Firefighter Podcast

What really happens on SAS Who Dares Wins, what do they cut out of the show & how hard was It really. Time to catch up with my good friend Charlotte Fisher AKA Recruit 20 In September 2202 myself & 19 others took part in SAS Who Dares Wins where an elite team of ex-special forces from the UK and USA recreate the special forces selection process - putting all us recruits through the ultimat...

What really happens on SAS Who Dares Wins, what do they cut out of the show & how hard was It really. Time to catch up with my good friend Anne AKA Recruit 19  In September 2202 myself & 19 others took part in SAS Who Dares Wins where an elite team of ex-special forces from the UK and USA recreate the special forces selection process - putting all us recruits through the ultimate test of t...

Current data shows that 1 out of every 10 million lithium-ion batteries fails, this can be for a variety of reasons but the result is often uncontrolled, highly destructive & often explosive. These batteries are incredibly popular and in use all around us however, they degrade much faster than traditional batteries & when a lithium-ion battery fails it is costing lives and we are yet to fu...

What really happens on SAS Who Dares Wins, what do they cut out of the show & how hard was It really. Time to catch up with my good friend Scott AKA Recruit 15 In September 2202 myself & 19 others took part in SAS Who Dares Wins where an elite team of ex-special forces from the UK and USA recreate the special forces selection process - putting all us recruits through the ultimate test of t...

What really happens on SAS Who Dares Wins, what do they cut out of the show & how hard was It really. Time to catch up with my good friend Faye AKA Recruit 7 In September 2202 myself & 19 others took part in SAS Who Dares Wins where an elite team of ex-special forces from the UK and USA recreate the special forces selection process - putting all us recruits through the ultimate test of the...

What really happens on SAS Who Dares Wins, what do they cut out of the show & how hard was It really. Time to catch up with my good friend Amelia Michelle AKA Recruit 1 In September 2202 myself & 19 others took part in SAS Who Dares Wins where an elite team of ex-special forces from the UK and USA recreate the special forces selection process - putting all us recruits through the ultimate...

What really happens on SAS Who Dares Wins, what do they cut out of the show & how hard was It really. Time to catch up with my good friend Becca Shaw AKA Recruit 5 In September 2202 myself & 19 others took part in SAS Who Dares Wins where an elite team of ex-special forces from the UK and USA recreate the special forces selection process - putting all us recruits through the ultimate test...

What really happens on SAS Who Dares Wins, what do they cut out of the show & how hard was It really. Time to catch up with my good friend Jordan Barker Porter AKA Recruit 16 In September 2202 myself & 19 others took part in SAS Who Dares Wins where an elite team of ex-special forces from the UK and USA recreate the special forces selection process - putting all us recruits through the ult...

What really happens on SAS Who Dares Wins, what do they cut out of the show & how hard was It really. Time to catch up with my good friend Levi Delvin AKA Recruit 18 In September 2202 myself & 19 others took part in SAS Who Dares Wins where an elite team of ex-special forces from the UK and USA recreate the special forces selection process - putting all us recruits through the ultimate tes...

What really happens on SAS Who Dares Wins, what do they cut out of the show & how hard was It really. Time to catch up with my good friend Danica Kennedy AKA Recruit 10 In September 2202 myself & 19 others took part in SAS Who Dares Wins where an elite team of ex-special forces from the UK and USA recreate the special forces selection process - putting all us recruits through the ultimate...

What really happens on SAS Who Dares Wins, what do they cut out of the show & how hard was It really. Time to catch up with my good friend Daniel Dolan AKA Recruit 9 In September 2202 myself & 19 others took part in SAS Who Dares Wins where an elite team of ex-special forces from the UK and USA recreate the special forces selection process - putting all us recruits through the ultimate tes...

What really happens on SAS Who Dares Wins, what do they cut out of the show & how hard was It really. Time to catch up with my good friend Ross Young AKA Recruit 8  In September 2202 myself & 19 others took part in SAS Who Dares Wins where an elite team of ex-special forces from the UK and USA recreate the special forces selection process - putting all us recruits through the ultimate test...

