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 • 451 episodes
Firefighter Podcast
Latest Episodes
#464 Brad Dicks Redefining High Performance without Burnout
In this episode I sit down with Brad Dicks, FireFit world record holder and Firefighter Challenge World Champion to explore what it really takes to perform at the highest level.On paper Brad is operating at the top of the game. But this ...
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Season 6
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Episode 464
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1:36:57
#463 Dr Mark Spencer on Forensic Botany Hidden Evidence & Solving Crime Through Nature
This episode takes you into a side of investigation most people never even realise exists. I sat down with forensic botanist Dr Mark Spencer who has spent over a decade supporting police forces and forensic teams by using plants, pollen, soil a...
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Season 6
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Episode 463
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1:26:16
#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
