The Functional Firefighter Framework

Nick and Clink sit down with Andy Bozzo, Co-Founder of Tablet Command, to discuss how their their software came to be and how it can improve fire ground safety/operations for firefighters around the world.

Nick and Clink sit down with leadership coach Mandy Rollins and USMC LtCol Susan Upward, to discuss leadership development, training and unconscious bias to provide a different perspective from outside of the fire service.

Nick and Tony speak with Dr. Brian Schilling from UNLV about studying physically demanding professions, what technology can assist with measurements and hurdles to conducting research.

Nick and Clink sit down with Battalion Chief Dave Heckard to talk about the difference between studying for a supervisor position and the reality of fulfilling the role. We then go on to discuss conflict resolution techniques, and leadership characteristics to assist supervisors in the growth of their personnel.

Nick and Tony sit down with Dr. Zaki from Optimize physical therapy to discuss movement requirements for firefighters and some common injury patterns he has seen when treating firefighters. We also analyze video clips of common fire ground and Ems activities and things that can be done to help improve a firefighters ability to more safely complete the task.

Nick and Tony discuss technology that can be purchased to help improve the health of firefighters in three categories. The first thing discussed are items that firefighters can purchase themselves, the second is types of subscriptions to local businesses that provide a service and the third are larger purchases that the department can make to help evaluate personal during annual testing.

Nick and Tony sit down with Deputy Chief Bruce Toliver to discuss The Phoenix Fire Department Wellness Clinic, the tier 4 policy, future of standards in the fire service and additional medical evaluations that can be done.

In this episode Tony discuses the importance of positive leaders through positive psychology. We dive into Dr. Sullivan’s servant leadership model, Seligman’s well being theory and other methods/models. Servant Leadership in Sport: Theory and Practice https://a.co/d/a6Bg4il Clifton Strength Assessment: https://store.gallup.com/c/en-us/1/cliftonstrengths Dr. Kelly McGongal Ted Talk: Make Stress you...

In this Episode we sit down with Battalion Chief and Physician Assistant, Cory Whitlock, to discuss recent changes to NFPA 1582 and additional testing firefighters can do to combat the negative health impacts from being a firefighter.

In this episode Nick and Clink discuss a 10 Step process to change policy in your organization. The use of tools such as a casual loop diagram, Theory of Change and a few others will provide guidance when diving into a problem and begin paint a clearer picture of the solution to increase your chances of successful implementation.

Nick and Tony talk about grit in the face of addiction with retired Firefighter & Green Beret, Randy Anderson. Bravo One Defense - Tactical Training https://www.facebook.com/fourhorsemenlasvegas

Nick and Tony discuss professional relationships in the fire service with Bob Horton, the Deputy Executive Director of The Western Fire Chiefs Association. How to get the most out of your firefighters, making difficult decisions, open door policy and establishing trust are a few of the topics discussed.

Nick and Tony share their personel experience being recruited to play college football . They also discuss how sports correlate to the fire service with ex NFL linebacker turned professional firefighter, James-Michael Johnson.

In this episode, Nick and Tony provide their backgrounds, and how they decided to start a nonprofit organization to disseminate information regarding the health and wellbeing of the fire service. They discuss their areas of expertise and what will be covered in the next 9 episodes.