FIREFIGHTER SUCCESS PODCAST

Jared Van Ek is a lieutenant with the Spartanburg City Fire Department in South Carolina - an ISO Class 1 and Internationally Accredited Fire Department.  He is a 31-year fire service veteran – servi…

Stephen Shaw is a 26-year veteran of the fire rescue service. He is the Assistant Chief for Training & EMS for Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue. Chief Shaw is an accredited Chief Fire Officer and the chai…

Steve Pegram is a 35-year firefighter who has served in every rank from firefighter to Chief in both the volunteer and career fire services. Chief Pegram has been Fire Chief of Goshen Township Fire a…

Brian Olson is a 13-year veteran of the Eagle Fire Department in Eagle, Idaho. He is a founding member of the Firefighter Rescue Survey, a Brothers in Battle Instructor, and a Georgia Smoke Diver. He…

Dennis Reilly is a forty-eight-year fire service veteran currently serving as the Fire Chief in Pittsburg, Kansas. Prior to his current position, he was the Fire Chief in Sunrise Beach, Missouri, an …

Chris Hickman has served for nearly 27 years in the emergency services. Chris currently serves as a Captain/Paramedic for Ocala Fire Rescue in Florida.

During his career, Chris has remained active as …

Chief Eric Dreiman has been a firefighter since 1990. He has served in every rank from firefighter up to division chief. He is currently the Chief of Training at the Indianapolis Fire Department. He …

Julian Serrano is a firefighter with Palm Beach County Fire Rescue in Florida. He is passionate about mentorship, leadership, training and firefighter fitness.

Early in his career, he decided to take …

Tilden Billiter is a 24-year fire service veteran and the assistant chief at the Sacramento Fire Department in California. He also serves as the director of training, overseeing all in-service traini…

P.J. Norwood is the Director of Training at the Connecticut Fire Academy. He is a retired deputy chief from the East Haven Fire Department in Connecticut and has served four years with the Connecticu…

Benjamin Martin currently serves as a captain with a large metro fire department in Virginia. He provides leadership training workshops and keynotes internationally and throughout the United States. …

Jason Sautel entered the fire service at the age of 18 with CAL Fire in Riverside County. Shortly thereafter, he became an Alameda County Paramedic assigned to the city of Oakland and then joined the…

Based on their popular FDIC class, Jim Moss and Dan Kerrigan give firefighters and fire departments 11 steps to creating a culture of firefighter fitness and wellness.

TOPICS DISCUSSED:

• Fire departmen…

Mike Gagliano has over thirty years of fire/crash/rescue experience with the Seattle Fire Department and the United States Air Force. He retired as the Captain of Ladder 5 and remains a proud member …