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DTFF: The Volunteer Firefighter Podcast - Down To Fight Fire — 282 episodes
S2E3 : Wildland FTX
S2E2 : Tonasket Trip, Canada vs US Tactics and Spring Seminar Session Break Down
S2 E1 - Don't Call It a Comeback
E269 - School Bus Mass Casualty Event Break Down.
E268 - Seminar Recap & 2024 BC Fire Chiefs Conference
E267 - Spring Seminar 2024 Prep
E266 - Multi Department and Agency Task Force SIM
E265 - BC WILD FIRE - ENGINE BOSS
E264 - How we build a FTX / Scenario - Arson Structure Fires
E263 - Were Back!
E262 - Podcast and Brand Update
E261 - New Traditions, Fire Truck Dedications and WildLand Task Force Leader Debrief
E259: Cold Weather, Broken Pipes and Structure Fires
E258: Legacy Home Structure Fire and Cement Truck MVA
E257: Life Imitates Training
E256: Embracing Winter. MVA Debrief, VEIS training and Arena Evac break down
E255: Planning a Scenario
E254 - Positive Pressure Attack, High Quality CPR, BIG Water
E253 - Code 3 driving and ladder competency.
E252 - Fire Up The Burn Building. Live Fire is BACK
E251 - Training , Structure Fires and Our New Engine
E250 - Fire Prevention Week ,Core Skills Night, Driver Training and Search
E249 - Annual Skills Re qualification, and Call Update
E248 - Fire Engine Pre Delivery Inspection Road Trip, One last wildfire and Summer Send off activities.
E247 - The Responsibility of the Driver/ Engineer, FTX Recap and looking back on Sept 11th and National Fallen Fire Fighter Day.
E246 - BC WildFire Update Part 2 ( Our First Few days )
E245 - BC WildFire Update Part 1 ( Overview )
E244 - Training Break Down. Swift Water , Ropes and Auto Extrication
E243 - Eagle Bluff Wildfire Breakdown
E242 - Structure Protection Units and Sprinkler Tactics
E241 - Chlorine Leak, Rescue Task Force FTX and Smoke Reading
E240 - Interview With Randy Townley From Training Division in Texas
E239 - Structure Fire, Multi Patients with heavy exposures
vE238 - Interview with Lieutenant Kyle Tomnay
E237 - 2023 BC Fire Chiefs Conference
E236 - Wildland FTX, Interior Attack Sim and Rescue Task Force
E235 - Seminar Debrief
E234 - The Debrief
E233 - Interview with Lt. Todd Bulled, Pender Island Fire
E232 - In The News , Scene Size up and Breakdown
E231 - FirePalooza Session Break Down
E230 - Structure Fire, Grass Fire and Training Update
E229 - Command Strategies and Tactics
E228 - Interview With Beechworth Fire Brigade
E227 - Interview with Jason Patton from Fire Fighter Chronicles and Fire Department Coffee
E226 - Structure Fire - Fast Water Application
E225 - Interview with Aaron Zamzow. Fire Rescue Fitness, Better Every Shift Podcast
E224- Interview With Autumn Clifford - She’s An Asset . Mindset & Emotional Resiliency Training For the Female First Responder.
E223- Motis Interview and Seminar Announcement
E222 - Incident Command, Interagency Side By Side Rescue, Ice Rescue Overview
E221 - Industrial Building Fire FTX. Multi Pt. Rescue and Live Fire With A Neighbouring Department
E220 - Training Update - Industrial Building Search - Live Fire - Roof Vent
TONE DROP 2023.2 - Nelson PD Avalanche Fatality
E219 - Training Tactics - Rapid Intervention Teams
TONE DROP 2023.1 - MCI Event on Christmas Eve
E218 - Interview with Bill Dungey from sixfeet
E217 - New Years Day Q&A
E216 - Interview - Honour House Society with Hon. Col. Al deGenova
E215 - Training - FR and Structure Fire FTX. Weekly Call update x 2 Structure Fires
E214 - A Fire Fighter Christmas Carol. Interview with Fire Fighter and Author Douglas Brown
TONE DROP : Aircraft Crash Events
E213 - Interview - Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighter Jeff Everett
TONE DROP : Floods in Australia
E212 - Interview - Meg Maran - We Need Ice Podcast
E211 - Crowd Control. Discussing the Mass Casualty Event in Seoul.
E210 - OCT 30 Brush Fire
E209 - INTERVIEW. CalFire PRADO Helitack Base 305 Pilot Dave S.
E208 - WFF-SPP115 Wild Fire Structure Protection. Wild Fire / Sprinklers / and Triage.
