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Fire Fighting in Canada: The Podcast — 89 episodes

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Does daylight savings time matter?

2

Behind the scenes at BC Wildfire Service

3

Looking back at the Jasper wildfires

4

Cutting cancer risk

5

Chiefs on the Hill: GR week unpacked

6

Sustainable funding in the fire service

7

Cancer prevention and PPE in the fire service

8

What is mental mapping?

9

Working Together on the Wildfire Front: A Future of Integration and Foundation of Collaboration

10

"Not Your Father's Fire Department": Tim Pley on Leading Through Unprecedented Change in the Volunteer Fire Service

11

Understanding Firefighter Rescues in Ontario

12

Procurement and pricing in turbulent times

13

Addressing unique challenges: Innovation in Indigenous fire services at Six Nations

14

Matt Pegg on Warrior Health: Bridging the Mental Health Gap for First Responders

15

From service to civilian: Navigating the phases of fire service retirement

16

Toronto Fire Chief Jim Jessop's Journey: From Recruit to Leading Canada's Largest Fire Department

17

Chiefs head to the Hill

18

Navigating the future of fire fighting

19

Resilient Minds: Mental wellness with Steve Fraser

20

Family, change, and wellness with Jennifer Grigg

21

Reflecting on the McDougall Creek wildfire in West Kelowna with Fire Chief Jason Brolund

22

To the edge of burnout and back

23

The stigma of not “tough” enough

24

Situational awareness with Dr. Richard Gasaway

25

Diversity, loss of leadership experience and the challenge of a retirement boom in Fire

26

Talking advocacy ahead of Chiefs on the Hill

27

Fighting wildfires from the air

28

Fire fighting from a provincial perspective

29

Managing different generations and change

30

Leading by example

31

Examining wildfires through a meteorological lens

32

Today’s recruits, connecting with the frontline, and learning from each other

33

The role of a fire investigator

34

Finding a fit through the Multi-Mini-Interview process

35

In conversation with the CAFC’s new president in 2023

36

B.C.’s Playbook and the evolution of training standards

37

What can coaching do for you?

38

Succession planning for the future of your fire department

39

The FireFit Championships are back!

40

Full-scale mass timber burns

41

Building partnerships: Improving interoperability all around

42

In conversation with John McKearney

43

The evolution and future of mass notification systems

44

Mandatory minimum certification for Ontario’s firefighters

45

The latest research on firefighter mental health

46

Taking stock of Canada’s volunteer fire service: the national census, recruitment and retention

47

In conversation with Fire Chief Ken Stuebing, the new IAFC president

48

The future and the fire service with Bill Boyes and Arnold Lazare, 2021 chiefs of the year

49

Fire Prevention Week – Learn the Sounds of Fire Safety

50

Better communication with body language

51

Associations and addressing the challenges of today’s fire service

52

The NIFSC project and Indigenous fire safety

53

Addressing diversity after controversy

54

Wildland Firefighting Then and Now

55

Championing the case for home fire sprinklers in Canada

56

Riding out the second wave in the volunteer fire service

57

In conversation with Karen Fry, Vancouver’s new chief

58

Fire Chief Adam Grant on leading through the second wave and beyond

59

In conversation with the 2020 CAFC Volunteer Fire Chief of the Year

60

In conversation with 2020 CAFC Career Fire Chief of the Year

61

Building knowledge to better support the autistic community

62

In conversation with Edmonton’s new fire chief

63

Education and the pandemic

64

The Fire Prevention Week Theme for 2020 is…

65

Hoarding 101 for the fire service

66

President of the CAFC on the COVID-19 pandemic

67

COVID-19: Unique challenges and lessons of a pandemic

68

Wildfire changes and challenges

69

Fire Fighting in Canada: Defining stress and states of mental health

70

Fire Fighting in Canada: Cancer in firefighters: What needs to be done?

71

Fire Fighting in Canada: Emergency Preparedness and Management

72

Fire Fighting in Canada: The Volunteer Vision

73

Fire Fighting in Canada: Why Ottawa Matters

74

Fire Fighting in Canada: Road to Recovery

75

Fire Fighting in Canada: Research on Firefighter Health Risks

76

Fire Fighting in Canada: Stopping the stigma

77

Fire Fighting in Canada: Studying the Statistics

78

Fire Fighting in Canada: A Story of Resilience

79

Fire Fighting in Canada: A New Norm

80

Fire Fightingin Canada: Cannabis Challenges in the Fire Service

81

Fire Fighting in Canada: Drones in the Fire Service

82

Fire Fighting in Canada: NFPA 2019 Fire Prevention Week campaign

83

Fire Fighting in Canada: MeToo and the fire service

84

Fire Fighting in Canada: At the Ready

85

Fire Fighting in Canada: Delivering the message

86

Fire Fighting in Canada: What is The Nozzle Forward?

87

Fire Fighting in Canada: The power of story

88

Fire Fighting in Canada: Mental health moves into the mainstream

89

Fire Fighting in Canada: Green initiatives in the firehall