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 • 449 episodes
Firefighter Podcast
Latest Episodes
#462 DEBRIEF London Luton Airport’s Terminal Car Park 2 fire October 10th 2023
A fire involving a single vehicle at Luton Airport’s multi storey car park rapidly escalated and spread through closely parked cars leading to the full structural collapse of a large section of the building. In this episode we walk through the ...
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Season 6
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Episode 462
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39:53
#461 Why Silence Is Killing Our Culture with Graham Goulden
This conversation cuts straight to one of the most uncomfortable truths in emergency services: the biggest risk to our people is not always the job, it is what we tolerate around each other. Graham Goulden is a former police officer with Police...
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Season 461
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Episode 6
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1:25:56
#460 Fire Spyder: A New Answer to High-Rise Firefighting with Thomas Jonkers
High-rise firefighting has a problem we don’t talk about enough… getting water onto the fire floor fast enough when it really matters.From delayed internal attacks to compromised stairwells and unreliable rising mains, crews are often fi...
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Season 460
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Episode 6
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48:22
#459 Are we at risk of losing our sense of humour - A conversation about Humour, Trauma & the Psychology of Leadership with Sonia Pawson
Humour has always been part of emergency service culture. It builds connection, relieves pressure, and helps people process some of the most difficult situations imaginable. But in a modern environment shaped by increased scrutiny, policy, and ...
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Season 459
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Episode 6
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1:39:16
#458 DEBRIEF: When Smoke Took the Building - Twin Parks High Rise, Bronx, New York, January 2022
In this incident debrief, we break down the 2022 Twin Parks high-rise fire in the Bronx, where a single apartment fire escalated into a mass casualty event that claimed 17 lives, all due to smoke inhalation. This episode explo...
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Season 458
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Episode 6
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16:43
