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B Shifter
Fire command and leadership conversations for B Shifters and beyond (all shifts welcome)!
Episodes
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The Professional Development Difference
Send us Fan Mail Ever wondered how to build a values-driven professional development program in a fire department? Ponder no more, as we venture into the heart…
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Ask The Chiefs: Communication
Send us Fan Mail Ever felt that the rumor mill beats the actual communication speed in your organization? Are you tired of lengthy, unproductive meetings? John…
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IC Task Saturation & Blue Card News
Send us Fan Mail We define what IC "task saturation" is and Blue Card News including a recap of 2023 and more important, what is coming up for 2024! This…
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Consolidation of Fire Services
Send us Fan Mail Today, we bring you an engaging conversation with Fire Chief Greg Timinsky from Star/ Middleton, Idaho. (Greg is also a Blue Card Lead…
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Blue Card News & Radio Traffic: VEIS with a Rescue
Send us Fan Mail We dive into the recent renovations to the Blue Card system, unpack the enhancements to the learning management system and the ARFF module…
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Customer Service & Leadership from The Inside Out
Send us Fan Mail Ever wondered how the values and behaviors of individuals can reflect an entire organization? Or how the actions of our upbringing can follow…
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LIVE! Panel Discussion from the 2023 Blue Card Hazard Zone Conference
Send us Fan Mail This is a live recording of the last session at the 2023 Blue Card Hazard Zone Conference in Sharonville, Ohio. This episode summarizes some…
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Incident Audio: Occupants in an Abandoned Building & Strategic Shift
Send us Fan Mail We review audio from Las Vegas Fire/Rescue with a fire in a vacant building that's known to house the homeless. Crews are challenge with holes…
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Air Management
Send us Fan Mail Ready to navigate air management in firefighting? How do you ensure compliance with NFPA 1404? We are here to take a deeper dive into NFPA…
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The 3 C's of Command Presence: A Conversation with Battalion Chief Steve Lester
Send us Fan Mail This episode features the wise insights of Battalion Chief Steve Lester of the Cobb County Fire Department. Steve brilliantly decodes the role…
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Live From Fire Rescue International
Send us Fan Mail We are recored live from the floor of FRI in Kansas City, Missouri! We tackle the importance of Standard Operating Guidelines (SOGs) aimed at…
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Blue Card Command News & Incident Audio from a Routine Fire
Send us Fan Mail Are you eager to learn from experts in the field, like Chief Gary Fleischer from the Worcester Fire Department and Shane Ray from the National…
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Ask the Chiefs: Turnover in Fire in the Fire Service
Send us Fan Mail Ever wonder why the fire department has such high turnover rates? Or why the young guns seem more loyal to the job than the city they serve?…
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Mixed Use Building Fires & When is it a Division?
Send us Fan Mail Our popular segment "Ask The Fire Chief" has a new companion, "Ask The Ops Chief"! We tackle issues that you sent us that Josh Blum (our…
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Ask The Chiefs: The Zen Edition
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we take your questions and have a little fun (we can't be all business all the time because that is not good for our mental…
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Sprinkler Systems and Firefighters: A Powerful Partnership with Shane Ray
Send us Fan Mail What does it take to protect big box facilities from devastating fires? Join us as we sit down with Shane Ray, President of the National Fire…
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Unlocking the Potential of Adult Learning in the Fire Service: Strategies for Growth and Engagement
Send us Fan Mail Ever wondered how to effectively engage adult learners in the fire service? Join us as we chat with Jeffery King, who oversees the curriculum…
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Ask The Chiefs - The Lost Episode
Send us Fan Mail Somehow we misplaced this episode, but hallelujah- we found it! That means three more B Shifter's get a t-shirt! We asked for questions for…
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Ask The Ops Chief
Send us Fan Mail Our popular segment "Ask The Fire Chief" has a new companion, "Ask The Ops Chief"! We tackle issues that you sent us that Josh Blum (our…
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ATC - Arbitration Overturned Firing & Keeping Passion For The Job!
