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#423 When Doctrine Fails: Standards, Strategy and the Reality of Fireground Performance with Dan Stephens

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#422 Health Span over Life Span Staying Operational to 60 with Chris Ward of Fit Fire Rescue part 2

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#421 Health Span over Life Span: Staying Operational to 60 with Chris Ward of Fit Fire Rescue part 1

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#420 International Mens Day at South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue

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#419 Forging Fire: Building Teams That Last with Dr. Johnny Torgeson

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#418 Why Emotional Intelligence Might Be the Missing Tool in the Fire Service with Chief Fire Officer Darren Dovey KFSM

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#417 The Story of FDNY Firefighter Patrick Brady

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#416 Evolving the Fireground: International Lessons with Mike Stachowicz

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#415 STAY LEFT OF BANG: A Career of International Disaster Response & Rescue with Jim McParland Part 2

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#414 STAY LEFT OF BANG: A Career of International Disaster Response & Rescue with Jim McParland Part 1

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#413 INCIDENT DEBRIEF: The Woolworths fire - Manchester - May 8th 1979

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#412 Recruiting Tomorrow’s Fire Service Leaders with Hannah Vallance, Chartered Occupational Psychologist & Director at VCA Ltd

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#411 National Breathing Apparatus Challenge The Debrief Part 2

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#410 National Breathing Apparatus Challenge 2025: The Debrief - Part 1

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#409 Evolution vs Revolution: The Journey of Tactical Firefighting UK continues Part 2 of 2 with Dave Berry

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#408 ESS LIVE - When Systems Fail: Human Factors and the Weight of Modern Healthcare with Andy Youngson & Simon Nevitt

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#407 The Origin & Evolutions of Firefighter Fitness Tests in the UK with Dr Phil Turner

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#406 Built to Last: The Data Behind Improving Firefighter Health with Dr Daniel Higuera PHD

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#405 The History of the Fire Service

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#404 Fuel What Matters: Performance, Recovery & Supplementation with Dan Peskett, Martin Boyce & Xendurance

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#403 ESS LIVE Confidence, Challenge, and Change: WFS with Siobhan & Ellie

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#402 DEBRIEF: The Great Chicago Fire of 1871

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#401 ESS LIVE: Phil Garrigan & Fin Monahan on Leadership& Culture from the RAF to the Fireground

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#400 Lt. Col. Dave Grossman Psychology of Service, Survival, Stress & the Warrior Mindset

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#399 LEADERS AS GARDENER'S: Building Psychological Safety and Future Ready Fire Services with Ann Millington OBE - Chief Executive of Kent Fire and Rescue Service

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#398 REMEMBERING THE 343: Firefighters United for the 911 Memorial Stair Climb

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#397 NORTHANTS FIREFIGHTER CHALLENGE 2025 DEBRIEF

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FIREFIGHTER FOUNDATIONS: Pressurised Staircases in UK High-Rise Buildings

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#396 FIREFIT WORLD RECORD HOLDER BRAD DICKS

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#395 Firefighter PPE for a Changing World with Vicki Jackson of MSA

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#394 We Remember Them: Reflections from the Firefighters Memorial Service of Remembrance

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#393 Growing Leaders, Building Trust & shaping culture with Mark Baxter CFO Lincolnshire Fire & Rescue

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#392 SOUTH COAST FIREFIGHTER CHALLENGE 2025 DEBRIEF

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#391 WELSH FIREFIGHTER CHALLENGE 2025 DEBRIEF

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FIREFIGHTER FOUNDATIONS: FLOWPATHS

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#390 Beyond the Job: John Kelly on Holistic Health & Outliving the Fire Service

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FIREFIGHTER FOUNDATIONS: Basic Chemistry for Firefighting - The Reactions that Feed Fire

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#389 Evolution of INCIDENT COMMAND in the UK Fire Service with Kevin Arbuthnot

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FIREFIGHTER FOUNDATIONS: The Foundations of Scientific Thinking for Firefighters

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#389 Tactical Firefighting, Macedonia, Evolution & National best practice with Dave Berry - part 1 of 2

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#388 Forensic Leadership & The Traces we leave behind with Paul Kinkaid

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HAIX GTX Extraguard - The Future of Fire Boots with GORE & HAIX

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#386 Firefighting in a WARZONE with a Ukraine Firefighter

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#385 Help I think My Boss Is A Narcissist

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#384 DEBRIEF: FIRE IN THE SKY

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#383 The Future Direction of the UK Fire Service with NFCC Chair Phil Garrigan

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#382 What Happened at Grenfell with expert witness Steve McGuirk

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#381 FDNY Chief Officer Frank Leeb

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#380 The Worlds Strongest Firefighter 2025 with Frank Boniello

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#379 A Story of Racism, Resilience & Resisting Systems of Denial with Sal Naseem

