BobbieOnFire
By Bobbie Scopa
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Episodes: 100
Description
Get the inside scoop on what really happens at the Fire Station or at the scene of emergencies and forest fires. These are sometimes funny and sometimes serious but always entertaining. Many leadership lessons are shared as well.
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#111, Control Your Command Climate
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Mar 21, 2026 |
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#110, Fire and Ice Communications
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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#109, Prisoners of Fire – The Motion Picture
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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108# Why The Grand Canyon Lodge Burned Down
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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#106, Do We Need A National Wildland Fire Service?
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May 15, 2025 |
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#105, Preparing for the Crazy Unexpected
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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#104, Do What I Didn’t Do… If You Like Breathing
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Mar 29, 2025 |
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#103, Why Care About Diversity?
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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#102, Some Truths About The LA Fires
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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#101, What We Permit, We Promote
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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#101, What We Permit, We Promote
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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#100, It’s More Than The Money
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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#99, What If You Call For Help And No One Comes?
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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#98, How Should We Honor Our Fallen Firefighters?
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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#97, Are You Used To Risk?
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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#96, Don’t Chase Your Reputation
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May 22, 2024 |
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#95,Questions Aren’t a Threat, They’re the Answer!
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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#93, Risky Business – How We Got Here
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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#92, Failure
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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#91, How Firefighting Changed Me – This Is No Joke
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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#90, A Lesson from the Dude, South Canyon and Yarnell Hill Fires
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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#89, The Presidents Budget and Federal Wildland Firefighters
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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#88, The New Normal Is Just BS
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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#87, How Are Your Leadership Skills In A Crises?
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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#85, The Nevada Burn Queen
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Nov 05, 2022 |
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#84, What I’m Learning on my Book Tour
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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#82, Get Yourself Some Cheap SunGlasses…. Oh Yea!
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Jul 03, 2022 |
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#80, Did I Cross The Line?
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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#79, Better Call The Waambulance
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Feb 13, 2022 |
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#78, What Goes On Behind The Radio
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Feb 06, 2022 |
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#76, I Want Ice Cream!
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Nov 05, 2021 |
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# 75, One Thing Good Leaders Do
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Oct 14, 2021 |
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#73, It Could Happen to You
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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#72, My 3 Alarm Summer
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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#71, No Matter What… Make It Sound Good On The Radio!
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May 28, 2021 |
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#70, The “Grassroots” Fight for Federal Wildland Firefighters
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Apr 30, 2021 |
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#69, If You Think People Might Be Watching You… They Are!
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Apr 02, 2021 |
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#68, What Does it Mean to Lead Up?
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Mar 13, 2021 |
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#67, Home Safety Tips From Two Knuckleheads
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Mar 05, 2021 |
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#66, Hi, I’m Bobbie and I’m a Knucklehead
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Feb 20, 2021 |
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#65 – Leadership, Be The Boss You’d Want To Work For
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Feb 01, 2021 |
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#64 – Leadership, Little Things Have a Big Impact
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Jan 22, 2021 |
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#63 – Secret Tears (There’s No Crying in Firefighting)
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Dec 31, 2020 |
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#62 – Prepare To Not Freak Out
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Dec 17, 2020 |
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#61- Drive Through Service at the Fire Station
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Dec 08, 2020 |
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#60 – WTF, (Where’s The Fire?)
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Nov 13, 2020 |
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#59 – What Does Leadership Look Like?
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Oct 31, 2020 |
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#58 – The Cost Of Erratic Human Behavior
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Oct 09, 2020 |
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#57 – These Are The Good Old Days
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Sep 26, 2020 |
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#56 – Genius Farmer Teaches Bumbling Bureaucrats
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Sep 18, 2020 |
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#55 – If You’re Feeling Overwhelmed, You’re Not Alone
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Sep 10, 2020 |
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#54 – Ode To A Firefighter and His Ham Sandwich
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Aug 29, 2020 |
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#53 – California Fires-Raking The Forest
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Aug 21, 2020 |
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#52 – Sleeping On The Job, Life At Fire Camp
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Aug 14, 2020 |
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#51 – Yellowstone Follies
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Aug 08, 2020 |
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#50 – F Bombs Away
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Aug 03, 2020 |
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#49 – Don’t Have the Fish
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Jul 24, 2020 |
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#48 – What Would I Do Without Men?
