The Weekly Scrap, Firefighter Podcast

The big 200!!!! Bringing back my hero, my mentor, my friend the one and only Curt Isakson. Be warned that this one could goes on for a while. To be honest I do not remember half of what we talked abo…

Joined on this episode by the one and only Clark Lamping! Was an awesome episode as we discussed so much from his wheelhouse, starting with high-rise ops, and mega-area building response, to handling…

Joined by the one and only Ryan McCormick for this episode of the scrap. The last time we tried to have this discussion some tornadoes through his town caused us to reschedule. On this episode we got…

Very special guest Anthony Avillo on this episode of the Scrap! Topics include the new edition of his Fireground Strategies book, with new topics to cover such as Active Shooter command consideration…

Joined by the one and only Mike Salzano for this 196th episode of the Weekly Scrap. We discuss his keys to success for officers, earning respect, developing others, communication, size-up... and as a…

Joined on this episode by JJ Cassetta to discuss all things fire! We plan to discuss his journey and the all of the people that have impacted him in his fire service career. We talked buffing, and ph…

Joined on this episode by Jeff Eckert out of Philly! We discuss 
changing Culture, fighting back against those who want to take the aggression out of the fire service, Younger people making rank very …

Joined by the one and only Todd Edwards. Excited to talk to him about developing a size-up mindset, fire tactics, training philosophy, incorporating family into the fire life and as always everything…

Joined by none other than Bob Pressler himself to focus on talking about the basics, a little about nozzles, VES, and the current mindset, how long do we have to make firefighters... and of course ev…

Joined by the incomparable Chis Naum to discuss so much about the fireground. We talked about the impact of the built environment on todays fireground decision making, the FACTS "First-Arriving, Cons…

Because of last minute real life stuff, Mike Terpak had to reschedule... so we get a last minute fill in by none other than the man the myth the mustache... Kyle Romagus!!!!  He absolutely crushed it…

Joined by Matty Johnson to discuss his story and his journey, and all the lessons learned and learning along the way. It was an awesome scrap to be a part of, and mental health is a topic that is nea…

Joined on this episode by Derek Roberts, and it lived up to the promise! We  discussed how to teach new people, the challenges of changing culture from the bottom up, Fire Behavior and engine operati…

Joined on this episode by the one and only Kevin McCart. We had a blast as we discussed the proper mindset that leads to success on the fireground, the rule of 3's, Accidental Success, Elimination of…

Ryan McCormick is dealing with the Tornado damage from this weekends storms, so Adam Maiers of Brothers in Battle, and Engine Zero was gracious enough to step in! We talk engine work, Search, Trainin…

Live from the Daggum Fire Conference.  So many guests and so many great questions at this live event.  Ray Dorival, Todd Shepherd, Blake Stinnett, Justyn Fraize, Don Sapp, Andy Starnes, Chad Daily, D…

Joined on this episode by the Roof Pervs... Rob Fisher, James Johnson (Almost, instead we got Kyle Romagus as a stand in!)  and William Knight! We plan to deep dive into building construction and tak…

Joined by my brother from another mother, mi hermano, the incomparable Rob Ramirez. We are going to talk Mayday Mindset, approaches to training, getting in knife fights in elevators, and of course ma…

Joined on this episode by the incomparable Frank Leeb to discuss... wind driven fires, the recent 5th Alarm Brooklyn fire, safety and aggressive firefighting, how process drives outcomes, backdrafts,…

Joined on this episode by the one and only Chris Stewart. We plan to discuss leadership, culture, customer service, training, incident command, safety, extinguishment, search, and ventilation... all …