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P.J. Norwood - 043 Oct 17, 2021

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P.J. Norwood is the Director of Training at the Connecticut Fire Academy. He is a retired deputy chief from the East Haven Fire Department in Connecticut and has served four years with the Connecticut Army National Guard.

Chief Norwood is a FDIC classroom, workshop, and HOT Instructor, a Fire Engineering Advisory Panel Member, a Fire Engineering book and video author of “The Evolving Fireground - Researched Based Tactics” and the “Tactical Perspectives” DVD Series. P.J. is a Contributing author to “Pass It On II & III.”

He also serves on the UL-FSRI Technical Panel for the Study of Residential Attic Fire Mitigation Tactics and Exterior Fire Spread Hazards on Fire Fighter Safety. P.J. is a Public Safety Education Group advisory member for UL-FSRI. He has lectured across the United States and internationally. He is certified to the Fire Instructor II, Fire Officer III, Fire Marshal and paramedic levels.
Learn more at: StopBelievingStartKnowing.com

Jim Moss (Fire & Iron Podcast Interview) - 042 Oct 10, 2021

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Listen to Jim Moss' interview from the "Fire & Iron Podcast," where Matt, Ryan and Jim discuss the Firefighter Success book, personal leadership, living intentionally, and much more. Make sure to subscribe to the Fire and Iron Podcast and listen often.
Learn more at FirefighterSuccessBook.com.

Ben Martin (Part 2) - 041 Oct 03, 2021

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Benjamin Martin currently serves as a captain with a large metro fire department in Virginia. He provides leadership training workshops and keynotes internationally and throughout the United States. Ben blends over 18 years of public safety experience with his ongoing Ph.D. study of human behavior and motivation to provide an entertaining and unfiltered view on a variety of leadership topics such as communication, command and control strategies, conflict management, and emotional intelligence.
Ben is the founder of the popular website and leadership movement EmbraceTheResistance.com, which features leadership training for existing and aspiring leaders. In addition to his leadership blogs, he is a contributing author to several leadership books and has published articles in Fire Engineering, FireRescue, Fire Department Training Network (FDTN), International Society of Fire Service Instructors (ISFSI), FirefighterToolbox, and FirefighterWife.

Ben Martin (Part 1) - 040 Sep 26, 2021

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Benjamin Martin currently serves as a captain with a large metro fire department in Virginia. He provides leadership training workshops and keynotes internationally and throughout the United States. Ben blends over 18 years of public safety experience with his ongoing Ph.D. study of human behavior and motivation to provide an entertaining and unfiltered view on a variety of leadership topics such as communication, command and control strategies, conflict management, and emotional intelligence.

Ben is the founder of the popular website and leadership movement EmbraceTheResistance.com, which features leadership training for existing and aspiring leaders. In addition to his leadership blogs, he is a contributing author to several leadership books and has published articles in Fire Engineering, FireRescue, Fire Department Training Network (FDTN), International Society of Fire Service Instructors (ISFSI), FirefighterToolbox, and FirefighterWife.

Ali Rothrock - 039 Sep 19, 2021

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Ali Rothrock has been a firefighter and emergency medical technician in the volunteer fire service since 2005. She has delivered more than 500 presentations nationwide and she is the Founder and Lead Instructor for 'On the Job and Off,' an online platform dedicated to building more resilient first responders. Since its creation in 2018, its training programs are regarded as some of the best first responder mental health courses in the country.
Ali is a CISM Team Member, Behavioral Health Specialist, and Certified Trauma Responder. She is also the Executive Director of First Responders Care, a non-profit that educates first responders to take an active role in their communities' resilience.
Ali is the author of Where Hope Lives, a 2010 self-published memoir detailing her journey through her first few years in the fire service and the adversity she had to face as a young, female firefighter. Her second book After Trauma details her story of trauma recovery and features others' stories as well. After Trauma is set to be published on April 12, 2022.
Learn more at AliWRothrock.com.

Mike Dugan - 038 Sep 05, 2021

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Mike Dugan is a 27-year veteran of the FDNY and served as the captain of Ladder Company 123 in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. As a lieutenant, he served in Ladder Company 42 in the South Bronx. While assigned as a firefighter in Ladder Company 43 in Spanish Harlem, Dugan received the James Gordon Bennett medal in 1992 and the Harry M. Archer Medal in 1993---the FDNY’s highest award for bravery.
Captain Dugan is also a longtime instructor at FDIC. He is a contributing editor to Fire Engineering magazine and also on the FDIC and Fire Engineering Executive advisory boards. Mike is a nationally featured lecturer on topics such as: truck company operations, building construction, size up and today’s fire service. Lastly, Mike was also the recipient of the "Tom Brennan Lifetime Achievement Award at FDIC 2021.

Jason Sautel - 037 Aug 29, 2021

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Jason Sautel entered the fire service at the age of 18 with CAL Fire in Riverside County. Shortly thereafter, he became an Alameda County Paramedic assigned to the city of Oakland and then joined the Oakland Fire Department. He spent 22 years on the frontline as a first responder followed by an additional five years of teaching at a private training center.

He now spends his days writing, speaking at events nationally, and podcasting. His first book, The Rescuer: One Firefighter’s Story Of Courage, Darkness, And The Relentless Love That Saved Him, has hit the shelves internationally and is receiving amazing reviews from readers worldwide.

You can learn more about him at Rescuerbook.com, JasonSautel.com and on Facebook.

11 Steps To Creating a Culture of Firefighter Fitness (Dan Kerrigan) - 036 Aug 22, 2021

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Based on their popular FDIC class, Jim Moss and Dan Kerrigan give firefighters and fire departments 11 steps to creating a culture of firefighter fitness and wellness.
TOPICS DISCUSSED:

Fire department culture change
Personal accountability
Positive peer pressure
Medical and fitness evaluations
Physical agility assessments
Fire department fitness committees
Functional fitness equipment
Fitness training/education
Firehouse gyms
Fitness/wellness policies
Incentivization

Get their bestselling book Firefighter Functional Fitness and host their interactive fitness workshops: FirefighterFunctionalFitness.com

Mike Gagliano - 035 Jul 25, 2021

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Mike Gagliano has over thirty years of fire/crash/rescue experience with the Seattle Fire Department and the United States Air Force. He retired as the Captain of Ladder 5 and remains a proud member of Fire Station 31.

Captain Gagliano has written numerous fire service articles, and is co-author of the bestselling books: Air Management for the Fire Service and the Challenges of the Firefighter Marriage.

He is a member of the Fire Engineering/FDIC Advisory Board, Firefighter Air Coalition board member, on the advisory board of the UL-Firefighter Safety and Research Institute and teaches across the country on air management, fireground tactics, leadership and company officer development.

Mike co-hosts the popular Fire Engineering radio webcast “The Mikey G and Mikey D Show” and partners with his wife Anne (Firelife.com) to teach strategies for developing and maintaining a strong marriage and family.

Credibility - 034 Jul 18, 2021

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"Credibility is the currency of the fire service."
Host Jim Moss shares his thoughts on why credibility is an essential quality of successful firefighters and leaders. Jim shares why credibility is critical at every level, and how every firefighter can build credibility through trust, respect, and example.
Jim reads Chapter 12 - Credibility from the Firefighter Success book, and offers some closing thoughts on credibility for the promotional process, as well as how mistakes affect credibility.
Learn more at FirefighterSuccessBook.com.

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