Firefighter Podcast
The Firefighters Podcast is an award winning global podcast developing, inspiring, connecting, motivating & celebrating the world of our emergency services operators through a series of wide-ranging conversations with those within our emergency services family.
Hosted by serving operational UK firefighter & Instructor Pete Wakefield who speaks with individuals from all walks of life who share a connection with, can add value to, or can develop those within the fire sector.
Our driving purpose is to create a legacy resource for the current and future generations of firefighters & first responders
Podcasting since 2020 • 417 episodes
Firefighter Podcast
Latest Episodes
#430 Never on a 10: Leadership, Accountability and the Fireground Reality with Bob Palestrant
Today’s conversation is with Bob Palestrant, a firefighter, emergency manager and author of
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Season 6
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Episode 430
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1:46:39
#429 Building a Fire Service at the Roof of the World: Everest Fire and Rescue - Fire Aid Nepal
This episode is being recorded from Lukla in Nepal, the gateway to Everest and the Khumbu Valley. A place where life happens at altitude, infrastructure is limited, and when something goes wrong the community cannot rely on fast backup arriving...
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Season 6
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Episode 429
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1:13:16
#428 Closing the Gap Between Fire Science and the Fireground with Matt Davis
This episode goes deep into the reality of fire behaviour as it actually shows up on the fireground, not the simplified version many of us were taught early on. Matt and I talk about how modern fuels, building design and ventilation have change...
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Season 6
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Episode 428
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2:05:15
#427 The Duty to Remember with Alan House of the Firefighters Memorial Trust
This conversation with Alan House pulls us back to the foundations of who we are as firefighters. Alan started his career in the 1960s, rose through Hampshire Fire and Rescue, and has spent decades preserving the story of our service. As part o...
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Season 6
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Episode 427
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1:59:49
#426 Collaboration Over Tradition: Dave Berry and the Rise of Tactical Firefighting UK
Inside the Lancashire Tactical Firefighting Summit: A Four-Part Series on Modern Firefighting.The final episode brings the series home with Greater Manchester’s Tactical Firefighting Training Lead Dave Berry. Dave is one of the founding ...
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Season 6
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Episode 426
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