This is by far the longest podcast that I have ever did! It was also so much fun as well. We talk about so much like firefighting, mental health and we really hit it off talking about fitness something that we are both passionate about! Thank you so much Brad!!
1. Tell me a little about yourself and how long have worked for EFD for and in what capacity? I have had a keen interest in Sport, Fitness, Health and Wellness all of my life. I am a certified track and field and strength and conditioning, coach with 43 years of competitive experience under my belt in the sports of athletics, bobsleigh, swimming and water polo, I now put all of my knowledge and expertise to good use as the Health and Wellness Coordinator for Edmonton Fire Rescue Services and Men...
This podcast really came organically, I saw an opportunity to interview the Cheif for Edmonton Fire & Rescue and I took it. We talk about how he became a firefighter and the Health and Wellness Program that EFD has. It is truly one of the best in North America. Check out the podcast and let me know what you think!Thanks, Chief!
1. Tell me a little about yourself and how long have you or served behind the front line for? In What capacity? I am 62 YO male, married have two daughters and a son. I worked at Orange County Fire and Rescue in Winter Park Fl for 35 years and have been retired two years in June and live in New Smyrna Beach, Fl-The Shark Capital of the World. I am one of the owners of Firesled Fitness and Training. We develop Firefighter Functional Fitness and Training Equipment.I worked in many ranks and capaci...
Tell me a little bit about yourself. Where did you grow up, and what didyour parents do? So, I grew up in Detroit, Michigan, actually in the heart of Detroit. My dad was injournalism and marketing; he worked for multiple companies from CompuwareFortune 500 to EDS, and then he got into a real estate, which he currently stilldoes. And my mother has worked in medicine for the last 30-plus years, workingin oncology and then followed by nephrology. My parents have been go-getters their whole life. I ...
1. Tell me a little about yourself and how long have you or served behind the front line for? In What capacity? I first fell in love with firefighting in 2006 after I enrolled in the Pre-Service Fire Program at the college in my hometown. From there I took the Paramedic Program, then became a volunteer firefighter. I was a volunteer for over four years and worked as a 911 Dispatcher in Timmins, Ontario, dispatching police, fire, and ambulance. I followed this up with a few years working as a per...
Tell me a little about yourself and how long you served on the front line Well, long story short, I wanted to be a fireman ever since I was a little boy but the British Medical Service told me that I was colour blind so I could never be a firefighter, a fighter pilot or any of the cool jobs and it took me another twenty years to have the epiphany that this must be wrong and I can see colours so I challenged the whole philosophy but it happened to coincide when I moved to America. So I had always...
Check out this week's podcast with Jason Patton the creator of Fire Department Chronicles (https://www.facebook.com/firedepartmentchronicles/) We talk about his time as an Olympic Weight Lifter, how he became a firefighter, pranks and when it gets too far.
Tell me a little about yourself and how long have you or served behind the front line for? In What capacity? I was on active duty for over 13 years and served in several capacities. My first 2 ½ years was spent on a 210’ vessel out of Galveston TX. Our major operations were patrols looking to counter drug and migrant smuggling and illegal fishing in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. I was part of the deck force, and we were the deckhands who handled all of the vessel mooring unmooring, h...
1. Tell me a little about yourself and how long have you or served on the front line for? In What capacity? My name is Jason Lacayo and I have been a police officer since 2005. I was born in the Bronx. Both my parents are immigrants from Honduras. Currently, I am assigned to the Emergency Services Unit in the City of White Plains. 2. What was the hardest time of your life? What tools did you use to get through it? The hardest time in my life was losing my grandmother in 2010. I just really turne...
1. Tell me a little about yourself and how long have you or served on the front line for? In What capacity? I'm currently a personal trainer and going to school for a business degree. I was in the U.S. Navy for four years working as a master at arms. My duties included law enforcement, anti-terrorism, and force protection. 2. What was the hardest time of your life? What tools did you use to get through it? One of the hardest times of my life was probably transitioning back to civilian life. I fo...
1. Tell me a little about yourself and how long have you or served on the front line for? In What capacity? I've been an EMT for 5.5years; official fire-card for almost two years. I've been on my fire department for all five years and worked in private transport for 3.5years. 2. What was the hardest time of your life? What tools did you use to get through it? Emotionally would be either when my sister moved out of state or when the gym where I worked closed four weeks before Christmas, and my wr...
1) Tell me a little about yourself and how long have you or served behind the front line for? In What capacity? I graduated from the US Naval Academy in 1991, went to SEAL training. Graduated SEAL training in 1992 and was active in the SEAL Teams until 1999. I drove mini-subs at first then went back to the Naval Academy as a pre-SEAL training instructor until 1999. It was a different world in the 90s that after 9-11. Got married, started having kids in 1999 and resigned from the Navy. Mainly me ...
Like many people after 9/11 in small town Texas, people joined the military to serve their country and Josh Cherry was one of them. He was a Helicoptor Door Gunner with the Marine Core. Listen to the podcast to find out what the experience was like and what he is doing now with his business partner.Robbie and Josh announce something EPIC. You have to listen to find out!
