Combustible
A fire service leadership podcast.
- Update frequency
- every 23 days
- Average duration
- 37 minutes
- Episodes
- 102
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
Episode 031 - When Does Hollywood Get Firefighting Right?
Some of us had never really considered that some of our listeners might not be firefighters, up until one of those listeners asked us to talk about the reality of fighting fire vs. what shows up on t…
Episode 028 - Shane's Mulligan
Our Mulligan Series continues with Shane’s tale of regret about an apartment fire that probably should have gone a little better. But like all of our mulligans, we let bad early decisions, shortcuts …
Episode 027 - 16 Minutes Under a Collapse in a Structure Fire with Clark Glass
Episode 026 - Hatch's Mulligan Part Two
In this follow-up episode, Hatch gives us a second mulligan involving his role as Safety Officer at a particularly aggressive fire. His first mulligan episode was about a weak leadership moment, cent…
Episode 025 - Hatch's Mulligan Part One
In this episode, Hatch surprises us a little when he reveals his mulligan. It wasn't exactly within the parameters we had established for the mulligan episodes, but that's kind of Hatch in a nutshell…
Episode 023 - What Motivates Someone To Be Unmotivated?
A listener wrote to us about some senior firefighters being disengaged with less experienced firefighters in the station and basically asked why won't they share their knowledge? Is it deliberate or …
Episode 020 - Moneyballing It: Leadership Lessons Of The Film Moneyball
Moneyball is the story of the Oakland Athletics' 2002 season; a season in which General Manager Billy Beane used the unconventional theory of "Sabrmetrics" to field a competitive team. It's a compell…
Episode 018 - Outtakes: Active Shooter
This outtake comes from our session with Cale Hamilton. Here we talk about the role of the fire service in active shooter or active threat situations. It didn't really fit within the rest of the podc…
Episode 016 - Firefighter Perspective vs Chief Perspective with Cale Hamilton
Cale Hamilton was a self-described mediocre firefighter until a 2010 mayday incident prompted him to explore what it means to be more engaged in firefighting as a profession. Since that time he has b…