Episode 20 with Chief Dennis Reilly

The Man, The myth, The legend...Chief Dennis Reilly. Chief Reilly is no stranger to the fire service community. Dennis Reilly is a fifty-year fire service veteran, a retired Fire Chief and owner of The First Line Fire Service Training Company LLC. Dennis has served as the Chief in Pittsburg, Kansas and Sunrise Beach, Missouri, an Assistant in North Carolina & California and retired as a Battalion Chief in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. During his time in New Jersey, Dennis became one of the original members of the New Jersey Urban Search & Rescue Task Force 1and made several deployments including to New York City as part of the response to the Terrorist Attacks of 9/11.Chief Reilly sits down to talk about Fire house Culture, Stress inoculation, fitness in the fire service, The importance of the "playbook", setting expectations etc...Chief Reilly is a wealth of knowledge, has love for the job and is passionate about giving back to the fire service. Please join me as we talk about these important topics and jump down a few rabbit holes as well. Thank Chief for spending part of your day with us.