E207 - Live Fire Training is Back, and California Trip Wrap up
206 - Kitchen Fire followed by a Multi Vehicle FTX and Hire Rise Practice
E205 - Annual Re-Qual Skills Night. Car Fire with Stand By for 5's
E204 - Remembering 9-11. Structure Fire Debrief and LODD news from Alberta
E203 - Interview - Dr. Nic Sparrow. Rural Emergency Medicine & Pre-Hospital EMS Response Physician
E202 - Head On Tractor Trailer MVI, Side By Side JPR Question, and How to Get Buy In
E201- Making Training Fun. Task Force Relay Race. Building Skills Through Competition
E200 - Wild Fire Deployment Update, Task Force FTX Debrief
E199 - Active Shooter Stop The Bleed, Keremeos Creek Wildfire Update
E198 - Swift Water Rescue FTX Debrief, Keremeos Creek Wildfire
E197 - Kill House , Hose Movement Water Mapping, Training and Task Force 2
E196 - Making A Difference . Recognizing Ways To Make A Difference On Every Day Calls
E195 - 100 Year Party and a Structure Fire for Todd
E194 - Scene Size Up for Medical. Large Scale Events, Rescue Task Force.
E193 - Leaders Intent and Decentralized Command. Building a Leadership Course
E192 - Swift Water Rescue. New and Re- Cert training, Scenario and Cool Props
E191 - Auto Extrication Training, Multiple MVI’s and a Structure Fire
E190 - Engine Boss Course and Live Fire Training
E189 - Scene Size up Part 3, Wild land Fire
E188 - Scene Size up Part 2, Vehicle MVI, Local Long Weekend Structure Fires
E187 - Scene Size up Part 1, Structure Fire.
E186 - Multiple MVI's, Regional Task Force, and Regional Leadership Scenario
E185 - Fully Involved Structure Fire. Justification for FR, and Busting Out Our Soft Entry Skills
E184 - Wildfire Symposium , Book VS Reality and our Awards Night
E183- Structure Fire, Investigation finding 2 patients , Grass Fire, Wildfire Fire Prep, FR discussion , Officer Development and SCBA confidence
E182 - Training Ground Update, Side By Side and Driver Training and an Overview of Our Command Structure
E181 - Mass Casualty Scenario, Out oF the Box FR Calls and Stolen Road Rescue Trucks
E180 - Stadium Fires, Medical First Response and Prepping for Wildland Season
E179 - JobTown 2.0 , Structure Fire , Car Fire , Mutual Aid and Grass Fire
E178 - MOTIS Update, Live Fire x 3 and PrePlan with the Side By Side
E177 - Job Town? Starting Off The Year With Multiple Structure Fires. Coming Up With A 10 Year Plan For Our Training Ground
E176 - Pot Shop Structure Fire, Residential Structure Fire, Industrial Structure Fire, MVI and Search Practice
E175 - PNE Fire, ESM Training, Rescue Task Force and Mutual Aid Training
E174 - Castor Alberta LODD. Side By Side Utility vehicle SOGs , Response and Outfitting. Auto X and Car Fire / Dumpster Fire
E173 - HUSAR. Heavy Urban Search and Rescue, Canada Task Force 1 with Special Guest Tom.
E172 - Baltimore Fire and LODD. Big Sur Fire. Reading Fire Conditions and Mutual Aid Training
E171 - Live Fire x2 , Multiple Search Techniques , Ice Rescue and Talks on The Explosion in Ottawa
E170 - New York Apartment Fire and Upcoming Training
E169 - New Years Training Resolutions. Wish Lists and Ideas to Improve Training in 2022.
E168 - Merry Christmas ! Chief , Its Cold Outside
E167 - Build a Burn Building. Ways to fundraise, acquire land, and put together a basic burn facility.
E166 - VEIS Training, Medical Scope Changes Explained , Tornado Devastation and Fire Hall Christmas
E165 - Wild Fires in December, Snow Day MVI’s and Medical Assists.
E164 - Medical First Responder Scenarios, from Shortness of Breath calls to Gunshot wounds
E163 - Flood Update, Basement Fire, Training Rapid Deployment and Fully Involved vs. Working Structure Fire.
E162 - Working Structure Fire and Flooding and Landslides in BC leaving the West Coast cut off from the rest of the Province.
E161 - Critical Incident Stress Management, Jr Fire Fighters and a Pretty Special Podcast Venue
E160 - Fire Fighter Relay Races and Other Interesting Practice Nights. Winter / Chimney Fire Discussion.
E159 - VEIS Hard Point Attack and First Responder Roles
E158 - Structure Fire Rescue and Bail Out Video Review. VEIS Training Break Down.
E157 - Structure Fire, VEIS , Force Entry , Quality 360s and Adapting Plans
E156 - BC Wild Fire Wrap Up. Burn Building VEIS Practice and New Hire Season.