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#378 Leadership, Low Agency & Learned Helplessness in the UK Fire Service

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#377 Instructor Discussion Netherlands Smoke Cooling Experiments Ep1

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#376 Fighting Fire Fit with Phill Matthews

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#375 Hazmat, Detection & The Hidden Threats we face with Dr Mark Norman

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#374 Firefighter Stephen Hunt & The Paul’s Hair and Beauty World Incident Debrief

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#373 PGI Particulate Protection & Decontamination Seminar with Joe Taylor of Dewipe

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#372 PGI Particulate Protection & Decontamination Seminar with Robbie Burns & Michelle O'Toole

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#371 Service without Self-Destruction with Dan Dworkis MD PHD

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#370 Honouring Martin Green: A Family's Story with Latitia & Evan Green - PGI Particulate Protection & Decontamination Seminar 3 of 6

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#369 PGI Particulate Protection & Decontamination Seminar 2 of 6 with John Lord

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#368 PGI Particulate Protection & Decontamination Seminar 1 of 6 with Andy Slater PGI

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#367 Herding sheep & Finding your Natural Leadership sweet spot with Stu Jackson

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#178 Harrow Court Hertfordshire Incident Debrief February 2nd 2005

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#366 Ben Selby Fire Brigades Union Assistant General Secretary FBU

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#365 Leadership, People & Unseen Privilege with Abi Manifold

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#364 Red Teaming, Critical Thinking, Adaptive Leadership & Wildfires with Jayson Coil

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#363 Policing, Black History, Stop & Search & Self-transformation with Nigel Best

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#362 Justin Johnston Ret Chief Fire Officer UKFRS

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#361 Air Crash Investigation with Karl Scammel from Air Accidents Investigation Branch

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#360 Life on station, Firefighter Challenges & Cat shit coffee with Dean Keeber & Matt Adams

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#359 When Toxic Leadership Leads to Ethical Drift with Jan Morris

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#358 Effective Communicating and Coordinating with the public with Anne Templeton Senior Lecturer in Social Psychology

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#357 Change that Once wasn’t Possible is Now Deliverable - Dave Walton Deputy Chief Fire Officer WYFRS

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#356 UK Firefighting & our Response to Domestic Dwelling Fires: A Deep Dive with Dan Stephens

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#355 From Firefighting to Recovery: Navigating Injury, Identity, and Mental Health with Justin Stoneham

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#354 Most Influential Women in Fire 2024 with Colette Black

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#353 Essential Training Ideas, Drills, Recruitment Insights & Firefighter Development with Adam from DrillBook

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#352 From Ashes to Iron: A journey of Grit, Perseverance & Strength with Zac Blackledge

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#351 Faith Religion & Firefighters for Christ with Simon Hewitt

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#350 The 5 Tool Firefighter with Nicholas J Higgins

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#349 Blazing Trails, Breaking Records and the value of Fierce, Female Role Models in Fitness & Firefighting with Helena Brown

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#348 Fire Aid Nepal with John Aitchison

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#347 Fitness Foundations for 40 years of Firefighting with Alan Smith

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#346 Research Driven Firefighting Tactics & The Quadrant Model with Professor Ricardo Weewer

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#345 I Can’t Save You, and I don’t want to die trying with Dr Burton A Clark

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#344 Proficiency, Accountability & Embracing Mistakes with John McDonough

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#343 Beyond the Flames: The Lifespan of Firefighters Gear, PPE & Fabrics

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#342 Police Interceptors, consent vs force and the true trauma cost paid by first responders with Ben Pearson

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#341 Fighting stereotypes & Clearing a Path for others with Vicky Shakesby MBE

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#340 James Braidwood, Paul Grimwood & 200 years of Firefighting with Mike Stachowicz

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#339 NOW & NEXT with Pete & Carl

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#338 Firefighter Suicide, Mental health & a conversation on Formalised Academic Curiosity with Researcher Dr Rowena Hill MBE

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#337 National Breathing Apparatus Challenge 2024 Part 2 of 2 The Debrief

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#336 National Breathing Apparatus Challenge 2024 Part 1 of 2 Behind the Scenes

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#335 Tackling Misconduct & Unacceptable Behaviour within UK Fire & Rescue with Roy Wilsher of HMICFRS

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#334 UKRO & The Festival of Rescue with Ian Greenman

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#333 Emily Watkins - Inflammatory & Psychological Consequences of Chronic High Exposure Firefighting

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#332 Russ Timpson – Surviving Tall Buildings & The International Tall Building Fire Safety Conference

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#331 NOW & NEXT with Pete & Carl

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ESS 2024 round up - Search & Rescue Dogs, Women in Fire, PPE & Apparel with Hunter & PTSD with PC Tony Stamp