NEP On Location

In this episode of NEP "On Location", Jim Aleski talks with Dave Gillotte, a more than 35 year fire service veteran currently serving as a Captain in the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Dave has been on the board of LA County Firefighters IAFF Local 1014 for 26 years, including serving as President of the more than 3,400-member union for the last 22 years. Dave also serves on the Executive Boa...

In this episode of NEP "On Location", Jim Aleski talks with Dr. Kerry Ramella, LPC, Ph. D., owner and clinical director of Public Safety Crisis Solutions , a Phoenix, AZ based counseling and wellness center. Dr. Ramella is former radio dispatcher and 911 operator and has more than 35 years of public safety and clinical mental health experience and works with numerous public safety and behavioral h...

In this episode of NEP "On Location", Jim Aleski talks with Matty Fiorenza , a retired Anaheim (CA) Firefighter / Paramedic who now works with Recovery First First Responders Treatment Centers , helping first responders struggling with mental health and substance abuse disorders. Matty is also featured in the documentary film PTSD911 which explores the struggle of first responders battling the dem...

In this episode of NEP "On Location", Jim Aleski talks with Michele Freeman, PhD, a nearly 30 year law enforcement veteran who served for almost a decade as Chief of the City of Las Vegas Department of Public Safety. Dr. Freeman earned her Doctor of Public Policy Degree, which focused on Suicide Awareness and Prevention for Law Enforcement Officers from UNLV and has been a long-time volunteer with...

In this episode of NEP "On Location", Jim Aleski talks with Mynda Ohs, PhD, a Las Vegas based licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) who specializes in critical incident debriefings, counseling services, crisis intervention, suicide prevention and more. She works extensively with retired emergency services personnel, a rapidly growing and often under served and under supported segment of fi...

In this episode of NEP "On Location", Jim Aleski sits down with Jake Windell, a Firefighter/Paramedic from the Los Angeles County Fire Department who serves as his agency's Peer Support Leader and K-9 Coordinator. Jake talks about the peer support and mental health initiatives in place for LA County Fire Department members including a therapy dog program. For more information on these programs, Ja...

In this episode of NEP "On Location", Jim Aleski sat down with Dr. Heather Williams , a Psychologist from Southern California's Premier First Responder Psychological Services , at the 2023 NEP "We Need to Talk" mental and behavioral health conference in Las Vegas. Dr. Williams discusses her decades of experience working as and alongside first responders. Dr. Williams' journey included 20 years of...

NEP Media's Jim Aleski spoke with Patrick Dugan from the College Station Professional Firefighters Association at the 2023 NEP "We Need to Talk" mental and behavioral health conference in Las Vegas. Patrick discusses some steps his union and fire department have taken to get mental health support programs off the ground. He also talks about how constant department turnover and staffing shortages c...

NEP Media's Jim Aleski caught up with Libby Timmons from Tuscon, AZ's Thrive With Chaos at the 2023 NEP "We Need to Talk" mental and behavioral health conference in Las Vegas. Libby discusses her years of experience working as an addiction counselor and therapist for first responders.

NEP Media's Jim Aleski caught up with Dr. Brooke Bartlett from San Diego's Center for Trauma, Anxiety, and Stress at the 2023 NEP "We Need to Talk" mental and behavioral health conference in Las Vegas. Dr. Bartlett discusses her years of experience working with military and emergency services personnel and their families and the goal of making mental health a proactive process and not just a react...

Welcome to NEP “On Location." Here, we hit the road and have conversations with some of the brightest minds from the worlds of public safety, organized labor, communications, politics, and more. In this episode, Mark Treglio is on location at the Peace Officers Research Association of California’s ( PORAC) 70th Annual Conference of Members in San Diego, California. Mark has a conversation with Cap...

Welcome to NEP "On Location." Here we hit the road and have conversations with some of the brightest minds from the worlds of public safety, organized labor, communications, politics, and more.   In this episode, Mark Treglio is on location at the IAFF 10th District PEP event in San Francisco. He has a conversation with Mitch De Anda, Program Director of the Firefighter Candidate Testing Center (F...

Welcome to NEP "On Location." Here, we hit the road and have conversations with some of the brightest minds from the worlds of public safety, organized labor, communications, politics, and more.   In this episode, Mark Treglio is on location at Firehouse Expo in Columbus, Ohio. He has a conversation with Battalion Chief Jeffrey Geitter, a more than 25 year fire service veteran with Columbus (OH) D...

Welcome to NEP "On Location." Here, we hit the road and have conversations with some of the brightest minds from the worlds of public safety, organized labor, communications, politics, and more.   In this episode, Mark Treglio is on location at Firehouse Expo in Columbus, Ohio, and has a conversation with Irvin Smith, a veteran Fire Lieutenant with Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service in Mary...

Welcome to NEP "On Location." Here, we hit the road and have conversations with some of the brightest minds from the worlds of public safety, organized labor, communications, politics, and more. In this episode, Mark Treglio is on location at the IAFF 10th District PEP event in San Francisco. He has a conversation with Dave Prietto, President of Hemet (CA) Fire Firefighters Association IAFF Local...

Welcome to NEP "On Location." Here, we hit the road and have conversations with some of the brightest minds from the worlds of public safety, organized labor, communications, politics, and more. In this episode, Mark Treglio is on location at Firehouse Expo in Columbus, Ohio. He has a conversation with Russ Osgood, a nearly 30-year New England fire service veteran and Vice President of Education,...

Welcome to NEP "On Location." Here, we hit the road and have conversations with some of the brightest minds from the worlds of public safety, organized labor, communications, politics, and more.   In this episode, Mark Treglio is on location at Firehouse Expo in Columbus, Ohio. He has a conversation with Andy Starnes, a nearly 30-year fire and EMS service veteran and founder of Insight Fire Traini...

Introducing NEP "On Location” … A new podcast series from NEP Media. Here we hit the road and have conversations with some of the brightest minds from the worlds of public safety, organized labor, communications, politics, and more. You can subscribe to NEP "On Location” wherever you get your favorite podcasts or find it alongside the latest ideas and information on our website NEPMedia.net.