Student Of The Game Fire Podcast

41 years of volunteer and career experience. A retired Captain/Acting Battalion Chief with Baltimore County Fire Department out of the Pikesville Station. Currently un retired and is now an Engineer with Lexington County Fire Services out of the Round Hill Station. Bill has a wealth of knowledge and understands that times are different with today’s fire service but also just because things were do...

13 years of career and volunteer experience. Currently an acting Sergeant on Engine 63 for Spartanburg City FD in South Carolina. In 2016 Andrew created and started Tradesman Fire & Fabrication where he had a desire to bring realism to firefighter training. Andrew is also apart of Dixie Firemanship & the Mississippi State fire academy. Andrew has a vast knowledge in forcible entry and the...

37 years of volunteer and career fire service experience. Retired Firefighter with Town of Greenwich Fire Department in Connecticut. Currently Fire Coordinator & Director Of Fire Emergency Services for Rockland County NY where he oversees 26 different volunteer Fire Departments, approximately 10,000 runs, with a population of over 338,000 and a booming of construction both residential and comm...

US Navy veteran, Founder & CEO for Flame Natural Decon. Flame decon products are made to remove PFAS, VOCs, soot, metals, mold, combustion gasses, pesticides, diesel particulates, and particulates from cleaning supplies and many other carcinogenic materials. Tara is what I call a certified badass. She had an idea in which she put forth all her effort in deep diving the research, invested her t...

10 years of career experience. Currently a back step Senior Firefighter/Acting Officer in charge for Company 20 over at Dekalb County Fire/Rescue. If you don’t know anything about Dekalb they see plenty of work and are aggressive towards protecting life and property. Talking to Josh Dekalb has a huge sense of pride and tradition which is what Fire Departments were founded on. And for Josh his love...

23 years of career and volunteer experience. Currently a Lieutenant who’s in the Captain’s process for Dalton Fire Department in Georgia on Ladder 3. Robbie is a straight shooter who will tell it like it is whether you want to hear it or not. As a Company Officer Robbie has great advice for anyone wanting to promote to that level or for anyone currently in that role that may need to evaluate wheth...

27 years of career and volunteer experience. Currently a Captain on Engine 13 for Kitty Hawk Fire. Jeremy was fortunate enough to learn from what I call legends of the fire service such as Tony T2 Kelleher, Mark Edward “Mick” McKenzie, Peter Lund, Nick Martin and many other great Kentland Firefighters who have moved on to career departments and have done great things. Jeremy has a great mindset wh...

Ben & Sam Back Of The Bay- Both Ben & Sam work for the same fire department in the metro Atlanta area. Both are currently Lieutenants. Ben has 9 years of career experience and is assigned to a Quint while Sam has 8 years of career experience and is assigned to an Engine company with both stations seeing a fair amount of calls and work. Together they came up with the idea of Back Of The Bay...

15 years of career and volunteer experience. Currently a Lieutenant on Engine 1 & Marine 1 for Passaic Fire Department in New Jersey. Robert started his career as a volunteer where he served as the Chief of Department for the Allendale Fire Department also in New Jersey. He is also founder and contributor of Flow and Vent, a site dedicated to fire and rescue training. Robert is very humble and...

3rd generation Firefighter with 32 years of career and volunteer fire experience. Currently a Battalion Chief with Montgomery Fire/Rescue in Maryland who climbed through the ranks. Sam is a Battalion Chief who wants to be around his guys and gals in which he serves making sure they have not only what they need to succeed within their fire service careers but also within themselves on a personal le...

13 years of volunteer and career experience. A relief driver on C shift with the Town of Winterville Fire Rescue on the eastern side of North Carolina & active out of state back step Firefighter with Kentland Vol Fire Department for the past 4 years. Alex has nothing but love for the fire service and isn’t afraid to let anyone know about it. To Alex it doesn’t matter if he’s riding on the Engi...

22 years of career fire service experience. Back step Firefighter with South Metro Fire/Rescue on Engine 13. Creator and owner of Fit to fight fire where he has a strong belief first and foremost in his faith with his lord and savior along with a passion that as Firefighters mediocrity should not be tolerated and that we must be physically fit to do our job for who we serve. I have a deep respect...

