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Send us Fan Mail Chris Kessinger has been a student of the craft for 17 years, currently holding the role of Lieutenant with the City of Riverside Fire Department. Chris serves as the lead instructor and owner of Citizens First Fire Training in addition to the role of training officer/instructor for numerous schools, training facilities and departments. Chris has a deep passion for this job and ma...

Send us Fan Mail Tai Rondeau brings over 16 years of knowledge and experience ranging from his time as a volunteer firefighter to two career departments. Tai currently serves as a firefighter/ paramedic for the City of Milwaukee, Engine 34/Med13. He also teaches for Take the Door Training LLC, affiliated with the Brew City F.O.O.L.S., and has taught/assisted at several fire conferences and fire sc...

Send us Fan Mail Chief Brandon Skaggs of the Clarksville Fire Department in Indiana. He started in the fire service when I was 18 years old as a volunteer firefighter for Clarksville Fire and was given an opportunity of a lifetime to become a career firefighter in 2003.  Brandon has been chief for the last 6 years. He really enjoys being part of public education events,  Command training and multi...

Send us Fan Mail Devin Craig is a 20 plus year veteran of the fire service. He has been with a department north of Houston Texas since 2003 and an officer since 2007. He spent 7 years as a lead fire instructor at the largest fire academy in the nation He is a proud member of the Georgia Smoke Diver Association. and is now co-owner of Train or Die Fire Service Training.  Email me at 3pointFirefight...

Send us Fan Mail Eric 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 holds multiple fire and EMS certifications and has a Bachelor’s of Science from Indiana University and a degree in Fire Science from Vincennes University. Eric teaches at FDIC, Firehouse Expo, Fireh...

Send us Fan Mail Kaleb Mauzy joined the fire service in 2000, starting his career with the U.S. Forest Service at the Sierra Vista Ranger District, working as a wildland firefighter. After 5 years with the Forest Service, in late 2005 he transitioned into structure firefighting with the Fry Fire District located in Sierra Vista, AZ. Upon getting hired with the Fry Fire District, he built out their...

Send us Fan Mail Josh Chase is a fire Lieutenant with Norfolk Fire Rescue, and is a 15 year veteran of the fire service. He has a passion for leadership and strengthening firefighters to lead at the informal level.  Josh has authored a couple of books with his latest book being Jump Seat Leadership: The Lead Yourself Workbook and his first fire service book: Jump Seat Leadership: The guide to info...

Send us Fan Mail Jesse is the Training Chief for a fire department in Southeast Michigan, where he has served since 2002. He is passionate about taking an innovative approach to training and continuing education. He has presented at various state and national conferences and enjoys learning as much as he can about the fire service. Jesse has a master’s degree in Public Safety & Emergency Manag...

Send us Fan Mail Cameron grew up on an orchard in Hood River Valley, started volunteering as a high school student. Spent 7 seasons with Oregon Department of Forestry before moving to Baker City (OR) to take a Firefighter/EMT job. THEN HE Took a Training/Safety Captain job at North Whidbey Fire & Rescue (WA) where he spent 12-months rebuilding the training division and constructing a 1,700 sqF...

Send us Fan Mail Brian Zaitz is a 21 year student of the fire service, currently serving as the Assistant Chief of Operations and Training for the City of Kirkwood Fire Department.  Brian is an active fire service instructor, teaching for the Tri-County Training Consortium and the International Society of Fire Service Instructors.  His passion for training continues as he is the current President...

Send us Fan Mail Michael Torres is a 23 year veteran of the fire service. Mike is a firefighter paramedic with the Chicago Fire Department (Truck 20 ) Americas Truck . He also serves as a candidate instructor at the Quinn Fire Academy. Mike was a Captain and training officer for the Hometown, Illinois Fire Protection District. Mike's life is dedicated to the preservation of tradition and cont...

Send us Fan Mail Nick Peppard is a 16 year student of the craft. Nick is currently a Captain at the Holley-Navarre Fire District in Santa Rosa County, FL and is assigned to Engine Co. 41 on the District's west side. Nick is also a Paramedic with Lifeguard Ambulance Service, is an adjunct instructor at the Northwest Florida State College Fire Academy, and is the owner/operator of North Florida...

Send us Fan Mail Captain Larry Conley is a 29 year veteran of St Louis fire. He and his brother were the keynote speakers for this years FDIC. An amazing speech that you can find on youtube. Its called powerless. He has been the keynote speaker for multiple conferences. He is an instructor for the ISFSI. He and his glue crew have a podcast on fire engineering called The Larry Conley Show. Finishin...

