Tailboard Talks Firefighter Podcast
Chris Marella
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Wellness, lifestyle, mental health, leadership, conversations, and interviews with experts. Made by firefighters and paramedics for the fire service and those who support it. Some of the best and worst conversations happen at the tailboard so grab some coffee and come chat.
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S1E313 Big City Big Problems, Chicago FD, Confessions, Good Chiefs.
Send a textRecently the Chicago Fire Department dropped a monster policy change regarding first due operations at residential dwellings. Uproar was easy to find online but we take closer look and…
S1E311 Morale Comes From the Middle
Send a textWant it from the top and complain about it from the bottom. Firefighter morale runs through the middle and with a weak middle management core, morale will suffer.We’re also talking about…
S1E310 Tailboard Confessions and Cranky Co-workers
Send a textPicture yourself sitting at the table on shift. Stories are flying and you've got the perfect one to tell, but the wrong person is sitting next to you. Well guess what, we are the right…
Frontline Optics and Why We Don't Like the CPAT
Send a textSo many problems in the fire service are from firefighters looking at something and thinking "I can do it better". That's how Mike Ettenberg started Fronline Optics. Hear how he is doing…
S1E208 Firefighter Performance with Dr Daniel Higuera
Send a textThis week we are speaking with Dr Daniel Higuera. Dr. Higuera works in Southern California and has dedicated his education to improving firefighter performance. He and his team handle…
S1E207 Special FDIC Edition with Stephanie White and Jon Vought
Send a textDirect from the floor of FIDC we got an inside scoop of their presentation on cannabis in the fire service. We're talking Cannabis, CBD, and Firefighters.The conversation around THC and…
Women Only Fire Conferences Have a Problem
Send a textOur experiences and perspectives as firefighters is continually changing and updating. Recently the development of fire conferences for women has grown in popularity but Angie had a…
S1E206 FEMA and NFA Issues, Chat GPT suggestions for Firefighter Sleep
Send a textFEMA has put out notice that National Fire Academy has cancelled all courses for the time being. It's not often that we are affected by the actions of others but we are in a new age and a…
S1E205 Firefighter diets, GLP-1s, and how Nutrition tanked my gravel race
Send a textKeto, paleo, carnivore, intermittent fasting, buzzword, influencer diet, fad, call it what you will but firefighters are suckers for them. Is one diet better than the other, is carnivore…
S1E204 What Makes a Good Leader?
Send a textLeadership in the fire service can look like a lot of different things. Different styles, tactics, and success rates. Servant Leadership has become popular for a reason and the…
S1E203 A Better Way to Workout in Gear
Send a textWe have both been pretty critical of the working out in gear contingent in the past but times are changing and we have to reevaluate our stance from time to time.We're going over our old…
S1E202 What Doesn't Cause Cancer These Days?
Send a textIn a world where each new week brings a new risk, what is a firefighter to do? Well, do the things we know how to, control the controllables. Modify the modifiable. Risk is part of the…
S1E201 A toast to keeping it simple in 2025
Send a textAngie does not like new years resolutions. Firefighters do not like new years resolutions. When you can't even figure out what day of the week it is, it really makes January 1 a pretty…
S1E200 Ultimate Last Minute Budget Firefighter Gift Guide
Send a textFirefighters are notorious for being hard on their tools. But that doesn't mean you have to spend a ton of money to accommodate the rough use. Finding durable, inexpensive, replaceable…
S1E199 Introducing, Beyond The Headlines with Chris and Angie
Send a textSay hi to the new hosts of Firefighter Nation's latest show, Beyond The Headlines. Angie and I will be talking to authors and contributors to the Firefighter Nation homepage and getting…
S1E198 Nobody Can Ruin This Job For You, If You Don't Let Them
Send a textWay back in 2022, Curt and I answered a handful of listener questions. The last question was from a person who had some unhappy feelings about paramedic school, job requirements, and some…
S1E197 Squat Ones Episode 1
Send a textSo there I was, feeling fat, looking for a reason to workout and needing to record an episode. Years ago Joe Galli and I had talked about a Hot Ones type of show but with fitness instead…
S1E196 Should You Workout When Feeling Sick?
Send a textThis episode originally aired in Feb of 2023, and we're still playing the 'sick or allergies' game today. Some firefighters are stingy with their sick time and will always blame allergies…
S1E195 Firefighters Have to Lead in the Station to Lead in the Streets
Send a textInformal leadership is the absolute lifeblood of a functioning firehouse. Firefighters want to be counted on in the streets and given massive responsibilities during emergencies. But…
S1E194 Firefighters Need a Long List of Good to Offset the Bad
Send a textThis episode was originally titled Diversify Your Happiness and was posted earlier this year. After a short story about Nathan's bike crash record, we talk about building out a list of…
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