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Fire command and leadership conversations for B Shifters and beyond (all shifts welcome)!
| Episode | Date |
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Blue Card Is A Safety System
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May 15, 2026 |
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Food Plant Fire In Ohio
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May 07, 2026 |
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Three Levels Of Air Management
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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Fire Command, 3rd Edition
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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Strategic Decision-Making For Commercial Fire Operations
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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Blue Card Rundown for April, 2026
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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Worcester Fire Chief Martin Dyer
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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Recruits and Command
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Identifying Critical Fireground Factors at the Beginning of an Incident
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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Standard Conditions, Standard Actions, Standard Outcomes
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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How Leaders React & Interact
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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Blue Card Rundown January, 2026
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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Strategic Shifts
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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NFPA 1700, Connecting The Work
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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Command Lessons from Three 1.3M Sq Ft Distribution Center Fires
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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Effective Outcomes & Customer Service
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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The IC and Roadway Safety
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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Who Is Training The Senior Advisor?
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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Jarrett Tarver
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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Who Is Training Your Firefighters?
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Nov 08, 2025 |
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The Fire Department Mission Statement
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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Fit For Duty, Ready To Command
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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You Are First Due - Now Own it!
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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Building Trust
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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Assigning a Division Boss
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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Blue Card Rundown for September, 2025
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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Anatomy and Physiology of Leadership: Ears
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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Best of B Shifter: Initial Radio Report
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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The Silverback Blueprint: Strategic Planning & Department Culture
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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Why Incident Action Plans Matter
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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Why Risk Management Matters
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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Why Size-Up Matters
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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Strategic Shift in Cobb County
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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Push Brooms and Leaf Blowers
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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Blue Card Rundown for July 2025
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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Thermal Imaging Cameras for Size-up (Part 2)
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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Thermal Imaging Cameras for Size-up (Part 1)
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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Tickets to Transmit
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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The Silverbacks on Perspective (Part 2)
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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The Silverbacks on Perspective (Part 1)
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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Blue Card Rundown May 2025
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May 22, 2025 |
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Tickets & Strategy
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May 14, 2025 |
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Training Scars
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May 01, 2025 |
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The Silverbacks Give Advice for a New Fire Chief
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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The Blue Card Rundown for April, 2025
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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Triple Deckers and Command Considerations
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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4 Alarm Fire in Lincoln, NE
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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Silverback Leadership: Customer Complaints
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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30 Fires You Must Know: The Southwest Supermarket Fire
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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What Is Command Safety?
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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The New Blue Card ARFF Program
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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The Performance Improvement Model & Accountability
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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Incident Audio From Worcester, MA
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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Incident Audio with Rescue from Fairfield, Ohio
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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After Action Reviews
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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Technical Rescue
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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Current Events & Staffing
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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Silverback Leadership Module 1
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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NFPA 1700 and OSHA
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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Carbon Monoxide Incident with Rescue
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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Command Considerations for Carbon Monoxide and Natural Gas Incidents
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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Eight No Brainer Boss Strategies
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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Leadership Culture
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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Silverback Leadership and Fire Department Dynamics
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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Politics, Labor Relations & the Fire Department
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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The Silverbacks on Supervision
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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Good News Reporting
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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Best of B Shifter: The "Other" Radio Reports
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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Live from the 2024 Blue Card Hazard Zone Conference
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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Support Officers
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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Blue Card ARFF Module
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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Silverback Leadership Function 1
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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The Three Deep Model
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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Incident Audio (with Rescue) from Clay Fire Territory
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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Best of Ask The Chiefs
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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Up Front with a Timless Tactical Truth
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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LIVE! From Fire Rescue International in Dallas
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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Integrating Blue Card on All Three Levels When Training
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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Hot Washes, Command Presence, and Leadership Insights
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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Trash Talk (Fires in Trash and Recycling Facilities)
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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The PIO with Ashley Losch from Blu Helmet Media
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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Frank Leeb on His New Mission, Safety, Training and Effective Firefighters
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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Sprinkler Controlled Fire Incident Audio
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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Bruno's Hierarchy of Engagement for Chief Officers
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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The Role of Fire Control in Search & Rescue Operations
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Jun 15, 2024 |
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Strategic Shift in Vancouver, Washington
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Jun 09, 2024 |
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Bonus B Shifter: Radio Traffic From Cobb County (GA) with a Rescue
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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Blue Card Weighs in on Two-In, Two-Out
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May 31, 2024 |
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Silverbacks on Recruitment, Retention and Recognition
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May 27, 2024 |
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Creating a Culture of Safety
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May 20, 2024 |
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Ask The Chiefs: Some Pretty Good Career Advice
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May 13, 2024 |
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The Rescue Dilemma
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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RIT vs. On-Deck
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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Hernando County Fire/Rescue Incident Audio
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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Alan Brunacini's Customer Service for the Fire Service
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Command Considerations for Flammable Gas-Related Incidents
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Mar 24, 2024 |
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Blue Card System Review and Revision Update
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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Remembering The Bret Tarver Incident
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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The Senior Advisor
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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The Kindness Conspiracy
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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Critical Fireground Factors
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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When Is It Time?