1. Tell me a little about yourself? How long have you been a firefighter for? I am married with two children, and I have been in the fire service for 31 years now. I started as a volunteer, and have spent a good part of my career in line and chief officer positions. Currently, I am Chief Fire Marshal and Asst. Chief for my municipality, and I also speak and present programs nationally on the topic of firefighter fitness and health. I am the co-author of the best selling book, Firefighter Functio...
1. Tell me a little about yourself and how long have you been a police officer for? Well, I am 47 years old. I have been married to my beautiful wife Nicole for 18 years. We have twowonderful daughters (Junior and Senior in H.S) We own a Strength and Conditioning facility in CentralOregon and have been doing that for ten yrs. I was in LE for 17 years. One year in corrections and one year inProbation/Parole and then I spent 15 yrs. As a Police officer where I retired at the rank of Sergeant. Inad...
We have a VERY special podcast for you this week. Meet Rob Cannon graduate of US Naval Academy in Annapolis, and he has served as a fire service leader for over 25 years! Rob's firefighting career began in 1986 as a shipboard firefighter in the United States Navy, and his personal citations include a Navy Commendation Medal for his leadership during the Hurricane Katrina response. Folks, it doesn't get much better than this. Listen to this podcast; you will not regret it!
1. Tell me a little about yourself? How long have you been a firefighter for? I have been a firefighter for 14 years. I am in a fulltime career department just outside Chicago. We are staffed with 18 firefighter/paramedics, and we run approx. 3000 calls per year. I am 32 years of age, married for five years with no kids. I work two side jobs, one being a fire instructor for a local fire academy and I run a candidate fitness testing center. 2. What was the hardest time of your life? What tools di...
1. Tell me a little about yourself and what do you do in the military? How long have you served so far? Tyler MacInnis, I am 30 years old and have currently served 11.5 years in the RCAF as an Aircraft Structures Technician. I come from a military family as my father, grandfather and brother have all served and together we combine for roughly 90 years of service. I grew up in Petawawa as a base brat and after school moved to southwestern Ontario for a couple of years after my Dad retired from th...
Tell me a little about yourself and where are you a firefighter? How long? What did you do before? 37 years old, ten years in the fire service, 13 as a paramedic. I am a Lieutenant/Paramedic with the Metro West Fire Protection District in St. Louis County, Missouri. I was in college before the fire service. 2. What was the hardest time of your life? What tools did you use to get through it? Dealing with the death of my father, to whom I was very close. He passed away due to complications from op...
My name is Jim Hatcher I’m 75 years old and have been mostly retired for the last fifteen years. I like to describe myself as a pretty common guy who has done a couple of uncommon things. I’m not a fitness professional, but I have been involved with the iron in one way or another for more than 60 years. My real world of work was as an educator and a businessman. Also, I spent 23 years in law enforcement as a volunteer accumulating over 10,000 hours of volunteer time. More about that later. What ...
Tell me a little about yourself and what did you do in the military? What was your trade? How long have you served? I spent my childhood and teens playing in the great outdoors with maps, compasses, traps, dens, and fires. I always had a burning desire to play soldier, like my grandfather who was a Commando during WWII. He led a troop of Commandos onto the beaches of Normandy and wrote a book about it – Swiftly They Struck. The war kicked off in Afghanistan in 2003, and I wanted to be a part of ...
1. Tell me a little about yourself and what did you do in the fire service? How long have you served? I was a professional firefighter for 12 years. My rank was Engineer. In my department, that would have been equivalent to a lieutenant. I told people I drove fire trucks. Fast… 2. What was the hardest time of your life? What tools did you use to get through it? My wife got sick. Really sick. The day after we celebrated our 30th birthday (we are about a week apart in age), we found ourselves in t...
This podcast was a lot of fun for me as I got to interview a terrific friend of mine. We were both firefighters in the military at the same base in Cold Lake, and we had a lot of fun times together. I'm so proud of the accomplishments he has done so far. My idea of creating this podcast is to get more people active who are still serving,(fire, police, ems, military) and it doesn't have to be "working out in the gym" For Alex, his mindset just changed and he did a complete 360! Find out how. We a...
For our second podcast of Ops Fitness, meet Garry Pomerleau who is a Tactical Paramedic who has 20 plus years experience out of North Carolina in the United States.Find out how important fitness is towards his profession and how he overcame his accident. Plus why he will never use a BB gun again and what he really thinks of The Rock! 1. Tell me a little about yourself and how fitness has made an impact on your life, especially as a paramedic. Well, we have to go back a couple of years. I have be...
Welcome to Ops Fitness Podcast! This podcast is geared towards the people serving behind the front lines so to speak (firefighters, paramedics, military, and police) to help them get into better shape. There are too many fitness companies out there that are focusing on the "elite warrior" for example like the special forces operator in the military or the crazy in shape firefighter. But what about that deputy fire chief that is stuck behind his desk all day? Or that middle aged military member w...