E155 - Auto X Training, Ag. Tractor Roll Over and Out of The Box Techniques
E154 - Expanding Your Training. Interior vs. Exterior ops and Apparatus To Suit Your Needs
E153 - 9/11 , Rope Rescue Over Embankment Scenario with an Added Twist, and FR Medical
E152 - Competency VS Compliance, and Callsigns for Life
EP151 - Wild land Forestry Deployment Update and Regional Task Force Teams
EP150 - Team 3 Deployment, Rookies Right of Passage and Firefighter Games at Local Resort
EP149 - Structure Protection Units , Wild land Fire Fighting and being Fire Smart
EP148 - Out of Area Deployment, and Strange Calls from Dispatch
EP147 - Welcome To The Show. Part 2 With Heli Pilot Mike P. Nkmip Creek Wildfire
E146 - Welcome To The Show . Part 1 of our Growing Wild Fire
EP145 - Pumper Games and team building, and the importance of Pre Plan.
EP144 - Helicopter Crash, Wild Fires and Devastation in Lytton BC.
EP143 - North American / Australia Wild Land Helicopter Pilot Mike P… CONTEST WINNER ANNOUCEMENT!
EP142 - HEAT, Manpower, Mutual Aid , Wild land Training and Coms
EP141 - Auto X Refresher and Wildland Fire Scenario Prep
EP140 - Road Trip Structure Fire Discussion
EP139 - MOTIS, Finally we sit down with the boys from MOTIS FIRE RESCUE.
EP138 - Structure Fire Scenario, Followed By a Structure Fire Call For Todd Resulting In A Mutual Aid call for Scott and Ash.
EP137 - Rookie Training, Importance of Groups vs Solo hires, Paramedic Services Week and more.
EP136 - Multiple Structure Fires AGAIN, Strange Dispatching and Quick Thinking Catches Second Suspicious Fire.
EP135 - Multiple Structure Fires, More Grass Fires and Training Ground Vandalism
EP134 - Stop The Bleed Month. Video Review and Commentary.
EP133 - Structure Fire, Vehicle In River , Out of The Box Search Practice and more
EP132 - Expanding Response Area and The New Equipment That Comes With it.
EP131 - MCI Scenario, Live Patient Actors, and Scene Size Ups
EP130 - Tradition, Changing Over Time. Helmets, Nozzles and a rabbit hole of topics.
E129 - Trigger Warning. MCI, Stab Wounds and Todd’s unexpected trip down memory lane.
E128 - Limited Manpower first Due, Fire Fighter Scavenger hunts and Losing your load........
E127 - Medical First Responder, Kickoff to Forestry / Wild land season and Emergency HQ
E126 : Grass Fire , Structure Fire, and prepping for the upcoming season
E125 : New Fire Attacks, Internet Warriors , and Thinking Outside the Box
E124 : Roof Ops, Car Fires, and the versatility of battery operated tools
E123 - Texas MCI, Cold Weather and Chimney Fires
E122 - Prioritize and execute, Structure fires, explosions and patient care
E121 - Strange Structures and the Hazards they bring
E120 - Ice Rescue, Tenders & LED Flares
E119 - MVA's, Hazmat, Foam Application, and below-grade fire attack
E118 - Mutual aid and patient care
E117 - Winter Break, Structure Fires, and the need for first responder.
E116 - Hazmat, Decon and Limited Man Power Scenarios
E115 - The Fruit Stand Structure Fire
E114 - Search Methods and Tactics
E113 - How We Approach Motor Vehicle Incidents
E112 - Firefighter Training Games
E111 - Nick Hilton Interview
E110 - Structure Fires, Bail Out, Search Teams, Patient Rescue & RIT
E109 - Campfire Stories
E108 - Floating Hose Rescue & the Epic Training Scenario
E107 - Firefighter Practical Exam - Breakdown
E106 - PPE in the Pool and the pros and cons of First Responder
E105 - Training New Members Vs Old Members
E104 - Christie Mountain Fire
E103 - Live Fire Training Tips
E102 - Pre-Plan, Windshield Assessments and Scene Control
E101 - Submerged Vehicle Props and COVID Procedures
E100 - 100 Episode Recap
Death, Inoculation and making the most of Today
E99 - CPR Procedures in a COVID related world
E98 - MVI Scenarios, Water Rescue and Our new Tender
E97 - Armchair Firefighting
E96 - The Murphys Law of Grass Fires
E5 - The 1985 Bradford Stadium Fire - Tone Drop
E95 - VEIS, Forced Entry, Hose Movement and Ropes - Training
E4 - The Other Careers of Volunteers - Tone Drop
E94 - When do we Mask up plus Leadership, Culture and Recruitment
E3 - The Station Pub Fire - Tone Drop
E93 - Multiple Structure Fires, Confirmed Entrapment's & Low on Man Power - Scenario
Tone Drop E2 - Video Breakdown - Women pulled from burning building by Bystander
E92 - Wildland Training, Stop the Bleed and The other side of the job
E91 - Stop The Bleed
E1: Teachable Moments - The Thursday Tone Drop
E90 - Brent Clayton - Founder of Fire Recruitment Australia
E89 - Training Safely During COVID19
E88 - Marshall Bass - Fighting the Unprecedented Fight, The 2019 Australia Wildfires
E87 - FORTIS Ian Turnbull, damage prevention & emergency services manager
E86 - COVID and getting back to Training
E85 - U.S. Meets Canada - BAR Boys 100th Episode
PERSPECTIVE is Everything & Going for the “ASK”!