Send us Fan Mail This is another round of Ask The Chiefs! We asked for questions for the chiefs and we received some good ones! Every question we use will get…
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Blue Card Radio Traffic Deconstructed
Send us Fan Mail We listen and decontruct radio traffic from two different fires in Las Vegas. Listen to how they deal with some of the fireground challenges…
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Command Presence & Advice from Bruno
Send us Fan Mail On this B Shifter we first listen to some "cool command" from Las Vegas Fire/Rescue, then we delve into an article written by Alan Brunacini…
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Ask The Chiefs Part 1
Send us Fan Mail Part 1 of 2 We asked for questions for the chiefs and we received some good ones! Every question we use will get a Bruno OG IC T-Shirt. This…
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Nick Brunacini & Vance
Send us Fan Mail We cover various topics on this one; fire station bathrooms, our favorite bosses, electric fire apparatus and some fire house traditions…
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Risk Management (Does Not Mean Risk Averse!)
Send us Fan Mail Let us clear this up. As an IC, you MUST manage risk. It is your job. Being a risk manager does not mean we are being risk averse. In this…
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Leadership; Functional Boss Behaviors (it's about the work!)
Send us Fan Mail Alan Brunacini left a lot of unpublished materials and programs that were in the progress of completion when he passed away. Terry Garrison…
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Lithium Ion Battery Fires with FSRI's Adam Barowy
Send us Fan Mail This episode is co-hosted by Josh Blum and John Vance. On this B Shifter our guest Adam Barowy, Research Engineer from UL's Fire Safety…
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Continuous Improvement on the Fireground
Send us Fan Mail This episode is co-hosted by Nick Brunacini, Josh Blum and John Vance. We talk about continuous improvement on the fireground and the…
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B Shifter & Blue Card 2023 Preview and News
Send us Fan Mail We give you the lowdown on what you can expect from us in 2023, including the return of the Hazard Zone Conference, Big Box Workshops and how…
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Radio Traffic from Three Different Departments
Send us Fan Mail Nick, Josh, Erik Phillips and Vance are reviewing radio traffic from three different fire grounds in three different states with at least one…
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Leadership Thursday; Being Nice, Second Chances and a lot of A-holes
Send us Fan Mail We say a-hole in this episode a lot. So much so that instead of heavy editing we embraced it and let our unfiltered selves fly. We cover…
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Open Shift (a variety of topics discussed)
Send us Fan Mail We call this "Open Shift", discussing a variety of topics with the crew this time around including health and wellness, wild land fires…
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Leadership Thursday with Nick, Terry and Vance
Send us Fan Mail It's Leadership Thursday so we gathered the chief's around the table to talk about stuff on the strategic level and tell a few light hearted…
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Frank Leeb, Deputy Assistant Chief of the FDNY talks Cancer Prevention and Work Life Balance
Send us Fan Mail We are talking to Deputy Assistant Chief Frank Leeb of the FDNY (see his bio below) about cancer prevention and work life balance. The day…
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Leadership Thursday with Nick, Terry and Vance
Send us Fan Mail It's Leadership Thursday so we gathered the chief's around the table to talk about stuff on the strategic level and tell a few light hearted…
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Accountability in the Hazard Zone
Send us Fan Mail This episode is co-hosted by Josh Blum, John Vance & Doug Wehmeyer. The guys are talking hazard zone accountability and how proper…
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The Emergency Alert Button and Maydays Safety Advisory
Send us Fan Mail This week there was a joint safety advisory issued regarding the emergency alert button (EAB) on portable radios. You can read that here. This…
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Division Operations
Send us Fan Mail This episode is co-hosted by Josh Blum, John Vance & Doug Wehmeyer (making his B Shifter debut!). Douglas Wehmeyer is a thirty-three-year…
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Rescue and Blue Card Without a Dispatch Center Radio Traffic
Send us Fan Mail This episode is co-hosted by Josh Blum and John Vance. This episode features rescue radio traffic from Georgia and an Arizona department that…
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FSRI's Study of Fire Service Residential Home Size-up and Search & Rescue Operations
Send us Fan Mail You can find information on the FSRI study here. This three-year Research and Development Project examines fireground size-up measures and…
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Fire Science with Daniel Madrzykowski
Send us Fan Mail We are talking fire science with Daniel Madrzykowski. Dan is the Director of Research for the UL's Fire Safety Research Institute (FSRI). He…
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The Case for Certification Based Training (including the IC!)
