Firehouse Sergeants Podcast

🚒  FIREHOUSE SERGEANTS PODCAST! Episode 14 with Wayne Jones🎙️  Join us as we welcome Wayne Jones , creator of Firefighters Chalkboard , longtime fire service instructor, author, and passionate advocate for firefighter education and leadership! Wayne brings over 25 years of experience with Horry County Fire Rescue in South Carolina , where he serves as a Training Officer. He has also served as an...

🔥 FIREHOUSE SERGEANTS PODCAST — EPISODE 13 🔥 ⠀ Chief Ron Kanterman, a 51-year fire service veteran and current Executive Chief Inspector with the FDNY Bureau of Fire Prevention, where he also serves as liaison to Fire Operations. ⠀ Chief Kanterman has spent decades leading, teaching, writing, and giving back to the fire service. He has served as a Chief of Department, taught at the college and N...

🔥 FIREHOUSE SERGEANTS PODCAST — MARK ANDREW 🔥 ⠀ Tune in as we welcome Captain Mark Andrew (ret). Mark is a 30+ year Firefighter/Paramedic with the Dearborn, Michigan Fire Department and author of Leading Through The Heat. Mark brings more than three decades of fire service experience and a powerful perspective on leadership, resilience, mentorship, and navigating the challenges that come with a...

Join us for our conversation with Fire Chief Samson "Mufasa" DeSessa; combat veteran, firefighter, EOD Technician, former protective security specialist, instructor, and author of Brotherhood is a VERB! Not Another Damn Leadership Book. With over 35 years of experience in high-risk environments and public service, Mufasa has built a career around leadership, preparedness, service, and brotherhood....

Join us as we welcome Eileen Bellew, author of After John Jumped: The True Story of a Family’s Rise from the Ashes. ⠀ Eileen is the widow of FDNY Firefighter John Bellew, who lost his life following the tragic Black Sunday Fire. She joins us for a powerful conversation about John, loss, family, resilience, and rebuilding a life while honoring the memory of someone you love. ⠀ This is more than a f...

This week we’re joined by Chief Jason Corthell, serves as Division Chief of Training of Harris County ESD 13. Chief Corthell is a fourth-generation firefighter, U.S. Marine Corps veteran, author of Freedom Found: A Mental Health Memoir, and nationally recognized speaker on firefighter health, wellness, and leadership. In 2024 he was Named Texas Fire Instructor of The Year by the Texas Association...

This week on the Firehouse Sergeants Podcast, we’re joined by Battalion Chief Danny Arroyo from the Perth Amboy Fire Department. Danny has built an outstanding reputation as a leader, instructor, author, and mentor who is passionate about developing firefighters and creating strong training cultures. From leading one of New Jersey’s busiest training divisions to teaching across the country, Danny...

Captain Joe DeVito is a firefighter, paramedic, and nationally recognized educator with more than 30 years in the fire service. Joe is the founder of TIC Tips Fire Training and has become one of the leading voices in helping firefighters better understand and use thermal imaging technology on the fireground. Joe has taught firefighters across the country and is passionate about realistic training,...

Captain Ryan Dullea of the Westfield, NJ Fire Department has served the fire service in a wide variety of leadership roles, including firefighter, company officer, fire marshal, instructor, and fire service program adminstrator. In both public and private sector, Ryan has investigated fire & explosion incidents, trained the next generation of firefighters and investigators, and worked to stren...

On this episode, we're joined by Fire Marshal Erik Mickelsen, a highly respected fire investigator, educator, and public safety professional with more than two decades of service. Erik currently serves as Fire Marshal for Franklin Township Fire Prevention in Somerset County, NJ and is Chief Fire Marshal for the Borough of Bound Brook. He has been an Investigator with the Somerset County Prosecutor...

This week we are joined by Dr. Johnny Torgeson. "Dr. JT" holds a Doctorate in Strategic Leadership and is an Assistant Chief of Operations at US Marine Corp Logistic Base Barstow, California.   He is a college instructor, Owner of Fire Dawg Consulting, US Army Veteran, and author of the Fire Engineering Books Best Seller Forging Your Team: Demystifying Team Development for First Responders. Throug...

This wee on the Firehouse Sergeants Podcast, we're joined by Firefighter Mike Greco. Mike is a second-generation firefighter who started his career as a volunteer in Hasbrouck Heights, NJ. Mike rose through the ranks to Chief of Department and remains an active firefighter today. In 2010, he was hired as a career firefighter in the City of Hackensack Fire Department, where he has built a reputatio...

 With more than 30 years in the fire service, Chief Dave Robertson has served in multiple departments and worked his way through the ranks as a firefighter, paramedic, company officer, training chief, and fire chief. Along the way, he’s become a respected voice on leadership, mentorship, incident command, firefighter development, and building healthy fire service cultures.   Dave is also the found...

