F.O.O.L.S. International

F.O.O.L.S. International

The Fraternal Order of Leatherheads Society (F.O.O.L.S.) is an organization dedicated to the camaraderie and brother/sisterhood forged between firefighters. The F.O.O.L.S. provide realistic fire training for real firefighters and feel it is their duty to keep their brother and sisters in the fire service as safe as possible on the fireground. The F.O.O.L.S. are about Duty-Honor-Tradition.

Episodes

June 20, 2025 34 mins

Members of the FOOLS International E-Board interview Mike Allison & Lindsay Mullen of the Palm Beach County FOOLS on the challenges, success and highlights of hosting the 2025 FOOLS International Convention.

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The FOOLS E-Board talks with members of the Mississippi FOOLS who are attending the convention for the first time this year in West Palm Beach, FL.

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April 19, 2025 25 mins

Join International President Ben Fleagle, Vice President Chris Bednarek, PIT Kevin Fields, and Indy Metro F.O.O.L.S. President Brett Ramer as they discuss FDIC 2025 and the Indy Metro Brotherhood Bash.

We want to thank everyone who came together to make the event not only possible, but a great success.  Specifically, we'd like to thank Fire Engineering, FDIC, The District Tap, 1-800-BOARDUP & Taylor's Tins.

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March 22, 2025 34 mins

Chris talks with Tracy and Kathy of Fire Wife Life from the 2nd Annual Couples Retreat at the Lake St. Louis Community Association in beautiful Lake St. Louis, MO about the history of the Fire Wife Life organization and this weekend's couples event.

Thanks to Corley & Amanda Moore of Firehouse Vigilance for presenting their Broken Tools workshop and Michael Long, founder of Break the Stigma, Inc. for sharing his story. 

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Vice President Chris Bednarek attends and visits with Brent Smeins (President) and Jim Cook (Treasurer) of the Cedar Valley F.O.O.L.S. during their 11th Annual Brotherhood Bourbon bottling event.

Thanks to Ryan Burchett (owner & operator) of Mississippi River Distilling and Matt Van Ee (manager) of Cedar Falls HyVee Wine & Spirits for spending the afternoon with us.

Click here to find more information on the St. Florian Burn ...

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February 19, 2024 20 mins

Join International Vice President Chris Bednarek and WestCentral Rep/Bon Temps President for a discussion on the plans for this year's convention in Baton Rouge, LA.

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December 3, 2023 9 mins

F.O.O.L.S. International Vice President Bob Faas talks about our relationship with Fire Engineering and how we may be moving forward with the Indy Metro Brotherhood Bash at FDIC in 2024.  Please listen in and reach out to your regional representative with your thoughts.  Bob also drops a bomb at the end, but I won't spoil the suprise here.

#foolsinternational #fdic2024

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August 18, 2023 15 mins

Join International President Ben Fleagle, PIT Chris Bednarek, Northland President Vance Schwartz, and Becki White for an  update from the convention at the Hennepin Technical College in Eden Prairie, MN.
#foolsconvention2023

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Thanks to Becki White from Northland F.O.O.L.S. for meeting with us to provide some great convention information.  Registration is open!

August 17-20 in Minneapolis, MN
Register at either northlandfools.com or foolsinternational.com
$250 flat registration fee

If your chapter is planning to bring some swag to sell, please contact president@northlandfools.com or vp@northlandfools.com to arrange for your spac...

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July 2, 2022 38 mins

Join Chris as he talks with Brew City F.O.O.L.S. President Justin McMenamin and Vice President Patrick Gaines about what's in store for the 2022 Convention in Milwaukee, September 26-30, 2022.

Convention information and registration can be found here.

You're always welcome to check out F.O.O.L.S. International here.

Thank you to our Podcast sponsor, 1-800-BOARDUP.

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Members of the FOOLS E-board discuss our accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) benefits with Dawn Trudden from AIL. How it can be a benefit for our members.

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October 13, 2020 15 mins

President Ben Fleagle remembers Marc Weiss and talks about setting an example as an organization with the COVID crisis and how we need to take an active role to lead through it.

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July 24, 2020 24 mins

President Ben Fleagle talking about the status of the 2020 FOOLS Convention and other COVID related stuff.

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April 10, 2020 25 mins

President Ben Fleagle, Vice President Bob Faas, Founder John "Bart" Simpson, and Education/Training Chair Robbie Fisher share some information with the membership.

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March 17, 2020 7 mins

President's message from FOOLS International President Ben Fleagle.

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The FOOLS have stepped out on their own into the podcast community. This is our very first show on our own. President Ben Fleagle is introducing this new communication forum to our membership. He is also introducing the sponsor for this new platform, 1-800-BoardUp.

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