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First Due Table Talk Podcast
TableTalk is the official podcast of First Due, featuring in-depth conversations with fire service leaders, innovators, and subject-matter experts. Each episode explores operational strategy, data-driven decision making, technology integration, and the evolving culture of public safety agencies.
Episodes
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Eyes in the Sky: How Tulsa Is Building the Drone-Ready Fire Department
Tulsa Fire Chief Michael Baker joins Eddie Buchanan to unpack how an innovative department turns emerging technology into operational capability.
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Beyond the Bumper Sticker: Building a Firehouse Culture That Performs
Retired Fire Chief and Functional Fire Company author J. Scott Thompson joins Eddie Buchanan for a grounded discussion about building a culture that improves…
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Train Hard, Teach Smart: Raising the Standard for Fire Service Instruction
Training is not a classroom checkbox - it is an operational readiness system. Brian Zaitz breaks down how strong instructors, safe live-fire programs, and…
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Ep. 13 Beyond the Glass: Command, Accountability, and the Digital Fireground
Ronny Smith traces incident command from passports and marker boards to real-time digital accountability and integrated preplan information. The episode…
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SPECIAL EPISODE: First Due to the Pentagon on 9/11: A Response Story
In this special 9/11 edition of First Due Table Talk, Eddie Buchanan sits down with James P. Angerett, Director of Advisory Services at First Due and retired…
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No Dirty Reps: Training That Actually Transfers to the Street
Erin McGruder challenges the old lecture-heavy model and makes the case for realistic, hands-on, adult learning built around the work crews actually do. This…
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Ep. 11 AI on the Rig: New Tools, Sound Judgment, and Public Safety Risk
Matt Mullen, Vice President of AI Strategy at First Due, gives public safety leaders a practical starting point for artificial intelligence: policy, risk…
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Ep. 10 From Crew to Team: Building Trust Before the Alarm Drops
Johnny Torgeson explains why leadership is not the finish line - building a real team is. For company officers, supervisors, and crew members, this episode…
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Ep. 09 Nerds, Nozzles, and the Fireground: Data-Driven Tactics That Work
Jonah Smith brings an operational lens to the intersection of fireground tactics, research, staffing realities, accreditation, and data. The episode challenges…
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Ep. 08 The First Ten Minutes: Command Lessons from a School Explosion
Jeremy Maners of the Carmel (IN) Fire Department walks through a major school explosion that could have become a mass-casualty incident and shows what happens…
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Fit for the Fight: Inclusion as an Operational Readiness Issue
Women In Fire President, Rachael Stabell reframes inclusion, PPE fit, station design, mentorship, and advocacy as readiness issues, not side conversations…
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Ep. 06 Built from the Fireground: The Mission Behind First Due
First Due CEO Andreas Huber shares how a line-of-duty death helped shape a mission to put better information in the hands of responders before they arrive. The…
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Ep. 04 Building Fire Service Culture from Scratch
Can you build a fire department from scratch? In Episode #04 of First Due TableTalk, Fire Chief Darrel Donatto shares how Jupiter Fire Rescue is doing exactly…
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Ep 03 ISO & The Fire Service - A Rating Schedule for the Real Word
What is ISO and why does it matter to fire departments and the communities they serve? In this episode of First Due Table Talk, Mike Morash explains how ISO…
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Ep 02 Fire & EMS Training in the Age of AI
Amanda Champion joins us to discuss the state of Fire & EMS training, records management systems, and learning management systems. We dig into the real-world…
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First Due Table Talk Podcast - Live With NERIS! Making a Successful Transition
In Episode 01 of the First Due Table Talk Podcast, we sit down with Craig Weinschenk, Director of Research at UL Research Institutes. Fire Safety Research…