Nick and Jay sit down with Chief Jose to go over everything decision making. Chief Jose is well known for his TDG's (Tactical Decision Games). FireNuggets has hosted his games before and you can catch some of them right now via Fire Engineering too.

Thanks to Chief Jose for a great show.

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Nick and Jay sit down with Dave Quick to crush their next Framework Podcast. Dave has a magnificent mind for Engine Company Operations. He has recorded an episode with us before you could check out too!

Episode #62 - Dave Quick

Again, thank you to our sponsors - Key Hose, Elkhart Brass, and Vanguard Safety Wear.

Enjoy!

Jay and Nick sit down with one of the best, James Johnson. If you don't know James, you should. His view and understanding of building construction along with his experience with construction in relation to the fire service is impressive.

If you love this episode and want more of James, check back to our episode #16 for more!

As always... Thank you to our sponsors: Elkhart Brass, Key Hose, and Vanguard Safety Wear.

Please give us a subscribe, like, follow, and rating.

What an episode! We sit down with the infamous "Billy Blatz" and have a great time!

Tom retired from the Milwaukee Fire Department where he was assigned to Rescue 2. He was heavily involved with the HURT Team.

We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did!

Thanks to our sponsors as always - Elkhart Brass, Key Hose, and Vanguard Safety Wear.

Nick and Jay sit down with Dr. Preston Cline from MCTI. They have an incredible discussion and invoke good communication, decision making, and more!

You can see more that Dr. Cline does at his website here - https://missioncti.com/

He has his own podcast as well which is a fan favorite!

Jay and Nick sit down with Brian Bastinelli from Harrisburg Bureau of Fire.

In the Youtube show you can see videos and more related to this conversation as well. Jay and Nick do a fantastic job of dissecting and having great conversation with Brian.

Youtube link - https://youtu.be/nezM286IPCs?si=OBAIKHzlsmQTV1lE

We hope you enjoy the show!

As always, thanks to our sponsors: Key Hose, Elkhart Brass, and Vanguard Safety Wear

We sit down with Eric Dreiman from the Indianapolis Fire Department. We highlight his career, talk about challenges, and discuss a lot of VES.

Eric has his own podcast through Fire Engineering as well called Hooks & Hoses. You can find more information here as well as your favorite players like Spotify and Apple - https://www.fireengineering.com/firefighting/hooks-hoses-strengthening-the-fire-service/

We hope you enjoy the show and give Eric's show a follow as well.

Thanks to our sponsors as always! Vanguard Safety Wear, Elkhart Brass, and Key Hose.

Ross serves as a Battalion Chief with the Arlington Heights (IL) Fire Department. Ross is a Squad Leader with  Illinois Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 1 and formerly the technical and training coordinator for the MABAS Division 1 technical rescue team.  Ross has been working in the rope and specialty rescue arena for the past 15 years, currently is the Special Projects Manager and a SPRAT Level 3 Rope Access Supervisor with Elevated Safety.  Ross enjoys spending time with his family, Crossfit and competing in Ironman triathlons and other endurance events.  He has a master’s degree in emergency services management and a bachelor’s in Fire Service Management and is a certified. Urban Search and Rescue Specialist through the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service.

Huge thank you to our sponsors as always - Elkhart Brass, Key Hose, and Vanguard Safety Wear.

We sit down with an absolute stud. Matt is a company officer with the North Metro (CO) Fire Department.

He's also a winner of the Titan Games and was the runner up in the Crossfit Games, only having finished behind four time winner Rich Froning.

We talk about fitness, nutrition, department standards, and much more.

Please check out his business - TrainFTW - https://www.trainftw.com/

We hop you enjoy the show!

As always, a big thank you to our sponsors - Elkhart Brass, Key Hose, and Vanguard Safety Wear.

We sit down with one of the strongest ladies we've ever met. Melanie had to endure a very difficult situation of losing her husband Brad Clark as a LODD on October 11, 2018.

Since this tragedy she has fought vehemently to ensure there are more strict move over laws.

She was instrumental in getting Brad on a license plate for Virginia, which is now on thousands of cars.