Send us Fan Mail Rob Blasetti is currently a Lieutenant assigned to the Field Training Section of the Fire Academy at a large metro fire department in Northern Virginia and a member of VA-TF1/USA-1 Urban Search and Rescue Team. Before moving to Virginia, Rob worked for the City of Cape Coral Fire Department in Florida, where he held the rank of Battalion Chief of Operations with extra responsibili...

Send us Fan Mail Bassel Ibrahim is a 17-year student of the fire service, currently serving as the Company Officer of Engine 1 on the Orlando Fire Department, Bassel started his career in Volusia County, FL. Spent most of his time on Special Operations units (Orlando Heavy Rescue 1 & Tower 6, Volusia Squad 35 & 23) and was a member of FL Task Force 9 for 7 years. He is a Florida Smoke Dive...

Send us Fan Mail Aaron Adams is the president of Fire Facilities and Tactical Training Systems Inc. He draws on his experience and industry knowledge from both public sector service and private business leadership.  Starting his public service career in the Chicago area he joined the police department in Skokie, IL as a police officer and worked as a scout/sniper on the Tactical Intervention Unit...

Send us Fan Mail  Jacob is a 21 year “journeyman” of the craft. Starting at Katy Volunteer Fire Department as a Junior Explorer Post Firefighter at 15 years old. He was basically a glorified water boy for all the firefighters who were on the scene of a fire, but he was able to train with them every week and ride the apparatus when there was an open seat. Throughout the years He has moved up in the...

Send us Fan Mail Matt Backeberg is the training chief for Cheyenne Mountain complex. He served in the USAF as a firefighter. Matt has dedicated his life to the fire service and continues to pass on his passion for the job. I served with Matt in Saudi Arabia and we quickly became good friends. We lost touch over the years and because he spells his name funny, I had a hard time tracking him down. I...

Send us Fan Mail  Sean Duffy is a 16 year student of the craft and a Firefighter Paramedic for the City of Wyandotte in Southeast Michigan. He is a Co-Founder of Build Your Culture, Co host of Make Due Suburban Fireman podcast and the unlock your culture webcast. He has an Associates in Fire Science and holds many professional as well as technical certifications. Sean is also an active member of t...

Send us Fan Mail  On October 11, 2018, Hanover County Fire-EMS experienced the tragic LODD of Lt. Brad Clark.     Over the past 2 and a half years since Brad’s death, Melanie has made it her life’s mission to carry on his legacy.  She has left a career in dental administration behind to focus on highway safety awareness within the fire service, to change and enhance move over laws in Virginia and...

Send us Fan Mail Fairbanks Fire Department Chief Tod Chambers has 29 years of fire service experience in Alaska. He has experience as a volunteer firefighter and has career experience from firefighter to fire chief, serving with North Pole Fire Department, Fairbanks Fire Department, University Fire Department, and Capital City Fire Rescue. He has trained a wide variety of classes and courses for l...

Send us Fan Mail Eddie Buchanan began his fire service career in 1982 and is an assistant chief with Hanover Fire & EMS in Richmond, VA.  He is a past president of the International Society of Fire Service Instructors and is the 2015 recipient of the George D. Post, Instructor of the Year Award from the ISFSI. He serves on the executive advisory board of Fire Engineering Magazine and FDIC and...

Send us Fan Mail I get to sit down with PVD himself! Well, we were on zoom..anyway. We talk about his life as a Chicago firefighter and his progressions through the ranks. He discusses the strike that CFD had and how it affected his hiring. His time as training chief and a lot more. He is a fantastic guy and LOVES sharing his knowledge. I think thats what makes him so good and being the ISFSI Pres...

Send us Fan Mail My first podcast in person! I am very fortunate to be part of the ISFSI  Instructor cadre for the 1403: live fire fixed facility and the new Basement fire class. While we all were in Denver at West Metro Fire kicking off the first class, I got to sit down with Seth Barker, Forest Reeder, Kevin Milan, Brian Zaitz, Gilbert Pedroza,  Brian Kazmierzak , Brad French, Tony Carroll, and...

Send us Fan Mail Aaron Fields is a 16 year Seattle firefighter veteran and developer of several programs including, The Nozzle Forward and Drilling for Function. I had Aaron on the podcast several months ago and had a blast! He has some great views about the fire service, so I asked him to come back to explore some more fire service rabbit holes! Contact me at 3PointFirefighter@Gmail. Com Follow m...