Firefighter Podcast
Bringing together voices from across the global fire and emergency services community to share experience, challenge thinking and help firefighters grow.
Hosted by serving UK firefighter and instructor Pete Wakefield, this award-winning podcast explores operational practice, leadership, research and personal development through honest, wide-ranging conversations.
Real experience. Useful lessons. A lasting resource for today’s firefighters and the generations that follow.
Firefighter Podcast
Latest Episodes
#522 DEBRIEF: Fire Behind the Showroom | The Charleston Nine | Sofa Super Store, South Carolina, USA 18 June 2007
On 18 June 2007, nine firefighters lost their lives at the Sofa Super Store in Charleston, South Carolina. In this debrief, I follow the incident from the initial report through the developing fire, civilian rescue and attempts to reach trapped...
#521 The Job Takes Enough Keep, Your Health | Alex Gapper | Former Firefighter & Pumps and Plates Coach
The job takes enough. What are you doing to protect your health?Former firefighter Alex Gapper, the coach behind Pumps and Plates Coaching, joins Pete Wakefield for an honest conversation about firefighter fitness, disrupted routines and...
#520 DEBRIEF: FIVE MINUTES TO COLLAPSE | The Stricker Street Fire | Baltimore, Maryland 2022
Five minutes from first arrival to collapse.On 24 January 2022, Baltimore firefighters responded to a fire at 205 South Stricker Street. Lieutenant Paul Butrim, Kelsey Sadler and Kenneth “Kenny” Lacayo lost their lives. John McMaster was...
#519 HELP IS ALREADY NEARBY: GOODSAM | One Link | Live Video | Before the blue lights arrive - Mark Wilson
What happens between someone calling 999 and the emergency services arriving and how much more could we do in that time?Professor Mark Wilson OBE, consultant neurosur...
#518 DEBRIEF: Six Firefighters Trapped | Mendocino Complex 2018
Six firefighters. A rapidly advancing wildfire. And an escape route that suddenly disappeared.On 19 August 2018, firefighters working on California's Mendocino Complex were conducting a tactical firing operation designed to stop t...
