B Shifter
Fire command and leadership conversations for B Shifters and beyond (all shifts welcome)!
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 46 minutes
- Episodes
- 155
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Command Presence & Advice from Bruno
On this B Shifter we first listen to some "cool command" from Las Vegas Fire/Rescue, then we delve into an article written by Alan Brunacini on "Cool Command" and command presence.
You …
Ask The Chiefs Part 1
Part 1 of 2
We asked for questions for the chiefs and we received some good ones! Every question we use will get a Bruno OG IC T-Shirt.
This episode features Terry Garrison, Nick Brunaci…
Nick Brunacini & Vance
We cover various topics on this one; fire station bathrooms, our favorite bosses, electric fire apparatus and some fire house traditions explained. We take a lighter approach on this B …
Risk Management (Does Not Mean Risk Averse!)
Let us clear this up. As an IC, you MUST manage risk. It is your job. Being a risk manager does not mean we are being risk averse. In this episode as a matter of fact we state the oppos…
Leadership; Functional Boss Behaviors (it's about the work!)
Alan Brunacini left a lot of unpublished materials and programs that were in the progress of completion when he passed away. Terry Garrison and Nick Brunacini are putting all of those w…
Lithium Ion Battery Fires with FSRI's Adam Barowy
This episode is co-hosted by Josh Blum and John Vance.
On this B Shifter our guest Adam Barowy, Research Engineer from UL's Fire Safety Research Institute will talk about fires involving…
Continuous Improvement on the Fireground
This episode is co-hosted by Nick Brunacini, Josh Blum and John Vance.
We talk about continuous improvement on the fireground and the importance of common SOP's and a meaningful way to f…
B Shifter & Blue Card 2023 Preview and News
We give you the lowdown on what you can expect from us in 2023, including the return of the Hazard Zone Conference, Big Box Workshops and how to tie tactics into Blue Card.
This episode …
Radio Traffic from Three Different Departments
Nick, Josh, Erik Phillips and Vance are reviewing radio traffic from three different fire grounds in three different states with at least one thing in common - they could all operate to…
Leadership Thursday; Being Nice, Second Chances and a lot of A-holes
We say a-hole in this episode a lot. So much so that instead of heavy editing we embraced it and let our unfiltered selves fly.
We cover continuing Bruno's work, retirement, "call fatigu…
Open Shift (a variety of topics discussed)
We call this "Open Shift", discussing a variety of topics with the crew this time around including health and wellness, wild land fires, communications and out of control IC's.
This epi…
Leadership Thursday with Nick, Terry and Vance
It's Leadership Thursday so we gathered the chief's around the table to talk about stuff on the strategic level and tell a few light hearted stories too. It like having microphones at a…
Frank Leeb, Deputy Assistant Chief of the FDNY talks Cancer Prevention and Work Life Balance
We are talking to Deputy Assistant Chief Frank Leeb of the FDNY (see his bio below) about cancer prevention and work life balance.
The day after we interviewed Chief Leeb, the FDNY perf…
Leadership Thursday with Nick, Terry and Vance
It's Leadership Thursday so we gathered the chief's around the table to talk about stuff on the strategic level and tell a few light hearted stories too. It like having microphones at a…
Accountability in the Hazard Zone
This episode is co-hosted by Josh Blum, John Vance & Doug Wehmeyer.
The guys are talking hazard zone accountability and how proper accountability on the task, tactical and strategic leve…
The Emergency Alert Button and Maydays Safety Advisory
This week there was a joint safety advisory issued regarding the emergency alert button (EAB) on portable radios. You can read that here.
This episode is co-hosted by Josh Blum, John Va…
Division Operations
This episode is co-hosted by Josh Blum, John Vance & Doug Wehmeyer (making his B Shifter debut!).
Douglas Wehmeyer is a thirty-three-year veteran of the fire service holding every rank …
Rescue and Blue Card Without a Dispatch Center Radio Traffic
This episode is co-hosted by Josh Blum and John Vance.
This episode features rescue radio traffic from Georgia and an Arizona department that does Blue Card without an active tactical ra…
FSRI's Study of Fire Service Residential Home Size-up and Search & Rescue Operations
You can find information on the FSRI study here.
This three-year Research and Development Project examines fireground size-up measures and search and rescue operations as part of a coord…
Fire Science with Daniel Madrzykowski
We are talking fire science with Daniel Madrzykowski. Dan is the Director of Research for the UL's Fire Safety Research Institute (FSRI). He has a PhD in fire engineering from the Unive…