#520 DEBRIEF: FIVE MINUTES TO COLLAPSE | The Stricker Street Fire | Baltimore, Maryland 2022
Five minutes from first arrival to collapse. On 24 January 2022, Baltimore firefighters responded to a fire at 205 South Stricker Street. Li...
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#519 HELP IS ALREADY NEARBY: GOODSAM | One Link | Live Video | Before the blue lights arrive - Mark Wilson
What happens between someone calling 999 and the emergency services arriving and how much more could we do in that time? Professor Mark Wils...
#518 DEBRIEF: Six Firefighters Trapped | Mendocino Complex 2018
Six firefighters. A rapidly advancing wildfire. And an escape route that suddenly disappeared. On 19 August 2018, firefighters working on Ca...
#517 Are We Making Firefighters Safer or Less Capable? | Chris Gott & Justin Brunner
Are We Training Firefighters Wrong? | Chris Gott & Justin Brunner Are we genuinely developing better firefighters, or are we simply getting...
#516 Culture on Fire: We Know the Problem - So Why Is Change So Hard
Why does meaningful change remain so difficult when decades of research, inspections and cultural reviews have already identified so many of...
#515 Beyond National Best Practice: Why Firefighting Needs Global Thinking with Dr Lori Moore-Merrell & Phil Garrigan
Recorded at the World Fire Congress 2026 in London, I sat down with Dr Lori Moore-Merrell, former US Fire Administrator and founding Chair o...
#514 Lithium-Ion Battery Fires: What Every Firefighter Needs to Know | Dr Stephen Kerber
Lithium-ion batteries are now embedded in almost every part of modern life, from mobile phones and power tools to electric vehicles, public...
#513 Wildfire, AI & the Future of the UK Fire Service | London Fire Commissioner Jonathan Smith
Recorded at the 2026 World Fire Congress in Westminster, I sat down with London Fire Commissioner Jonathan Smith for a conversation about so...
#512 The Future of Firefighter Health & Wellbeing | Professor Rowena Hill | World Fire Congress 2026
Recorded at the 2026 World Fire Congress in Westminster, I caught up with my friend Professor Rowena Hill from Nottingham Trent University,...
#511 Beyond the Incident Command Assessment | Katherine Lamb
This conversation with Katherine Lamb, founder of Effective Command, explores what effective incident command really looks like beyond simpl...
#510 Beyond the Fire Kit: Innovation, Culture & Leadership | Simon Hunter
In this episode, I travelled to Northern Ireland to sit down with Simon Hunter and Chris Colgan with the team at Hunter Apparel Solutions fo...
#509 Rebuilding UK Firefighting Tactics, Training & Doctrine with Dan Stephens
Dan Stephens returns to The Firefighters Podcast to explore the next evolution of tactical firefighting in the UK. We discuss the work under...
#508 Firefighter Cancer, Contaminants & What the Science Now Tells Us with Prof. Anna Stec
Professor Anna Stec is one of the leading voices in fire chemistry, toxicity and firefighter occupational health and in this episode we expl...
#507 DEBRIEF When the Rescue Crew needs rescuing - Firefighter Fatality in DeKalb County Fire Rescue Georgia Sept 8th 2025
On 8 September 2025, DeKalb County Fire Rescue crews responded to a commercial warehouse fire in Georgia and quickly discovered that the bui...
#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...
#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...