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Jul 17, 2020 |
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#47- Surprising Stupidity With Fireworks
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Jul 07, 2020 |
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#46 – YOU Can and Should Protect Your Home From Wildfire
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Jun 29, 2020 |
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#45 – The Hardest Part of Fighting Fire Is…
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Jun 21, 2020 |
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#44 – Bulldozer Pool Hopping
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Jun 12, 2020 |
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#43- Hilarious Hijinks at Fire Station Knucklehead
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Jun 05, 2020 |
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#42 – When The Sh-t Hits the Fan… Will You Be Ready?
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May 26, 2020 |
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#41- The Perfect Job For People Who Love Chaos (or who have ADD)
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May 17, 2020 |
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#40 – Burning by the Seat of my Pants – My First Controlled Burn
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May 08, 2020 |
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#39 – Fire Whirl Jumps The 9 Mile Burnout
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Apr 28, 2020 |
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#38 – Are You Ready For The Hurricane After The Hurricane?
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Apr 17, 2020 |
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#37-I’m a Hilarious Firefighter, Right?
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Apr 11, 2020 |
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#36 – Tough Teacher, Tough Love For A Slow Student
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Apr 02, 2020 |
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#35-Ok Guys, I Know I Screwed Up.
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Mar 26, 2020 |
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#34- Smoky Pig
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Mar 19, 2020 |
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#33- I Swear, I’m Not an Arsonist!
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Mar 11, 2020 |
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#32- Hawaiian Luau on the Fireline
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Mar 06, 2020 |
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#31- Ants Hate Me
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Feb 29, 2020 |
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#30- Hey Baby, Ya Got a Nice Bumper
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Feb 22, 2020 |
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#29 It’s All About You – Coping with Job Fatigue
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Feb 15, 2020 |
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#28 – Sport Bitching
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Feb 08, 2020 |
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#27 – There’s Nothing Wrong Here
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Jan 31, 2020 |
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#26 – Why’s He Yelling At Me?
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Jan 25, 2020 |
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#25 – Overdressed in California
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Jan 22, 2020 |
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#24 – Into the Darkness, Saving the Boy in the Abyss
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Dec 30, 2019 |
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#23 – Accepting a Gift
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Dec 23, 2019 |
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#22 – Trusting Your Gut
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Dec 17, 2019 |
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#21 – Leadership is Like Finding Water in the Desert
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Dec 10, 2019 |
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#20 – Lost in the Pines!!!!
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Dec 02, 2019 |
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#19 – Celebrating Thanksgiving When You’re a Firefighter
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Nov 26, 2019 |
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#18 – Post Traumatic Stress
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Nov 22, 2019 |
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#17 – Fire Bitch “We’ve never had to work for a bitch before and we’re not going to start now!”
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Nov 15, 2019 |
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#16 – Flying Bodies
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Oct 31, 2019 |
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#15 – Firefighter Antics
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Oct 26, 2019 |
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#14 – Sometimes All You Can Do Is Shake Your Head and Walk Away
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Sep 28, 2019 |
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#13 – Memories from the World Trade Center after 9-11
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Sep 12, 2019 |
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#12 – Always Being Tested
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Aug 19, 2019 |
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#11 – The Federalies are Coming! (A Little Humility is Always a Good Thing)
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Jul 31, 2019 |
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#10 – Putting Firefighters at Risk!
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Jul 24, 2019 |
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#9 – Technology Challenges on the Fire Ground
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May 28, 2019 |
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#8- Dangerous Bio-Hazard!
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May 08, 2019 |
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#7 – Unexpected Outcomes
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Apr 27, 2019 |
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#6 – Beware the 4 Foot Spider!
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Apr 24, 2019 |