024

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My guest today is Brent Brooks who is an international speaker and hands on instructor. He teaches High Rise Tactics and large diameter hose movements. Brent is currently a Captain with Toronto Fire Services. His 29 year career with firefighting started at Pearson Airport, with continuing duties at (De Havilland) and Bombardier Aero Space Crash Fire Rescue teams. He is assigned to Toronto’s High Rise Unit. Brent has developed the IMS, training and RND for High Rise Operations.
Brent’s experience includes serving on numerous committees all related to High Rise Firefighting. He continues to travel the world attending conferences, symposiums, and hands on training. He has spoken on complex building systems, help run the 2019, 2020 Canadian HighRise conference, Started the HighRise Round Table in Toronto, hosted the Toronto & Montreal HighRise Summit and is a member of the Council Of Tall Buildings based out of Chicago.
He also represents Canada as a member of the T70 Tall Building Safety Committee based out of London England. Brent shares information with Fire Departments from all over the world and has developed a network with subject matter experts related to High Rise Firefighting. Brent has spoke at Firex, Tall Building Conference in London England and “Makin’ The Stretch” Conference Colonial Park, PA. Brent continues his education by attend 4 firefighting conferences yearly and never misses HROC in the USA.
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#310 The World of Search & Rescue with Dave O'Neill MBE part 2 of 2 Jul 01, 2024

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This is our follow up from #308 - the second part episode with Dave O'Neill MBE. Dave retired from London Fire Brigade as AC of Special Projects in October of 2023 following an incredible career spanning 3 decades in the UK Fire & Rescue Service. In the 2021 New Years Honours he was awarded an MBE for masterminding the fire service support to the Ambulance service and PMART (the multi agency response to covid related deaths at home). He finished his career as the head of Head of Rescue/IEC/International Operations for LFB and now works as the Director of Operations Institute of Search and Technical Rescue, Chair of Fire Aid and International Development and many other personal and professional commitments spending time giving back to the world of Search & rescue.
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Find out more about the Institute of Search & Technical Rescue HERE

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#309 Debrief: The Smithfield Market Fire January 23rd 1958 Jun 26, 2024

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In the early hours of Thursday 23rd January 1958, local firefighters arrived at the Smithfield Meat Market. By the time the blaze was finally contained, days later, two members of the London Fire Brigade were dead and a further twenty-six firefighters were hospitalised.
This incident, which was instrumental in modernising firefighters' breathing apparatus and breathing apparatus procedures, proved how great things can be achieved if society learns from tragedies.
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