DTFF: The Volunteer Firefighter Podcast - Down To Fight Fire

We recap some of our favorite parts from the last 99 episodes! 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 fit the realities of equipment, manpower, and costs around what our community requires.  WHAT WE DO We create video, audio and written word content to s...

Carl prepares for a conversation with his son and talks about the importance of Inoculation and making the most of today! 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 fit the realities of equipment, manpower, and costs around what our community requires.  WHAT...

The realities of COVID are here to stay and so we talk about the new COVID CPR procedures that Todd is teaching our department. We go over 2 person ventilation,  Pit Stop CPR and Fire Fighter Down. 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 fit the realities...

We talk about our most recent big scenario where we staged an MVI with 4 live actors. We also get into some of our Swiftwater training as well as our new Tender 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 fit the realities of equipment, manpower, and costs around...

We talk about Armchair Firefighting and watching videos for training purposes.not to slam other fire families! Practice Humility, Leave your Ego at the Door and  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 fit the realities of equipment, manpower, and costs a...

Grass Fire Calamity! We go over the first good size grass fire of the year. We talk comms, Drones, Support Bundles. We also touch on an MVI we had that involved 2 horses. 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 fit the realities of equipment, manpower, and cos...

In this weeks Tone Drop we go through the 1985 Bradford Stadium fire that killed 56 people and injured at least around 265 others. 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 fit the realities of equipment, manpower, and costs around what our community requires.&n...

We run through our Training night sessions including VEIS, Forced Entry, Hose Movement and Ropes. 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 fit the realities of equipment, manpower, and costs around what our community requires.  WHAT WE DO We create video,...

In this week's Tone Drop we talk about how having a diverse group of individuals in different careers helps us get back in the fight fast! 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 fit the realities of equipment, manpower, and costs around what our community req...

When do you mask up at a structure fire? We talk about the different opinions on this subject plus the when I whys behind our procedures on it. Then we get into a conversation about recruitment, leadership, training, culture and retention.  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 se...

We watch the video of the Station Pub Fire and talk about how we may have approached it today if this was something we rolled up on.  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 fit the realities of equipment, manpower, and costs around what our community req...

When its go time you may only have a small crew at first to get the job done so what do you do? We run you through our most recent training scenario and look at some teachable points. 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 fit the realities of equipment, manp...

We take a minute to comment on a video that was captured recently of a woman who was pulled from a burning building by a bystander as a firefighter looks to be getting his gear on at the window. We chat about potential scenarios that could have caused this and the realities of perception in these situations. Also please excuse the abrupt stop at the end as we got paged out during recording. WHO WE...

We talk about our Wildland setup and how we get the crew ready for grass fire season, then we chat about our latest Stop The Bleed video content that is coming out shortly PLUS a quick chat about the darker side of the job and how you never truly know what your day has in store for you when those tones drop! WHO WE ARE As a group of Rural Volunteer Firefighters, our Fire Department has built our f...

This week we share the audio from our latest Stop the Bleed month training video with Scott and Todd. The guys go over the course basics, outline some important teaching aspects for instructors to cover, and give some tips on how to make the course more realistic and fun! Look out for the video next week!  WHO WE ARE As a group of Rural Volunteer Firefighters, our Fire Department has built ou...

On Episode 1 of the Thursday Tone Drop we talk about the importance of keeping your cool when things get hot and how mistakes can be used as teachable moments.  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 fit the realities of equipment, manpower, and costs ar...

Brent Clayton is the founder of Fire Recruitment Australia, a service that is directed at getting f that career position by teaching people how to correctly sell themselves to fire departments and really nail not just the interviews but the examinations as well! Great guy doing great things for the fire service and it was a pleasure to have him on for a chat!  To find out more about Brent and...

We talk about our thoughts on the importance of continuing your Training during COVID19 and run down our full process for keeping our crew safe. We discuss our process for coming to training, how we set up training groups, decon procedures for trucks and gear, and the equipment that we purchased to help us keep things as clean as possible (Including sanitizer spray guns and Ozone machines). WHO WE...

Marshall Bass joins us again but this time to talk about the 2019 Australia Wildfires and tell his story about the day to day fight that he, his family, and his team endured last summer. You will hear in Marshall's voice as he tells his story that this conversation was a hard one for him to recount and we are honored that he wanted to come on the show and share it with us. Thank you Marshall! WHO...

We have Ian Turnbull on to tell us about the correct procedures for dealing with Gas leaks with some great information on free courses and training! 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 fit the realities of equipment, manpower, and costs around what our com...

Is it time to get back to training? We discuss our thoughts and what we are looking into potentially implementing so that we can be ready when the time comes! 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 fit the realities of equipment, manpower, and costs around wh...

We take a ZOOM.us Call from the BAR Boys and join them for a chat to help celebrate their 100th Episode! 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 fit the realities of equipment, manpower, and costs around what our community requires.  WHAT WE DO We create...

During these times it’s important to look at the upside and how to leverage the current situation to your benefit!

We talk about our new sanitization spraying tool and chat about our latest call dealing with a cardboard road. 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 fit the realities of equipment, manpower, and costs around what our community requires.  WHAT WE DO We c...

We have Ray from FORTIS BC on the show to talk about their products and inform us on how best to approach and deal with these situations. Ray has been in the fossil fuels industry for over 30 years and he takes the time to drop some solid knowledge to helps us all understand the features of LNG (Liquid Natural Gas), CNG (Compressed Natural Gas), Electricity and Propane. WHO WE ARE As a group of Ru...