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Fire Apparatus & Emergency Equipment Podcast — 103 episodes

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1

Moving Water: Lessons Learned At FDIC International

2

Calming the Chaos: Scene Lighting, DVI, and Safer Fireground Operations

3

FDIC 2026: What We Learned

4

Talking Trucks: Social Media, Factory Training, and FDIC

5

Moving Water: The Reality of Keeping Old Rigs in Service

6

FDIC: Learning Continues on the Show Floor

7

Whelen and the NFFF Teaming up at FDIC International

8

The Apparatus Workshop: NFPA 1900

9

FAMA Forum: Fire Truck Industry Update, FDIC, and the FAMA 2026 Pipeline

10

Talking Trucks: 2027 Engines

11

The Turtle Low-Profile Nozzle

12

Moving Water: Tank Size

13

Lawsuits and More Questionable Dots

14

Intelligently Controlled Emergency Lighting

15

The Apparatus Workshop: Setting the Stage for Preengineering and Final Inspection

16

At the End of the Day, You Have to Put the Fire Out

17

Stock Rigs: Insights from Three Chiefs

18

Talking Trucks: Ricky's and Chris's Apparatus Wishlists

19

Moving Water: Cold Weather Operations

20

Lighting Specification for Fire Apparatus

21

Thoughts As 2026 Gets Going

22

Industrial Rigs: A Different Breed

23

Firefighting Foam Technology and Its Advantages

24

The Apparatus Workshop: Compartments

25

Talking Trucks: the Allison Hook & Ladder Co. No. 2

26

Caring for PPE According to NFPA 1850

27

FEMSA Focus: NFPA 1950

28

Apparatus Workshop: 2025 in Review and Looking to 2026

29

FAMA Forum: Fire Apparatus Design Symposium Review

30

Moving Water: 2025 in Review

31

Talking Trucks: NFPA 1900 Recommended Service Life for Fire Apparatus

32

Commentary: Time to Rethink Apparatus Service Life Recommendations?

33

Apparatus Workshop: Reserve Fire Apparatus

34

Moving Water: Appliance and Manifold Preventive Maintenance

35

Talking Trucks: Heavy Rescues

36

Lighting Specification with SoundOff Signal

37

EPA 2027 Engines: What to Ask Your Manufacturer

38

Inside the Safe Fleet Education Platform

39

Talking Trucks: the Shift Toward Practical Rigs

40

The Role of Modern Cleaning Technology to Reduce Toxin Exposure

41

FEMSA Focus: What's Happening in D.C.?

42

The Apparatus Workshop: ISO Ratings and Your Specs

43

TIC Talk: Overhaul

44

Inside Fire Facilities

45

EVT Talk

46

FEMSA Focus: Extrication Tools

47

Moving Water: Appliances and Manifolds

48

FAMA Forum: the Fire Apparatus Design Symposium

49

The Apparatus Workshop: Beyond the Final Inspection

50

TIC Talk: Temperature Measurement

51

Talking Trucks: Rig Design with Maintenance in Mind

52

Moving Water: Equipping Reserve Rigs for Water Delivery

53

TIC Talk: Using a Thermal Imager for Size-Up

54

FEMSA Focus: Technology? Maybe--Not No

55

The Apparatus Workshop: Weight

56

Thoughts on Idaho and Not Losing Heart

57

TIC Talk: Training Drills

58

Talking Trucks: Low Hosebeds

59

FEMSA Focus: NFPA 1970

60

Inside SoundOff Signal Lighting

61

Moving Water: Designing Rigs to Move High Volumes of Water

62

The Apparatus Workshop: Spec Boilerplate-Then and Now

63

The Fire Apparatus Shop

64

FAMA Forum: What You Need to Know About 2027 Engines

65

Inside Stock Fire Apparatus: Rosenbauer America

66

FEMSA's Role in the Fire Service

67

Inside Stock Fire Apparatus: HME Ahrens-Fox

68

Inside FRC's ACE Pump Control

69

Inside Stock Fire Apparatus: US Fire Apparatus

70

The Apparatus Workshop: Heavy Rescues

71

Technology and the Fire Service with Kevin Sofen

72

TIC Talk: Technical Rescue Applications

73

FDIC 2025 and the Broader Fire Apparatus Context

74

The Apparatus Workshop: Tiller Trucks Part 3

75

Water Delivery at FDIC International 2025

76

Moving Water: Supply Lines

77

FAMA Forum: Apparatus Industry Insights

78

Talking Trucks: Overall Length and Tool-Equipped Bumpers

79

Prepping for FDIC International 2025, Stock Rigs, Apparatus Purchasing Planning

80

The Apparatus Workshop: Budgeting

81

TIC Talk: USAR Applications

82

Water Delivery: Accurate Pump Gauges

83

Inside FMI

84

Go Birds and Connecting Dots That Might Not Be There

85

Talking Trucks: the Cab

86

Inside Snap-tite Hose: Part 2

87

Rigs, Trains, and Social Media Lessons

88

The Apparatus Workshop: Tiller Trucks, Part 2

89

Talking Trucks: PGFD Rescue Squad 820

90

Thoughts for 2025: Start Early on Purchases; Reduce Crashes; Remember the Trades

91

EVT Talk: Pump Maintenance

92

Water Delivery: the Year in Review

93

The Apparatus Workshop: Tiller Trucks, Part 1

94

Talking Trucks: Blacked-Out Rigs

95

Commentary: The Apparatus Choice Domino Effect | Thankful for Camaraderie

96

Inside Snap-tite Hose

97

The Apparatus Workshop: Parade Ready vs Response Ready, the Final Inspection

98

Talking Trucks: Tires

99

Water Delivery: Dump Sites

100

The Apparatus Workshop: Data--How We Use It & Why It's Important for Apparatus

101

Inside USSC

102

Special Delivery Extra: East Litchfield (CT) Pumper

103

Inside Lighting and Electric Valves