The Weekly Scrap, Firefighter Podcast

Joined by the one and only Mitch Huner.  We discuss the Fire Service infatuation with doing more with less. Adapt and overcome, and why we rely on it. The resulting economics and lack of tool versatility. Challenges of manufacturing in USA, and supporting firefighter owned businesses. We touch on the beast of cancer an

Joined once more by one of my favorite firefighters, and one of my favorite guests, the one and only Chief Mike Lombardo!  We discuss... whatever he wanted to talk about...and it was awesome. He started by talking about two impactful LODD"s from Buffalo while he was there... and how that applied to his approach to trai

Joined on this episode by Frank Leeb and Billy Goldfeder to discuss their new book "30 Fires You Must Know".  In this Mega Scrap, Chief Colleen Walz and Chief Randy McGregor break down the fires that they were a part of.  it was an amazing Scrap, and as always the awesome questions that the audience asked added to the

Joined on this episode by none other than the one and only Captain Dale Jenkins, and I was fired up for this one!  We planned to discuss the changes in the fire service both good and bad over the decades.  What we are getting right and what we can improve upon. The importance of drilling, and how much depends on your m

The return of the one and only Justin McWilliams! I was looking forward to all that we planned to talk about and was not disappointed! The first due engine, the priority of the first line, reports of victims. Helmet cams: editing, posting & commenting. Textbooks! Social Media vs. phone call vs. face to face. Lessons fr

Joined on this episode by the one and only Erich Roden, super excited for the conversation and the topics. We talk about a tale of two firehouses, Engine Company  Operations, Fireground Operations from the chief officer"s perspective, diving into data... and of course none of this includes all of the great questions th