Dec 15, 2017
In this episode of Jumpseat Radio host, Ryan Pennington uses the analogy of the Star Wars movies to discuss firefighters attitudes around the Firehouse. Firefighters, like all other people, experience highs and low throughout their lives. It is important for firefighters to seek out the positives and keep...
Dec 8, 2017
Jumpseat Radio 061 Is Aggressive a bad word?
In this weeks episode of Jumpseat Radio host, Ryan Pennington talks about the word "Aggressive". For a long time many folks thought aggressive was not a word that should be used to describe a firefighter, rather an emotion that goes along with recklessness.
Ryan uses a...
May 26, 2017
Jumpseat Radio 060 Building Construction with James Johnson
In this week's episode of Jumpseat Radio host, Ryan Pennington welcomes James Johnson from Vancouver Canada Fire Department. James is a FDIC instructor who covers building construction for the street level firefighter.
Topics covered include
- Why there...
May 19, 2017
In this weeks episode of Jumpseat Radio host Ryan Pennington Welcomes back John Dixon for a talk on his topic of the Normalization of Deviance. John has spent years researching how firefighters use excuses to rationalize the deviation from standard safety practice.
This episode is full of useful takeaways that every...
Apr 28, 2017
Jumpseat Radio 058 Live interview with Frank Viscso and Doug Mitchell
On this weeks Jumpseat Radio host Ryan Pennington sits down with two fire service leaders while on delay at Indianapolis International Airport. Listen in as these fire service leaders have a great conversation about fire ground operations,...