10 years of career and volunteer experience. Currently a back step Firefighter for the City of Kannapolis on Engine 31 & cadre member of Twisted Fire Industries. I want to truly thank Tim for coming on and discussing a situation that he most certainly did not have to divulge for anyone who listens to this podcast. Tim’s message centers around family and that hopefully you have the right indivi...

Chris James- 30 years of career experience. Currently a Captain on Tower 1 for Denver Fire Department in Colorado & Division Chief of Training for Eaton Fire also in Colorado. Chris started his fire service experience young at 21. Upon graduation from the academy Chris was fortunate to ride for some busy companies such as Engine 11, Engine 1, Rescue 1 which was citywide until 2018 and Rescue 2...

Robert Vasquez- 7 years of volunteer and career experience. Lieutenant with Bexar County ESD #5 in Texas near San Antonio, part time FF with Guadalupe Fire Rescue & Cadre member with Citizens First Fire Training. Robert is not shy to admit that although he’s been in the career side for 2 years and already an Officer he’s always learning attending various lectures, getting his hands dirty parti...

Stew Sherrill- 11 years of volunteer and career experience. A Lieutenant on Ladder 1 for the City Of Concord Fire Department in North Carolina & Assistant Fire Chief for South Iredell Fire Rescue. Stew has a background within the emergency services field following after his father who was a part of Iredell Rescue for many years and now has his brother following suit. Stew’s love for the fire s...

Meet the Clark’s: Don, Chris & Cody. Combined all 3 men have 60 years of career and volunteer fire experience. Don is a Capt On Truck 1 in Salisbury, Chris is a back step Firefighter on Ladder 24 for the City of Charlotte & Cody is a back step Firefighter on Ladder 34 for the City of Kannapolis. All 3 men teach for the cadre group Twisted Fire Industries and all share the same love, drive...

4th generation Firefighter with 27 years of career and volunteer experience. Currently a Captain on Truck 5 with Gwinett County Fire & Emergency Services in Georgia, part time FF for the City of Jefferson & cadre member with Bearers of the Oath. Scott lives and breathes the fire service and isn’t afraid to talk about the ups and downs it can bring to an individual mind, body & spirit....

Jeff Burks- 12 years of career experience. A Major on Ladder 7 for Oklahoma City Fire/Rescue. Jeff has learned things from both good and bad officers while climbing through the ranks of OKC. As a Major he surrounds himself with like minded, positive forward thinking & aggressive Fire Fighters whom all just want to be great at the job they love for the citizens and communities they took an oath...

3 years of career experience. A back step Firefighter for Lexington County Fire Services in South Carolina who rides Engine 330. Owner of Carolina CrossFit and an overall good human. Reilly doesn’t care what rank you are and how long you’ve been in the service as he treats everyone he meets as equal. He has the drive and dedication to strive to be the best version of himself day in and day out wit...

18 years of career and volunteer experience. Battalion Chief for C shift at Cibolo FD in Texas. Lead instructor for NO QUIT RIT, cadre instructor with Bearers of the oath. The conversation Tom and I had should resound with every individual regardless of rank that believes within the mission. We are in this profession to truly be masters of our craft. This episode might ruffle some feathers and it’...

27 years of career and volunteer experience. Recently promoted Engineer/Paramedic with Balch Springs FD in Texas just east of Dallas. Matt is the creator and owner of Free Burn Podcast which was started to help brothers and sisters in the first responder community struggling with mental illness and in need of resources. Matt also does speaking engagements on mental health awareness for first respo...

10 years of career and volunteer experience. Currently a Rescue Capt at Hollywood VFD in St. Marys Co Maryland and a back step Firefighter on Rescue 109 in Arlington County FD in VA. Tyler is fortunate and is able to see and experience working hand in hand with his dad following the same footprint bestowed upon him. When asked between Engine work, Truck work & Squad work which he loves more hi...

21 years of career and volunteer experience. Division Chief of Training & Safety for Pike Township FD in Indianapolis Indiana. James believes that your never a prophet in your own land and just because you have bugles that doesn’t give you the right to think your above being a Firefighter. One thing I truly like that James does being a Training Chief is that he believes in bringing outside ins...

22 years of volunteer and career experience. Currently a Captain on Engine 13 for Kitty Hawk Fire/Rescue in the outer banks of North Carolina. Chris comes from a long history of men in his family involved with the fire service. And also knows what’s it’s like switching from career departments. His mindset of always remembering that you’re a Firefighter first regardless of rank is definitely a mind...