DTFF: The Volunteer Firefighter Podcast - Down To Fight Fire

S2E3 : Wildland FTX Back with Season 2 Episode 3, the crew break down their recent Wildland FTX that had Scott as IC in an interface area in town. They go on to chat about a run Todd's crew went on and wrapped up breaking down another Seminar Session. WHO WE ARE As a group of Rural Volunteer Firefighters, our Fire Department has built our firefighter training from both old and new tactics in the f...

S2E2 : Tonasket Trip, Canada vs US Tactics and Spring Seminar Session Break Down Back with Season 2 Episode 2, the boys chat about their trip to Tonasket Washington where they assisted with instruction of Live Fire and Nozzle forward style techniques. They go on to discuss the differences in tactics and approach to wild land between our two areas and wrap up with some session break downs for the u...

WERE BACK BABY. After a lengthy hiatus the boys are back in the studio and happy to pick up where we left off. Join the crew as they bring you up to speed on what's been keeping them busy. With life settling in, DTFF is excited to begin Season 2 of the Volunteer Firefighter Podcast. WHO WE ARE As a group of Rural Volunteer Firefighters, our Fire Department has built our firefighter training fr...

E269 - School Bus Mass Casualty Event Break Down. This week Todd and Ash debrief a school bus MCI fairly close to home. Thankfully no children had any life threatening injuries. Listen in as they talk about the challenges and all the things that come to mind in an incident like this. WHO WE ARE As a group of Rural Volunteer Firefighters, our Fire Department has built our firefighter training from...

E268 - Seminar Recap & 2024 BC Fire Chiefs Conference This week Todd and Ash give a recap from Spring Seminar, and then Ash talks about some of the key take a ways from the 2024 BC Fire Chiefs conference in Kamloops BC including a very moving keynote by Assistant Chief Dr. David Griffin from Charleston NC. WHO WE ARE As a group of Rural Volunteer Firefighters, our Fire Department has built our...

E267 - Spring Seminar 2024 Prep This week the boys chat about Spring Seminar 2024 Preparations. What courses the crew is teaching, how they are getting their equipment down and what all to expect. Listen in as they break down the sessions, the weekend and set the table for the upcoming weekend. WHO WE ARE As a group of Rural Volunteer Firefighters, our Fire Department has built our firefighter tra...

E266 - Multi Department and Agency Task Force SIM This week Ash and Todd bring Scott back up to speed on what they have been up to. Ash explains a multi department/multi agency wild fire SIM that he helped set up that seen around 7 departments, BCEHS represented by TODD, RCMP, Search and Rescue as well as BC WildFire Services. What started out as a large piece of equipment on fire then spread to g...

E265 - BC WILD FIRE - ENGINE BOSS This week we chat about the BC Wild Fire Engine Boss course. Scott, Ash and other members of their department helped BCWFS prep and set up for an engine boss course. They chat about planning, scouting locations and hosting an event like that. Todd was a participant and he breaks down how the course went down and the things learned. WHO WE ARE As a group of Rural V...

E264 - How we build a FTX / Scenario - Arson Structure Fires This week the whole crew is back together and we talk about building a scenario or an FTX. How to plan out whats required, what is expected and how to react when things don’t go as planned. Ash breaks down a recent Arson Scenario where the crew was dispatched to their training grounds with signs of smoke showing with no fire engines on s...

E263 - Were Back! This week Todd and Ash sit down and update you on what we as a group have been up to. What we have planned in the coming months and more. Thank you for your patients while we transition to the new DTFF! WHO WE ARE As a group of Rural Volunteer Firefighters, our Fire Department has built our firefighter training from both old and new tactics in the fire service and adapted them to...

E262 - Podcast and Brand Update This week we made the tough choice to announce a brief break in podcast episodes. All 3 of us are currently being pulled in many directions outside of the podcast which has made creating content increasingly difficult. We felt it was in ours and our listeners best interest to pause production for what could be a few weeks or months and come back with a new focus and...

E261 - New Traditions, Fire Truck Dedications and WildLand Task Force Leader Debrief This week welcome Scott back to the studio and get an update on the Wild Land Task Force Leader course he recently took. Todd tells us about a new tradition his department is starting where they dedicate new apparatus to past fire fighters. One in particular was dedicated to Todds father, who spent 53 years of ser...