E84 - Sanitation Spray Tools & Cardboard Roads
E83 - FORTIS Safety Talk for LNG, CNG, Electricity & Propane
E82 - COVID-19 and our recent Structure Fire
E81 - Miles Randel is a the president of TEAAMS and a Helicopter Rescue Paramedic
E80 - Hiring Process, Seminar Trailer and the Coronavirus
E79 - Below grade fire attacks, Prison searches and MCI
E78 - Dr Nick Sparrow - EMS Physician, ATACC Canada Fire and Medical Director and CEO & Founder of KERPA
E77 - Prison Fires, Training Scenarios and Trolls
E76 - James Geering - Host of Behind the Shield Podcast
E75 - Road Trip to Seattle & Tool Testing the SEARAT
E74 - This Week In Training plus a question on Marijuana
E73 - Joel Struthers Ex-Legionnaire and Wildfire Helicopter Pilot Interview
E72 - Interview with Sam Volunteer Firefighter from Alberta
E71 - Quick Training Concepts - Happy New Year
E70 - Its Christmas! 2019
E69 - Building Search Training - School MCI
E68 - MCI's Mass Casualty Incidents
E67 - Naloxone
E66 - Memorable Structure Fires
E65 - Come to our Live Fire Training Seminar 2020 - FirePalooza!
E64 - The Good Old Days with the Chief
E63 - Transitional attacks and Detachment
E62 - Training RIT, PPV, Hydrolic Ventilation and Transitional Attacks
E61 - Grease Fires, Backdraft 2 review, RZ Masks
E60 - This Week In Training Plus SKITS
E59 - RTACC - Rescue Trauma and Casualty Care
E58 - Water Rescues, Campouts and Open Houses
E57 - Bring the Rookie
E56 - Basic Firefighter Skills Test
E55 - The Long Weekend Structure Fire
E54 - Applying Jockos 4 Principals of Combat on the Fire Scene
E53 - Wildfires, Liability and taking Ownership
E52 - Annual Episode
E51 - Structure Fire, NFPA and the Barbie Dream Home
E50 - Interview: Matt Long 2nd Lt. Phoenicia Fire District in Ulster County New York
E49 - Structure Fires, MVI's and Scenarios Oh My!
E48 - Keeping Training Interesting
E47 - Stop The Bleed Training - Canada Day Weekend!
E46 - Firefighter Training: The Kill House
E45 - Swift Water Weekend
E44 - Structure Fire - Stack Your Skills
E43 - Road Trip to the ATACC Summit
E42 - Warehouse Structure Fire
E41 - Interview: Marshall Bass
E40 - Training Day
E39 - Going Rogue
E38 - Emergency Preparedness Week
E37 - Training on a Budget
E36 - Q&A Burn Buildings and how to get one
E35 - Fire Rescue Task Force
E34 - Spring Into Action
E33 - This Week In Training
E32 - Standby To Get Some
E31 - Command Established
E30 - One For You Rookie
E29 - Structure Fire - Part 3: Utility Vehicles
E28 - Structure Fire - Part 2: Second Due
E27 - The Strength, Heart and Life of the Firefighter Wife
E26 - Structure Fire - Part 1: First Due
E25 - I'm Helping! Ambulance assist and Patient Care.
E24 - The Call
E23 - Where Did All The Volunteers Go?
Green Light
E21 - Backdraft
E20 - Christmas Eve Episode
E19 - Holiday Traditions
E18 - Bad*** Trucks
E17 - Apartment Fires
E16 - 3 Firefighters 1 Hose
15 - Auto Ex
Episode 14: Leadership 3
Grab Bag Tactics
Choose your own adventure
How to Buy the Equipment You Want with Public Relations and Fundraising
Turn Out Your Pockets
Leadership - Part 2
Leadership - Part 1
Winter is Coming!
Wildfire
Pre-Plan
RIT - Rapid Intervention Team
Firefighting and Social Media
Training Methods - Old Vs New
Why Do You Volunteer as a Firefighter?