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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...

Send us Fan Mail Great podcast with Chief Moore! The creator of Firehousevigilance. Com, The Weekly Scrap, Author of the book "Challenge Your Leadership", and founder of the upcoming "Honor the Fallen" fire conference. Email me at 3pointFirefighter@Gmail. Com Check out our Facebook Page 3 point Firefighter Podcast https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61560769894306 YouTube C...

Send us Fan Mail I speak with Josh Chase on his new book "Jump Seat Leadership". He speaks honestly about his time in the fire service and the lessons he learned. More importantly, he shares all of this in his newest book. Josh is very inspiring and a lot of fun to talk to!  Email me at 3pointFirefighter@Gmail. Com Check out our Facebook Page 3 point Firefighter Podcast https://www.faceb...

Send us Fan Mail Today I get to talk to Battalion Chief Tony Carroll of  D.C. Fire. We talk about the ISFSI, special background checks for some of their personnel, what its like being a firefighter responding to the Capitol and White House. We also talk about the Capitol riots and how his department dealt with that. He speaks candidly about his close call when he fell down a elevator shaft in a fi...

Send us Fan Mail February is a hard month for Lexington Fire Department. It is the month the LFD lost 2 firefighters, Chuck Williams was killed on February 17, 1997 and Brenda was killed on February 13, 2004. I wanted to honor their memory by talking with some of their friends and telling some stories. I talk with Retired Battalion Chief Brian Wainscott and Retired Captain Jeff Garris. The subject...

Send us Fan Mail Today I am having a drink with Retired Lexington, Ky Captain Jeff Garris. We talk about his intro into haz-mat and how he helped get the Haz-Mat program up and running for Lexington, Ky. We also talk about Flight 5191 and the issues LFD had to face for that tragedy. We spend a lot of time on brotherhood and it's impact on us and the fire service. Follow me on Facebook, Twitte...

Send us Fan Mail Chief Bruce DeArk has been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. After hearing Chief DeArk talk about it, you'll realize that cancer made a big mistake messing with him. We talk about his diagnosis, treatment, and how it all ties into the fire service. Bruce is inspiring! He took this very personal thing and is working very hard to kick its ass AND help others to avoid it! Contact B...

Send us Fan Mail Captain Pedroza works in Glendale California on a truck company. I teach with Gilbert for the ISFSI and he is an excellent instructor and he has a passion for the job that is infectious. He takes great pride in sharing that with his department. We talk about his department and the progressive things they have in place for hiring, shift schedules, and wildfires. This was a great co...

Send us Fan Mail Today Marc and I finish our conversation. He shares his passion for the job through his writing, classes, and interviews. He is knowledgeable, honest and just plain funny.  Marc cares about the fire service and is working hard to reach firefighters to share his passion for the job! Contact me at 3PointFireFighter@Gmail. Com #PointFireFighter #TheFireInside #TheFireInsidePage Email...