E259: Cold Weather, Broken Pipes and Structure Fires This Todd and Ash get together while Scott is away training and chat about some of the recent calls they ran while dealing with a cold snap of -25 degree days. Both departments were toned out for Structure Fires as well as Fire Suppression pipes freezing and bursting causing large amounts of water to flow out into residents homes and businesses....

E258: Legacy Home Structure Fire and Cement Truck Rollover This week are back at it with our first episode of 2024. We recap 2 calls, one being a structure fire at a legacy home on New Years Eve, as well as a Cement Truck roll over with entrapment on New Years Day. Both calls brought out unique challenges that the teams had to work around. Listen as we debrief both and kick off the new year with a...

E257: Life Imitates Training This week we talk about how often real calls mimic what we train. Train vehicle roll over, call to service for vehicle roll over. Have a scenario about a kitchen fire at the Hockey Arena, call to service for a kitchen fire at the arena. Brinks truck rolls over and they give us all the money…. wishful thinking. Hear us talk about the arena training and then a call for e...

E256: Embracing Winter. MVA Debrief, VEIS training and Arena Evac break down This week we took a look back at our recent training that had Todds department working on VEIS and other search methods. Scott and Ash’s department joined with Parks and Rec to hold an evacuation drill at their local Ice Arena where they added simulated smoke and fire with missing patients. They also break down an MVA cal...

E255: Planning a Scenario This week we took a listener question and break down how we as a group plan some of our Scenarios / FTX’s. From brainstorming ideas, folding in additional help to implementing the event. Let us know what you do to plan scenarios and how you keep them realistic and high fidelity. WHO WE ARE As a group of Rural Volunteer Firefighters, our Fire Department has built our firef...

E254 - Positive Pressure Attack, High Quality CPR, BIG Water This week we talk about our recent training evolutions. Scott had half the crew running through water supply and Deck Gun ops, Ash took the other half and ran evolutions on Positive Pressure Attack, Positive Pressure Vent and Hydraulic Ventilation. Todd talked about his training that had the group split between brushing up on some hand t...

E253 - Code 3 driving and ladder competency. This week we discuss some tips and tricks to code 3 driving. We follow that up with discussion on our skills night that seen crews throwing ladders on residential and commercial buildings as well as some quick chat on chimney fires WHO WE ARE As a group of Rural Volunteer Firefighters, our Fire Department has built our firefighter training from both old...

E252 - Fire Up The Burn Building. Live Fire is BACK This week we are excited to talk about recent live fire evolutions. Scott and Ash talk about live fire scenario training and Todd talks about evolutions at the training centre in Penticton with his department. WHO WE ARE As a group of Rural Volunteer Firefighters, our Fire Department has built our firefighter training from both old and new tactic...

E251 - Training , Structure Fires and Our New Engine This week we chat about recent training, the arrival of our new Engine and some of its cool features as well as a small structure fire that seen the new apparatus make an appearance. WHO WE ARE As a group of Rural Volunteer Firefighters, our Fire Department has built our firefighter training from both old and new tactics in the fire service and...

E250 - Fire Prevention Week ,Core Skills Night, Driver Training and Search This week we chat about Fire Prevention week. Todds department held an Open House, so he breaks down what they did with the public and we discuss some of the key things to keep in mind for prevention and safety. We go on to discuss up coming training which will see us doing Driver Training as well as Search techniques. WHO...

E249 - Annual Skills Re qualification, and Call Update This week we break down our annual skills re qualification night. Talk session break downs and why its good to slow down and re visit the basics on a liability and future training standpoint. We also touch on a recent Motor Vehicle incident that seen a mess of downed lines, some being cable and utility and some being power. We talk best practi...

E248 - Fire Engine Pre Delivery Inspection Road Trip, One last wildfire and Summer Send off activities. This week we get back together after yet another WildFire kicked off in our area. This time only a few KM’s away from Ash’s families cabin up the valley. Todd and Ash talk about how they raced up and did some triage work and then prepped for sprinkler suppression. Ash talks about going to do Hub...

E247 - The Responsibility of the Driver/ Engineer, FTX Recap and looking back on Sept 11th and National Fallen Fire Fighter Day. This week chat about the responsibility that rests on the driver / engineers shoulders. Getting to a call quickly but safely can be one of the toughest parts of a job with current drivers out on the road. We then go onto a recent FTX that had a simulated brush fire, vehi...