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Send us a Text Message.How strong is strong enough? But first, what about when you can't, or shouldn't keep doing the traditional movements like squat and deadlift?Curt and I answer both of these topics with some stories from the gym and fire s
Send us a Text Message.The thought of CBD brings up a lot of opinions, feelings, and criticisms. To Jon Vought, the owner of Rescue 1 CBD they are all warranted and valid but he has information, science, and patience on his side.Jon has been a
Send us a Text Message.150 years of tradition, unimpeded by progress.Changing a lightbulb in the department can take weeks, how can we change an operational policy or start a new initiative?Curt and I have been making small changes with big eff
Send us a Text Message.We've all heard the rule of maintaining three points of contact when working on a ladder. Well, the same goes for your personal wellness. Sleep, nutrition, fitness, and behavioral health are the points of contact and ea
Send us a Text Message.Serve the public, contribute to the community, progress the department, the fire service is bigger than you, put your people first. But when do you come first?As your obligations, involvement, and family grow we end up wi
Send us a Text Message.Firefighters hate two things, the way the things are now and change. Changing the fire service can be approached the same way you eat a whale, one bite at a time.Before we get into the details about thinking small for bi
Send us a Text Message.This week we spent spring break on the beach for our first camper trip of the year. Please enjoy this replay of my conversation with Stephanie White.Stephanie White is a full time firefighter with over 20 years of experi
Send us a Text Message.Have you ever been real busy, but also real engaged and productive? I have but I've also been stuck with a list of non-stimulating tasks that leave me paralyzed and stuck in neutral.This episode hits the pop psychology w
Send us a Text Message.This is the sort of week when I'm especially grateful for the awesome community of this podcast. I'm training for a massive gravel bike ride in August and prepping for our first big camper trip to Florida. So thank you
Send us a Text Message.Advice in the fire service is abundant, but GOOD advice is much more scarce. I went to the IG polls to ask about the best advice, and best compliment you've received.Firefighters are a critical, harsh, pessimistic bunch
Send us a Text Message.How much weight does seniority carry in your fire department, and how much carrying do the senior members do?Some departments have senior members who are bonafide recliner compressors while others use their senior members
Send us a Text Message.You have a long career, don't let a temporary inconvenience ruin other peoples perception of you.Firefighters have an expansive perspective of patient and incident outcomes but a terrible ability to look past our immediat
Send us a Text Message.Making something look easy is one of the greatest flexes. Whether it's picking locks, being happy when you're not supposed to, flexing the seniority on the high hat badge, or tossing around the 4 inch when others are str
Send us a Text Message.The evergreen debate of performance over personal appearance. Sure, it's easy to say that the patient doesn't care how you look when they need you, but how about everybody else on scene or that gets to witness your unzip
Send us a Text Message.Is there anything more 'firefighter' than missing the most recent episode of a show because you worked on the wrong day?A listener issue was submitted and it asks about what to do when "more senior" members of the departm
Send us a Text Message.Well, trying to. But sometimes we just can't help ourselves. Fear not, Curt and I are here to help...probably.I asked for some listener stories, conflicts, and tales and we got them. Curt and I go over a situation that
Send us a Text Message.Testing, Interviewing, Academy, and Probation are the steps to get in the door at a fire department. Curt and I hit on these topics and offer some stories and lessons we've learned along the way.The more things change, t
Send us a Text Message.Accountability to the organization can be drastically different than accountability towards your personal goals.In this episode I'm breaking down the two and although they are different, they share the common principles o
Send us a Text Message.Welcome to 2024 and let's get it going!This is not your typical new years resolution episode. The arbitrary date of Jan 1 is just not the time for me to be setting goals and making behavior changes.Lucky for firefighters
Send us a Text Message.I'm leaving some things behind in 2023.I've given too much weight to the opinions and advice from gatekeepers and people who like to project their insecurities and fears on other people.I'm running towards people, groups,
Send us a Text Message.Old Scrooge had to learn from the past, present, and future and once a year we can take a look at it too.Try hating someone less, do something in the present, and think past the problem.These are the main points of making
Send us a Text Message.Curt is back and has a 4 month old baby!We were supposed to talk about firefighter Christmas gifts, and we did, but only after 25 minutes of stories of onesie struggles, heart valve wrecking screams, and poop.Then we do g
Send us a Text Message.If you've been in the fire service for longer than a cup of coffee you've heard some form of this question. My approach on the answers has been formed over 20 years of gross stuff.Remember these couple of things; They ha
Send us a Text Message.Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, I ate two pies in the firehouse kitchen.If you have fear and shame about counter surfing this season, this is the episode for you.We're all eating the pie, so do the damage and
Send us a Text Message.Matt Spaid is spearheading a new mental health campaign this winter. PTSDecember is here to give you some tools to cope and some investments in your future.Matt claims he is absolutely not an influencer but you can be th
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