What really happens on SAS Who Dares Wins, what do they cut out of the show & how hard was It really. Time to catch up with my good friend Rosie Clarke aka Recruit 8 In September 2202 myself & 19 others took part in SAS Who Dares Wins where an elite team of ex-special forces from the UK and USA recreate the special forces selection process - putting all us recruits through the ultimate tes...

What really happens on SAS Who Dares Wins, what do they cut out of the show & how hard was It really. Time to catch up with my good friend Grant Flynn aka Recruit 2 In September 2202 myself & 19 others took part in SAS Who Dares Wins where an elite team of ex-special forces from the UK and USA recreate the special forces selection process - putting all us recruits through the ultimate test...

Originally a school teacher and rugby coach, Bede is now a director of a company Gazing Performance Systems which specialises in improving performance under pressure in the areas of sport, emergency services, business and education. They have trained people in over 60 countries and clients include major multi national blue chip companies, government departments and leading sporting organisations....

Dave Etheridge is a former Chief Fire Officer of Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service plus the Immediate Past President of the Chief Fire Officers Association of the United Kingdom.    Dave currently works with government departments, as well as UK and overseas public and private sector clients with business development, public safety and emergency management-orientated consultancy also supporting...

Shan Raffel is an Australian retired operational station officer from Brisbane Australia.  After the death of two colleagues in 1994 and the serious injury of two others in 1996, he submitted a proposal for an intensive international study of compartment fire behaviour training (CFBT).  Raffel visited the United Kingdom and Sweden for 6 weeks to study the most advanced teaching tactics and trainin...

Efrem lost his son James who was killed on his second tour of Afghanistan. In the immediate aftermath and to this day he still experiences the very worst imaginable emotions.  Since James died Efrem has been diagnosed, treated for and am currently in remission for Prostate Cancer & during 2016 he was Recruit #11 in Channel 4’s SAS Who Dares Wins, filmed on location in the jungles of Ecuador. ...

Steven Sadler is the UK's leading On-call expert. Steve has served in four Fire and Rescue Services (FRS) throughout England: Cornwall, Devon and Somerset, Staffordshire and Shropshire. He has used his research expertise working as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Keele University, alongside this fire service experience to develop research and data solutions and innovations intended to help...

Gerard Mann is an experienced Leading Firefighter, Instructor & international conference speaker from  Fire Rescue Victoria in East Melbourne Australia. You can contact Gerard through his Linkedin HERE A big thanks to our partners for supporting this episode. GORE-TEX Professional Clothing HAIX Footwear Fitness For the Frontline is coaching designed specifically to reflect the physical element...

On 22 May 2017, an Islamist extremist suicide bomber detonated a shrapnel-laden homemade bomb as people were leaving the Manchester Arena following a concert. Twenty-three people were killed, including the attacker, and 1,017 were injured, many of them children. The incident was the deadliest terrorist attack and the first suicide bombing in the United Kingdom since the 7 July 2005 London bombings...

Joining me today is returning guest Steve Dudeney as we talk about: Industrial action and strikes culture in the job the growing dander happening in fire safety firefighter pay and much more........ A big thanks to our partners for supporting this episode. GORE-TEX Professional Clothing HAIX Footwear Fitness For the Frontline is coaching designed specifically to reflect the physical elements of th...

Leanne is a UK firefighter who was featured on the BBC’s "We Are England" We Are England, aired an episode called We Are Firefighters in2022 which showed a unique insight into the heart of the modern-day fire and rescue service. Today i chat with Leanne about: teamwork community culture morale challenges and setbacks A big thanks to our partners for supporting this episode. GORE-TEX Prof...

Banter & catch up with some members of the UK Pink Firefighter team. Supporting & raising awareness about Breast Cancer. To find out more about the Pink Firefighters click HERE to support or donate please click HERE A big thanks to our partners for supporting this episode. GORE-TEX Professional Clothing HAIX Footwear Fitness For the Frontline is coaching designed specifically to reflect th...

Jacqui Wilmshurst PhD CPsychol is a Senior Consultant & Psychologist working in Psychological Health & Safety, Wellbeing, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging. Find out more or connect with Jacqui via her LinkedIn HERE Listen to every episode & Debrief ever made, get full access to discounts, insider info & support the ongoing work of the podcast by clicking HERE A big thanks to ou...