Please listen and learn from her story.

Thank you Melanie, we appreciate you, your strength, and your love for Brad and the fire service.

We're starting something a little new! Jay Bonnifield and Nick Papa will be doing a "Spin off" show.

Give the show a listen to see what they'll be up to!

Enjoy!

A great episode with our good friend Bill Carey. We dive into Bill's history, what he's currently doing, and many other topics.

Bill manages a website focusing on Data on firefighter line of duty deaths.

See here - https://data-not-drama.com/

Huge thank you to our sponsors, Elkhart Brass, Key Hose, and Vanguard Safety Wear.

We hope you enjoy the show!

We sit down with a great guest from across the pond and have a great conversation.

We discuss:

His fire service journey.

What goes into designing and building live fire training facilities and live fire training.

His new multi-part webinar series called Standard Operating Guideline - Residential Interior Operations.

Fire Dynamics, specifically attack, how speed is typically more important than flow, that prior to knockdown our baseline should be anti-ventilation, how the stairs are the most important part of any room, and his intrigue and investigation into Ultra High Pressure Attack.

Lastly, training!

You can find out more about Lars at his website here - https://swedishfirenerd.com/

A huge shout out to our sponsors as always!

Key Fire Hose

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We sit down with our good friend Dustin to talk about his career, passion, family, and much more.

Dustin is an excellent resource when it comes to Search and Rescue Operations.

We hope you enjoy the show as much as we did!

Thank you to our sponsors, Vanguard Safety Wear, Key Hose, and Elkhart Brass.

We sit down with an excellent man. Todd Edwards (Atlanta Fire - Ret.). We talk about training, career, spouses, and much more.

We hope you enjoy getting to know Todd like we do.

Thanks to our sponsors, Elkhart Brass, Key Hose, and Vanguard Safety Wear.

We sit down with our buddy Preston from the Relentless Rejects podcast. We talk about leadership, family, some articles he has written, and more!

We hope you enjoy the show!

A huge thank you to our sponsors: Elkhart Brass, Key Hose, and Vanguard Safety Wear.

We sit down with the Firefighter Rescue Survey for a second time. we discuss what has been happening with the survey to mostly include data collection. Near the end we touch on some tactics as well.

You can check them out here - www.firefighterrescuesurvey.com

Also, a huge shoutout to our sponsors - Elkhart Brass, Key Hose, and Vanguard Safety Wear.

Lastly... Thank you to Dinges Fire Company for supporting our tactical tribute which is allowing us to donate money to the Gary Sinise Foundation.

We sit down with our good friend Kyle Romagus to discuss some engine company tactics. This was our first live show and it was for a good cause.

While we talk Engine Company tactics, we were raising funds for Next Rung. They're an excellent group of people who are helping firefighters across the country who are hurting.

You can see more on them here - https://www.nextrung.org/

We hope you enjoy the show and thank you to our traditional sponsors - Elkhart Brass, Key Hose, and Vanguard Safetywear.

*If you wish to see the video, it's available on our FireNuggets Youtube channel.*

We sit down with the team from the MHFC. Cody McGinnis who has run the conference for many years is stepping down (but still helping out) from running the show. Tyler Smith is stepping in. We sit down to talk about the conference. What lead them to start it, what it looks like this year, and much more.

Please check out their website for more updates - https://milehighfirecon.com/

Thank you, and we hope you enjoy the show!

David Quick is a 30-year veteran of the fire service and is a lieutenant with the Manchester (NH) Fire Department assigned to Engine Co. 11. He is a lead instructor in the department’s recruit school, where he teaches engine company operations. David is a technical panel member of the current FSRI "Fire Dynamics and Firefighter Tactics in Multi-Story Residential Structure" study. In addition, he consults with fire departments across the county on fire attack package design.  David is a senior staff instructor at the New Hampshire Fire Academy and he holds a bachelor’s degree in Fire Science from the University of New Haven.  He is the owner of 603 Fire Service Consulting & Training, LLC.  

Thanks again to our sponsors: Elkhart Brass, Key Hose, and Vanguard Safety Wear.