Episode 44 - Training, Humility, and Learning from Others
Erik Apland talks with Lindsay Amundson about the importance of a culture of humility and open communication in training and mentorship. The...
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Episode 43 - How to Use Next Gen Task Books
Travis Dotson and Erik Apland share crucial information on how to be successful and use all the support material that comes along with NWCG...
Episode 42 - Outliers
Erik Apland and Travis Dotson explore “outliers” in wildland fire – unusual incidents that highlight less-discussed hazards and how we prepa...
Episode 41 - Lessons on Structure Protection Operations
Structure Protection Specialist Hunter Bell III discusses his unusual career trajectory into wildland fire, and shares lessons on structure...
Episode 40 - Humble Accountability
Crew Captain Ben McLane describes what values-based leadership in the wildland fire service can look like in 2025. Listen in for some tangib...
Episode 39 - The Importance of New Perspectives
Orlando Genao and Erin Hurley discuss their recent multi-month detail experiences at the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center (LLC) with Tra...
Episode 38 - Lessons from 2024
Erik Apland and Travis Dotson discuss stories and insights collected by the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center in 2024. This episode focus...
Episode 37 - Unplanned Leadership Moments
Travis Dotson, Erik Apland, and Rebecca Sorensen discuss “unplanned leadership moments;” decisions that need to be made when the boss isn’t...
Episode 36 - 30 Years of Growth: The Wildland Fire Service After 1994
Kelly Woods visits with Larry Sutton, Jim Cook, and Chris Wilcox to capture their reflections on the 30 years that have passed since the wat...
Episode 35 - Mental Health: First Steps to Getting Help
Kelly Woods and Travis Dotson visit with Riva Duncan and Dr. Patty O’Brien about some considerations when deciding to seek therapy, how to f...
Episode 34 - Lessons From 2023
Travis Dotson and Kelly Woods talk about lessons the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center received in learning reviews and reports in 2023....
Episode 33 - Firefighter Cancer and Wellbeing
Erik Apland talks with Erin Phelps and Kat DuBose about wildland fire presumptive illness legislation, some lessons associated with filing a...
Episode 32 - Chance, Pain, Healing, and Hope
Kelly Woods visits with Tyler Doggett in a candid conversation about some of the mental health difficulties that often accompany a career in...
Episode 31 - Two More Chains – Fire Workers
Travis Dotson and Erik Apland discuss the most recent issue of the quarterly publication Two More Chains centered on the wildland fire worke...
Episode 30 - Data Points – Your UTV is on Fire
Kelly Woods and Travis Dotson discuss the latest edition of Data Points that focuses on UTV fires. Data Points is the Wildland Fire Lessons...
Episode 29 - Two More Chains – Lessons from Firing Operations
Kelly Woods and Travis Dotson discuss incidents featured in the latest issue of Two More Chains, the quarterly publication produced at the W...
Episode 28 - Lessons from 2022
Kelly Woods and Travis Dotson discuss lessons collected at the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center in 2022. The centerpiece of the conversa...
Episode 27 - Learning and Leaving a Legacy
Kelly Woods talks with Sarah Fisher and Chad Fisher about what learning in the wildland fire service means to them. Sarah and Chad describe...
Episode 26 - When Options Run Out: The Human Side of an Entrapment
Travis Dotson talks with Brian Crowley about his experience during the entrapment and fire shelter deployment on the Bridger Foothills Fire...
Episode 25 - Fireline Lessons - Tangible Take-Aways from Recent Incidents
Kelly Woods talks with Travis Dotson about lessons gathered from wildland fire incidents occurring in the 2021 fire year. This conversation...