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#298 Becoming a Firefighter Challenge Gold Medallist & Growing Self Confidence with Helena Brown Apr 29, 2024

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Helena Brown is a UK Firefighter who in 2023 burst on the scene of the firefighter challenge community winning the British firefighter challenge. She then joined in in Saudi Arabia winning more medals at the toughest firefighter alive in 2024. She will be returning to the Firefighter challenge circuit this year and today she shares her experience of joining the fire service and growing herself confidence and self belief whist putting herself around other high performers to help her grow and develop personally and professionally.
Helena is an inspiring example of our great firefighters in the UK fire service and you can connect with her HERE. She will also be in attendance with myself at Women In Fire annual development event as well as The British Firefighter Challenge in July of 2024.
Find out more about the firefighter challenge community in the UK at
The Welsh Firefighter Challenge
The British Firefighter Challenge
The Cheshire Firefighter Challenge
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#297 Highs and Lows of Forces Life from the Longest Serving Female RAF Chinook Force Crewmember with Liz McConaghy Apr 22, 2024

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Liz McConaghy was the longest serving female crewman on the Royal Air Force Chinook Fleet spanning a 17 year career flying on the aircraft.

Originally from a small town in Northern Ireland she attended RAF Cranwell on her 19th birthday to begin her exciting career thereafter on Chinook Helicopters.
She was the youngest aircrew to deploy to Iraq aged just 21 and also the only female crewman on the Chinook wing for 4 years, so her story is completely unique.
Her career saw her amass 2 deployments to Iraq and 10 deployments to Helmand Afghanistan in support of Operation Herrick which gave her an insightful and very personal perspective on war. Upon leaving the RAF in 2019 Liz slowly became unravelled after a series of traumatic events that compounded her PTSD. This led to her trying to end her life in Aug 2020.
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#296 Are all Firefighters Bullies - A Conversation on Workplace Culture with Dr Jason Price Apr 15, 2024

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Are all Firefighters Bullies. If you were to read the papers each week you may well hold this view but like so many things in life its a very small number that can build a bad stereotype of a group of individuals that I feel very proud to be part of.
However there is no smoke without fire so clearly some people are not having a very positive experience in the fire & rescue service and today we want to develop an understanding of how we can better understand the world of Bullying & Harassment with a view to begin to move forward with a healthier, more positive and safe workplace culture where high performers can grow and develop.
My guest today Dr Jason Price is an Independent specialist in workplace culture, bullying and complaint management. You can get guidance, support for your organisation of for yourself personally including insight into professional standards & complaint management by reaching him HERE
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#295 How a routine Firefighter Health screening discovered my Brain Tumour with Carla Morrison Apr 11, 2024

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Carla Morrison is a serving firefighter from Canada who during a routine Health screening discovered she has dramatically reduced hearing on one side. This discovery lead to further testing which showed a large brain tumour which threatened her career, her home life and possibly her life.
Also on the podcast today is Bradley Dicks also from Canada & Kyle Keighery a serving firefighter from Australia
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#294 The Firefighting Gladiator with Bronte Jones Apr 08, 2024

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Bronte Jones is a UK firefighter, weightlifter & contender on UK's GLADIATORS where she made it the finals. Gladiators is a sports entertainment TV show & one of the most defining game shows of the 90's in the UK, as well as across the globe. Athletic members of the public battle as Contenders against the shows very own mighty Gladiators to earn points in an array of events that tests their speed, strength, stamina and skill.
You can find Bronte on social media HERE
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#293 Why a Lack of Sleep is Killing our First Responders with Dan Evison Apr 01, 2024

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Sleep is one of the most important aspects of our life, health and longevity and yet it is increasingly neglected in 21st century society, with devastating consequences: every major disease in the developed world - Alzheimer's, cancer, obesity, diabetes - has very strong causal links to deficient sleep.

