#506 DEBRIEF: Running Out of Air - The Texas Fire That Injured Nine Firefighters
On 30 August 2025, firefighters responded to a large two-storey residential fire in Texas after an occupant reported a fire in the master be...
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#505 INTERSCHUTZ 2026 with PBI What 35 Years in the FDNY Taught Dan Melia About PPE
Recorded live at INTERSCHUTZ, this episode puts the spotlight on PBI and the people behind the protection firefighters rely on every day. I...
#504 High Rise Masterclass with Brent Brooks Ep 4 Hose Lines, Big Water & Lithium-Ion Fires
In the fourth and final instalment of the High Rise Masterclass, Toronto Fire Captain Brent Brooks brings the series firmly back to practica...
#503 25 Years After 911, Terry Farrell & the Atlanta Stair Climb with Laurel Clonts Malcolm
As we prepare to head to Atlanta for the 25th anniversary of 9/11, I wanted to understand the meaning behind the trip and the people at the...
#502 UK Wildfire Season Debrief 2026
The UK’s 2026 wildfire season has pushed Fire and Rescue Services into unprecedented operational territory. In this episode, we look at the...
#501 Duarte Mendes Marine, Firefighter, World Champion
In this episode I sit down with Portuguese firefighter and world champion firefighter athlete Duarte Mendes to discover the man behind the m...
#499 How to Buy PPE & Uniform Without Getting It Wrong with Natalie Wilson
In this episode I sit down with Natalie Wilson, Founder and Managing Director of Workwear Solutions International, to explore one of the mos...
#498 Ordinary People, Extraordinary Rescues: When Everyday People Choose to Act
In this one-off episode I step away from our usual focus on trained emergency responders to explore what happens when ordinary people find t...
#497 In the Bays with Cobb County Fire Georgia USA
Recorded in the appliance bays during our March 2026 visit to Atlanta, this episode offers a quick insight into Cobb County Fire and Emergen...
#496 Humble, Hungry & Smart: How to become the teammate your crew can rely on
In this short solo episode, Im doing something a little different as one of the most common emails i get is about personal development tools...
#495 Creating Thinking Firefighters with Chief Jason Caughey
In this episode, im joined by Chief Jason Caughey, a fire service leader with more than 30 years of experience and the Fire Chief of Laramie...
#494 DEBRIEF: 11 Minutes to Fireball - Boyd Street, Downtown LA, May 16th 2020
In this incident debrief, we examine the Boyd Street fire in Downtown Los Angeles, where what first appeared to be a routine commercial buil...
#493 On-Call & Volunteer Retention Systems: The Perennial Problem - Solving It for the 21st Century
In this episode, we explore one of the fire service’s most persistent challenges: how we recruit, retain and properly support on-call and vo...
#492 DEBRIEF: Glasgow School of Art Fire, Failure and the Hidden Highway
In this incident debrief, we examine the two devastating fires at the Glasgow School of Art’s Mackintosh Building in 2014 and 2018, unpackin...
#491 Modern Fire officer with Jared Vermeulen
“Speak softly and carry a big stick” is more than Jared Vermeulen’s favourite quote it reflects the way he thinks about leadership, responsi...
#490 High Rise Masterclass with Brent Brooks Ep 3 High Rise Search, Flow Path & Survivability
In this special High Rise Masterclass miniseries, The Firefighters Podcast brings you live recordings direct from the International Tall Bui...
#489 More Than Coffee: Rescue 1 & the Mission of Fire Department Coffee with Randy James
Today’s episode is with Randy James from Fire Department Coffee. Randy is a career firefighter and paramedic from Rockford, Illinois, servin...
#488 Firefighters with Parkinson’s: The Diagnosis No One Sees Coming
Today is about what happens when the job we love meets a diagnosis that can change everything. I am joined by Dawn Harding, a retired Chief...
#487 Mr Honest Work aka Jaguar Wattley
Jag, better known to many online as Mr Honest has absolutely exploded across Instagram and TikTok over the last year and has become one of t...
#486 Why Persistence Matters: Firefighter, Gladiator & Competitive Optimist | Millie Margetts
Millie Margetts is a firefighter with Humberside Fire and Rescue Service, a coach, athlete, Gladiators semi finalist, and someone who embodi...