Kicking of our rebranding with a true titan of fire service media, Kevin "Kubes" Kubler.  Kubes, is a retired FDNY Firefighter and Plank Holder of Squad Co. 288. He is co-founder of Gettin' Salty Apparel, co-host of The Gettin' Salty Experience Podcast "the self-proclaimed greatest fire service podcast on the internet" and NOW AUTHOR of the newly published book The War Years and Back. Find Kevin a...

NJ Fire Guys Run#: 25-007 Date: Nov. 6, 2025 Guest: Captain Karl Ramm   With 29 years of service, Captain Karl Ramm’s career reads like a masterclass in rescue operations and leadership under pressure. From 13 years as a Rescue Officer to leading missions as a Search Team Manager with NJ-TF1 FEMA Urban Search & Rescue, Karl has been on the front lines of America’s toughest disasters — from Sup...

NJ Fire Guys Run#: 25-006 Date: June 19 Guest: Jason Rivera ⠀ Jason Rivera is a 31-year veteran of the fire service and has served in career and volunteer departments starting in Boonton, NJ. Jason began his career service with Picatinny Arsenal where he worked until leaving for Stamford, CT. He retired from the Stamford Fire Department after 14 years, while serving as the Captain of Rescue 1/ Act...

NJ Fire Guys Run#: 25-005 Date: June 12, 2025 Guest Captain Robert LeBrun Captain Robert LeBrun is a dedicated and accomplished fire service professional with extensive experience across both volunteer and career departments. He currently serves as a Captain and the Training Officer for the Plainsboro Township Fire Department (NJ), a role he has held since 2022. He began his career with Plainsboro...

NJ Fire Guys Run#25- 004 Date: May 29 Lieut. Scott Callahan ⠀ Lieutenant Scott Callahan is a seasoned fire service professional with 23 years of experience. He currently serves as a Lieutenant on both a Quint and Rescue unit with the Mount Laurel Fire Department, Station 362 A Platoon. Scott began his fire service career with the Maple Shade Fire Department, where he advanced through the ranks to...

NJ Fire Guys Run#: 25-003 Date: Feb. 13, 2005 Guest: Fire Chief William Kramer Jr.   Chief William Kramer Jr. has lead a career spanning five decades, Chief Kramer’s impact on fire and emergency services is nothing short of extraordinary. From his early days as a junior firefighter following in his father’s footsteps to leading the Cinnaminson Fire Department as both a volunteer chief and later as...

NJ Fire Guys Run#: 25-002 Date: Feb. 6, 2025 Guest: Fire Chief Michael West ⠀ Chief Michael West is a fourth generation firefighter, with over 40 years of fire service experience. Beginning his journey in 1982 with the Monmouth Beach Volunteer Fire Co. and working fulltime as a fire dispatcher with the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office starting in 1987. In 1988 he moved to Colorado and transitioned...

NJ Fire Guys Run#: 25-001 Date: Jan. 9, 2025 Guest: Dep. Chief Butch Cobb “Empty Sky, Empty Promises” ⠀ Join us for a powerful episode of the NJ Fire Guys Podcast as we sit down with retired Deputy Chief Robert “Butch” Cobb to discuss the heart-wrenching story of “Empty Sky,” New Jersey’s official 9/11 memorial. Ceremoniously dedicated on September 10, 2011, this poignant tribute to the 749 New Je...

NJ Fire Guys Run#: 24-044 Date: Dec. 26, 2024 Guest: Captain Constantine Sypsomos ⠀ Constantine Sypsomos is a seasoned fire service professional with extensive experience in emergency response, training, and public safety education. Currently serving as a Career Fire Captain in Deptford Township, he is the department’s Training Captain and liaison for highway response, traffic incident management,...

NJ Fire Guys Run#: 24-042 Date: Dec. 12, 2024 Guest: Dep. Chief Robert Beattie ⠀ Deputy Chief Robert Beattie, a distinguished 36-year veteran of the New Jersey fire service and the administrative Deputy Chief of the North Plainfield Fire Department in Somerset County. Rob began his journey in the fire service as a 16-year-old junior member of the Green Brook Volunteer Fire Company before joining N...

NJ Fire Guys Run#: 24-041 Date: Dec. 5, 2024 Guest: Jim Aleski ⠀ Jim Aleski, a nearly 28-year veteran of the fire service who currently serves as a Lieutenant on Engine 1352 with the Cherry Hill Fire Department in Camden County, New Jersey. Jim’s fire service journey began in 1997 as a volunteer with the Melrose Hose Company of the Sayreville Fire Department, where he served over 12 years, holding...

NJ Fire Guys Run#: 24-040 Date: Nov. 28, 2024 Guest: Jeremy Donch   Some of you may know him as “Jeremy from National Fire Radio”, but Jeremy Donch got his start in Franklin Lakes Fire Department at an early age. While attending Marist College, Jeremy continued to follow his passion and volunteered at Fair View Fire District.   In 2018 Jeremy took his passion to an entirely different level and sta...