Send us Fan Mail We are discussing certification based training for fire personnel and delve into a certification program for incident commanders (hint; it…
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Rescue Radio Traffic Part 2
Send us Fan Mail RESCUE! We go to Deerfield Township, OH and Olathe, KS for physical rescues of two different entrapped occupants. We break down the radio…
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Rescue Radio Traffic
Send us Fan Mail RESCUE! We go to Cobb County, Georgia for a physical rescue of an entrapped occupant. We break down the radio traffic and talk about the…
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Vincent Dunn Part 2
Send us Fan Mail This is part 2 of our conversation with the legendary Chief Vincent Dunn. This episode is co-hosted by Nick Brunacini and John Vance. Sign up…
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Looking For Training? New Workshops Announced! (Plus how to get Blue Card training delivered to you locally and CTC update)
Send us Fan Mail If you are interested in our new two-day workshops or a Train the Trainer for Blue Card, give this episode a listen! This episode is co-hosted…
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Vincent Dunn Part 1
Send us Fan Mail This episode is co-hosted by Nick Brunacini and John Vance. Sign up for the next Mayday Management Workshop here. Shop B Shifter here. Vincent…
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The Help Order
Send us Fan Mail This episode is co-hosted by Nick Brunacini, Josh Blum and John Vance. We focus on the "help order" and how that works for resolving maydays…
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Blue Card for Tech Rescue, Haz Mat, Water Rescue and Other Events
Send us Fan Mail This episode is co-hosted by Nick Brunacini, Josh Blum and John Vance. Grant Light joins us to talk about using Blue Card and more…
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Big Box Fires Part 2 with Shane Ray (Pull Up & Hook Up!)
Send us Fan Mail Shane Ray has been a volunteer firefighter since 1984 and a career firefighter since 1994. He has also served as a mayor for six years and the…
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MAYDAY in Lubbock
Send us Fan Mail Captain Phillip Grandon of Lubbock (TX) Fire/Rescue experienced a life changing event in 2018 while making an attack at a fire in cotton…
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Big Box Bulletin!
Send us Fan Mail This episode is co-hosted by Nick Brunacini, Josh Blum and John Vance. We have seen a lot of big box and distribution center fires that have…
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Wind Driven Fire Radio Traffic (with upgraded response)
Send us Fan Mail This episode is co-hosted by Nick Brunacini, Josh Blum and John Vance. Radio traffic from Colerain Township Ohio that has a lot going on. The…
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Project Mayday Updated
Send us Fan Mail Don Abbott's Project Mayday has been updated with 2021 numbers and we are here to break it down and offer some commentary on what is…
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Colerain Mayday with Chief Allen Walls
Send us Fan Mail In 2008, Firefighters from Colerain Township (Hamilton Co, OH) Fire Captain Robin Zang Broxterman, 37-years-old, a 17-year veteran career…
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Real World Radio Traffic (with strategic shift)
Send us Fan Mail This episode features real world radio traffic from Cobb County, Georgia. We will break down the different elements of the application of the…
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Preview of a new podcast, "The Chief's Challenge"
Send us Fan Mail We are putting B Shifter on hold this week to preview a new podcast for you, the Chief's Challenge. We will talk about leadership and…
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Murrey Loflin talks about Bruno, NFPA 1500, LODD Investigations & Fire Command
Send us Fan Mail This episode features Murrey Loflin, Nick Brunacini, Josh Blum, Jeff King and John Vance. Murrey E. Loflin began his fire service career with…
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More Outstanding Radio Traffic (IRR, CAN's, Transfers and Strategic Shifts)!
Send us Fan Mail On this episode of B Shifter Josh Blum and John Vance play and breakdown some more outstanding radio traffic from Las Vegas Fire & Rescue…
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After Action Reviews
Send us Fan Mail For the sake of continuous improvement, we owe to ourselves to critique or review our incidents. On this episode we talk about the kind of…