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The Firefighters Podcast

By: Pete Wakefield
  • Summary

  • The Firefighters Podcast is a global podcast seeking to develop, inspire, connect, motivate, represent & celebrate the world of our emergency services operators through a series of wide-ranging conversations celebrating those within our emergency services family and encouraging the support of this incredible group of people.

    Operational UK firefighter Pete Wakefield speaks with individuals from all walks of life who share a connection with, can add value to, or can develop those who choose this life path.

    Our driving purpose is to create a legacy resource for the current and future generations of firefighters & first responders

    © 2024 The Firefighters Podcast
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Episodes
  • The Secret to Functional First Responder Fitness with TRX
    May 1 2024

    Fire station gyms are typically small and with limited kit and space you want to maximise your time, resource, budget & equipment choice, this is where TRX come in. The smartest gym is the one you already own — your body. TRX powers it by making everything else around it as challenging as you need it. Things like balance, power, stability, functionality & time under tension — everything a first responder needs to do get strong, get fast, move better than ever before not just ow but for your whole career and beyond.

    today im speaking with Jack Daly - CEO, Nathan D' Rozario - International Education & Training Manager & Marvin Burton - Sales & Customer Experience EMEA

    Find out more about TRX HERE
    Contact Nathan for info on UK products and purchases at ndrozario@trxtraining.com

    We only feature the latest 200 episodes of the podcast on public platforms so to access our podcast LIBRARY with every episode ever made & also get access to every Debrief & Subject Matter expert document shard with us then join our PATREON crew and support the future of the podcast by clicking HERE

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    A big thanks to our partners for supporting this episode.
    GORE-TEX Professional Clothing
    MSA The Safety Company
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    Lyfe Linez - Get Functional Hydration FUEL for FIREFIGHTERS, Clean no sugar for daily hydration. 80% of people live dehydrated and for firefighters this cost lives, worsens our long term health and reduces cognitive ability.

    Please support the podcast and its future by clicking HERE and joining our Patreon Crew

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    34 mins
  • #298 Becoming a Firefighter Challenge Gold Medallist & Growing Self Confidence with Helena Brown
    Apr 29 2024

    Helena Brown is a UK Firefighter who in 2023 burst on the scene of the firefighter challenge community winning the British firefighter challenge. She then joined in in Saudi Arabia winning more medals at the toughest firefighter alive in 2024. She will be returning to the Firefighter challenge circuit this year and today she shares her experience of joining the fire service and growing herself confidence and self belief whist putting herself around other high performers to help her grow and develop personally and professionally.

    Helena is an inspiring example of our great firefighters in the UK fire service and you can connect with her HERE. She will also be in attendance with myself at Women In Fire annual development event as well as The British Firefighter Challenge in July of 2024.

    Find out more about the firefighter challenge community in the UK at
    The Welsh Firefighter Challenge
    The British Firefighter Challenge
    The Cheshire Firefighter Challenge

    We only feature the latest 200 episodes of the podcast on public platforms so to access our podcast LIBRARY with every episode ever made & also get access to every Debrief & Subject Matter expert document shard with us then join our PATREON crew and support the future of the podcast by clicking HERE

    PODCAST GIFT - Get your FREE subscription to essential Firefighting publications
    HERE

    A big thanks to our partners for supporting this episode.
    GORE-TEX Professional Clothing
    MSA The Safety Company
    HAIX Footwear
    TUFFKING
    GRENADE
    RIP INTO
    Lyfe Linez - Get Functional Hydration FUEL for FIREFIGHTERS, Clean no sugar for daily hydration. 80% of people live dehydrated and for firefighters this cost lives, worsens our long term health and reduces cognitive ability.

    Please support the podcast and its future by clicking HERE and joining our Patreon Crew

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    43 mins
  • #297 Highs and Lows of Forces Life from the Longest Serving Female RAF Chinook Force Crewmember with Liz McConaghy
    Apr 22 2024

    Liz McConaghy was the longest serving female crewman on the Royal Air Force Chinook Fleet spanning a 17 year career flying on the aircraft.

    Originally from a small town in Northern Ireland she attended RAF Cranwell on her 19th birthday to begin her exciting career thereafter on Chinook Helicopters.
    She was the youngest aircrew to deploy to Iraq aged just 21 and also the only female crewman on the Chinook wing for 4 years, so her story is completely unique.

    Her career saw her amass 2 deployments to Iraq and 10 deployments to Helmand Afghanistan in support of Operation Herrick which gave her an insightful and very personal perspective on war. Upon leaving the RAF in 2019 Liz slowly became unravelled after a series of traumatic events that compounded her PTSD. This led to her trying to end her life in Aug 2020.

    You can connect with Liz below
    INSTAGRAM
    FACEBOOK
    TWITTER/X

    We only feature the latest 200 episodes of the podcast on public platforms so to access our podcast LIBRARY with every episode ever made & also get access to every Debrief & Subject Matter expert document shard with us then join our PATREON crew and support the future of the podcast by clicking HERE

    PODCAST GIFT - Get your FREE subscription to essential Firefighting publications
    HERE

    A big thanks to our partners for supporting this episode.
    GORE-TEX Professional Clothing
    MSA The Safety Company
    HAIX Footwear
    TUFFKING
    GRENADE
    RIP INTO
    Lyfe Linez - Get Functional Hydration FUEL for FIREFIGHTERS, Clean no sugar for daily hydration. 80% of people live dehydrated and for firefighters this cost lives, worsens our long term health and reduces cognitive ability.

    Please support the podcast and its future by clicking HERE and joining our Patreon Crew

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    1 hr and 32 mins

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