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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The Imbedded Safety Officer
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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Incident Audio: Three Different Departments
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Jan 14, 2024 |
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Year in Review & Looking Ahead to 2024
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Dec 31, 2023 |
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The Professional Development Difference
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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Ask The Chiefs: Communication
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Dec 10, 2023 |
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IC Task Saturation & Blue Card News
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Dec 02, 2023 |
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Consolidation of Fire Services
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Nov 19, 2023 |
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Blue Card News & Radio Traffic: VEIS with a Rescue
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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Customer Service & Leadership from The Inside Out
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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LIVE! Panel Discussion from the 2023 Blue Card Hazard Zone Conference
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Oct 08, 2023 |
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Incident Audio: Occupants in an Abandoned Building & Strategic Shift
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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Air Management
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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The 3 C's of Command Presence: A Conversation with Battalion Chief Steve Lester
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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Live From Fire Rescue International
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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Blue Card Command News & Incident Audio from a Routine Fire
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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Ask the Chiefs: Turnover in Fire in the Fire Service
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Jul 16, 2023 |
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Mixed Use Building Fires & When is it a Division?
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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Ask The Chiefs: The Zen Edition
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Jun 18, 2023 |
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Sprinkler Systems and Firefighters: A Powerful Partnership with Shane Ray
|
Jun 10, 2023 |
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Unlocking the Potential of Adult Learning in the Fire Service: Strategies for Growth and Engagement
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May 29, 2023 |
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Ask The Chiefs - The Lost Episode
|
May 23, 2023 |
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Ask The Ops Chief
|
May 19, 2023 |
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ATC - Arbitration Overturned Firing & Keeping Passion For The Job!
|
Apr 16, 2023 |
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Blue Card Radio Traffic Deconstructed
|
Apr 04, 2023 |
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Command Presence & Advice from Bruno
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Mar 25, 2023 |
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Ask The Chiefs Part 1
|
Mar 19, 2023 |
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Nick Brunacini & Vance
|
Mar 06, 2023 |
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Risk Management (Does Not Mean Risk Averse!)
|
Feb 18, 2023 |
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Leadership; Functional Boss Behaviors (it's about the work!)
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Feb 11, 2023 |
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Lithium Ion Battery Fires with FSRI's Adam Barowy
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Feb 05, 2023 |
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Continuous Improvement on the Fireground
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Jan 29, 2023 |
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B Shifter & Blue Card 2023 Preview and News
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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Radio Traffic from Three Different Departments
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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Leadership Thursday; Being Nice, Second Chances and a lot of A-holes
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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Open Shift (a variety of topics discussed)
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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Leadership Thursday with Nick, Terry and Vance
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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Frank Leeb, Deputy Assistant Chief of the FDNY talks Cancer Prevention and Work Life Balance
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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Leadership Thursday with Nick, Terry and Vance
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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Accountability in the Hazard Zone
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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The Emergency Alert Button and Maydays Safety Advisory
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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Division Operations
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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Rescue and Blue Card Without a Dispatch Center Radio Traffic
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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FSRI's Study of Fire Service Residential Home Size-up and Search & Rescue Operations
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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Fire Science with Daniel Madrzykowski
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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The Case for Certification Based Training (including the IC!)
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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Rescue Radio Traffic Part 2
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Aug 02, 2022 |
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Rescue Radio Traffic
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Jul 16, 2022 |
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Vincent Dunn Part 2
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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Looking For Training? New Workshops Announced! (Plus how to get Blue Card training delivered to you locally and CTC update)
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Jun 17, 2022 |
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Vincent Dunn Part 1
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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The Help Order
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May 26, 2022 |
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Blue Card for Tech Rescue, Haz Mat, Water Rescue and Other Events
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May 10, 2022 |
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Big Box Fires Part 2 with Shane Ray (Pull Up & Hook Up!)
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Apr 23, 2022 |
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MAYDAY in Lubbock
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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Big Box Bulletin!
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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Wind Driven Fire Radio Traffic (with upgraded response)
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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Project Mayday Updated
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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Colerain Mayday with Chief Allen Walls
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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Real World Radio Traffic (with strategic shift)
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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Preview of a new podcast, "The Chief's Challenge"
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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Murrey Loflin talks about Bruno, NFPA 1500, LODD Investigations & Fire Command
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Jan 29, 2022 |
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More Outstanding Radio Traffic (IRR, CAN's, Transfers and Strategic Shifts)!
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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After Action Reviews
|
Dec 28, 2021 |
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Oh Christmas Tree!
|
Dec 17, 2021 |
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The "Other" Radio Reports
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Nov 28, 2021 |
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What is Blue Card & Where Did It Come From?
|
Nov 02, 2021 |
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The Initial Radio Report
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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Remembering Alan Brunacini
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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Welcome to The AVB CTC
|
Oct 05, 2021 |
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We call her Garrido, the Editor in Chief of B Shifter Quarterly (with Nick Brunacini)
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Sep 21, 2021 |
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Rich Merritt - Firefighter & Computer Sim Guy
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Sep 07, 2021 |
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Rescue Lt. Grant Light, Company Leadership & a Mayday from the Inside
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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Nick Brunacini & Jeff King Refute the Blue Card Blues
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Aug 10, 2021 |
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Meet Jeff King, Blue Card Professional Development Manager
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Jul 27, 2021 |
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Terry and Nick's Splendid Experience's
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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Jeff Griffin, Hero to Zero and Back to Hero
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Jun 29, 2021 |
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Managing Maydays with Josh Blum
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Jun 15, 2021 |
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Don Abbott and Project Mayday
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Jun 01, 2021 |
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Trailer for Season 1
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May 26, 2021 |