Valor Fire Training Podcast

We discuss what this podcast is all about and the implications of Damar Hamlin's cardiac arrest on our profession.

We sit down with Dave McGlynn of Passion in Leading to talk about leadership, accountability, and Education.

We sit down to talk with Rob Ramirez about technical rescue, COVID, and the mayday mindset. Rob is a 20 year student of the fire service with a lot of information when it comes to building, training, and utilizing rescue company programs as well as RIT/Mayday operations.

We sit down with Chief David Pruitt to talk all things NFPA 1403 and how you can use it in your favor. 

We sit down with Chief Brandon Fletcher to talk about officer leadership and leading from the front.

We sit down with Kale Brucks of Engine Company Leather to talk about finding joy outside of work, mental health awareness, and enjoying work life balance!

We sit down with Chief Dennis Reilly to talk about how to handle new relationships with supervisors, doing the right thing for the right reason, and how to help keep your crews engaged!

We talk with Sean Duffy about search culture and risk vs. reward!

We answer Maddy's question about staying motivated for training. Maddy comes from a small combination department and struggles with motivation to train on more than just the basics. 

We discuss the idea of using the OODA Loop to enhance hands on training and help our personnel make better, faster decisions on scene.

We're excited to start offering all of our videos as podcast so that you can listen when and where you want!