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Episode 21: Justin Lorenzen

Grant speaks with Justin Lorenzen about the firefighter rescue survey and how he took the national survey and made it work for the Oklahoma City Fire Department.

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Episode 20: Jim Crawford

Grant speaks with Chief Jim Crawford (Asst. Chief) of Midway Fire (SC) and formerly of Pittsburgh Fire about mentoring, teaching and some significant fires that steered Chief into the area of RIT and Self Rescue.

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Episode 19: Paul Capo

Grant speaks with Paul Capo, operations and training chief for Estes Park, CO and formally of Clearwater Fire (FL). The two speak about mindset, training methodology and life.

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Episode 18: David McGrail

Grant speaks with Chief David McGrail from Denver Fire. The two speak about his fire service career, High Rise Fires, complacency and a wide range of topics.

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Episode 17: Ben Shultz

Grant talks with Ben Shultz from West Palm Beach Fire about his class “Every Second Counts”. The two cover a range of topics from search to out the door times to rig layout and pre-arrival orders.

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Episode 16: Jarrod Sergi

Andrew Zysk talks with Jarrod Sergi from Norfolk Fire Rescue and Trial by Fire. They talk about company officer leadership and Jarrod’s new book “No Nonsense Leadership”.

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Episode 15: Matt Chan

Grant talks with Matt Chan, a North Metro Firefighter and Crossfit Games athlete on a range of topics from fitness to eating to firefighting and training.

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Episode 13: Skip Coleman

Kiel and Grant have a good conversation with Chief Skip Coleman (ret) from Toledo, Ohio on the origin of modern incident command and oriented search.

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Episode 12: Ric Jorge

Kiel Samsing and Grant Schwalbe have an incredible conversation with one of America’s Senior Men: the one and only Ric Jorge.

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Episode 11 - Jim Hensel

In episode 11, Grant sits down with Jim Hensel, the founder of Mayhem Mindset. A former firefighter/EMT, Jim is passionate about guiding individuals to get clear on their calling, find significance and codify their core values.

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Episode 10 - Brian Brush

The guys hear from the one and only Brian Brush of Fire By Trade. You don’t want to miss this one — so much wisdom here!

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