Based on the Journal of Global Health, first responders are as much as three times more likely to suffer from insomnia than non-shift workers & a Recent UClan document stating 61% of firefighters have sleep problems.

My guest today is Dan Evison a Father of 3, a Firefighter (Watch Manager) of 22 years & now (since 2021) an adult sleep coach & consultant.
Contact Dave at sleepandthrive@outlook.com
Deeper dive & Help available at his website HERE
Read/Audio book "Why We Sleep by Mathew Walker" HERE
Cleveland Clinic study HERE
Mental health of UK firefighters | Scientific Reports (nature.com)
Common Sleep Disorders Increase Risk of Motor Vehicle Crashes and Adverse Health Outcomes in Firefighters | Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine (aasm.org)
Association between sleep quality and type of shift work in Korean firefighters - PMC (nih.gov)
Implementing a Sleep Health Education and Sleep Disorders Screening Program in Fire Departments - PMC (nih.gov)
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#292 Eduardo Martins & Brazilian Fire Service at Toughest Firefighter Alive SAUDI ARAMCO CHALLENGE 2024 Mar 29, 2024

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My Guest today is Eduardo Martins from the Brazilian Fire Service. In 2024 The Podcast's very own Pete & Sarah competed in the SAUDI ARAMCO CHALLENGE Toughest Firefighter Alive as athletes for the UK team. Over the course of the competition we caught up with a few of the 317 athletes from over 29 countries where we caught up with Eduardo & Others.
connect with Martins HERE
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#291 Jared Johnson 9 x Firefighter Challenge World Champion at Toughest Firefighter Alive SAUDI ARAMCO CHALLENGE 2024 Mar 27, 2024

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My Guest today is Jared Johnson 9 x Firefighter Challenge World Champion. In 2024 The Podcast's very own Pete & Sarah competed in the SAUDI ARAMCO CHALLENGE Toughest Firefighter Alive as athletes for the UK team. Over the course of the competition we caught up with a few of the 317 athletes from over 29 countries where we caught up with Jared & Others.
You can find more advice and coaching from Jared HERE
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#290 Science Backed Data driven firefighting with Chief Fire Officer Dan Stephens Mar 25, 2024

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Dan Stephens Is a highly experienced and operationally competent Chief Fire Officer/Chief Executive Officer. Currently serving as Chief Fire and Rescue Advisor and Inspector to Welsh Government Prior to which he was Chief Officer/Chief Executive Officer of the Melbourne Metropolitan Fire Brigade having previously served for 7 years as the Chief Fire Officer of Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service.
Dan led Merseyside through 7 years of the most significant challenges in the history of the organisation maintaining excellent levels of performance throughout. With extensive operational leadership experience around critical incident decision making Dan has been the Fire and Rescue Service Incident Commander at a number of major incidents.
Dan was the Chair of the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) Operations Coordination Committee, the strategic lead officer for National Resilience and capability lead officer for Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) and the UK International Search and Rescue Team (UK ISAR). He was awarded the Queens Fire Service Medal (QFSM) in the Queens New Year’s Honours List 2015 for service to the Fire and Rescue Service.
Prior to joining the FRS he was a soldier in the Third Battalion, The Parachute Regiment from which he was discharged with an Exemplary Service Record.
You can connect with Dan via his LinkedIn HERE
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#289 Team UK & British Firefighter Challenge organisers John Gregory & Mickey Joseph at Toughest Firefighter Alive SAUDI ARAMCO CHALLENGE 2024 Mar 17, 2024

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In 2024 The Podcast's very own Pete & Sarah competed in the SAUDI ARAMCO CHALLENGE Toughest Firefighter Alive as athletes for the UK team. Over the course of the competition we caught up with a few of the 317 athletes from over 29 countries.
Today we are speaking with Team UK & British Firefighter Challenge organisers John Gregory & Mickey Joseph.
you can find info on UK firefighter challenge event below:
The British Firefighter Challenge
The Cheshire Fire Challenge
The Welsh Firefighter Challenge
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