pete blaber podcast

15. September 2020 @ 14:19

There is a central concept that runs throughout Pete Blaber’s The Mission, The Men, and Me: That you should always listen to the boots on the ground. You’ve already paid the price for the lesson; you might as well get the benefit of learning from it. And you can’t talk about social media without talking about the legal ramifications of firefighters taking pictures and video on scene. When they happen, we shouldn’t avoid acknowledging them. Don’t wear them like a badge of honor, but own them nonetheless. So Hatch suggested we do Ten Rounds. And what’s the most important thing to say about a building on fire?Episode 070 - We Get A Lawyer with Attorney Lance LoRussoIn this episode, we sit down with Attorney Lance LoRusso to discuss the dangers of something almost all firefighters engage in: social media. ― Pete Blaber, The Mission, The Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander. Undaunted Courage: Meriwhether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson and the Opening of the American West- Stephen Ambrose If you have any suggestions for future topics or are interested in co-hosting please contact us: sara.m.morris7.civ@mail.mil And when we turn our attention to those things we didn’t do well, Todd explains that we should always start with “Why?”We also talk to Todd about his desire to pass along realistic leadership to the fire service, and what Todd defines as The Leadership Stack Effect. It’s simple: any one of us can talk for two minutes uninterrupted on any topic we want. When he left the department, he had some pretty serious stuff going on in his personal life, but he freely admits: he had become pretty disgruntled with the job.Payton got gruntled and came back. Honest and unedited. Peter Blaber is the CEO of Add Armor, a company that can add defense systems to just about any car. But what happens so often with the best conversations happened here; the conversation itself led us to places where we didn’t think we were going to go. So how important is the size-up? Ep. When he admits a mistake he made managing the gym he owned, the discussion reveals how running a gym and a fire department aren’t that different at times.A short side discussion from one of our recording sessions about what’s at the nature of success when operating on the fireground: adaptability.This quick discussion was born out of an article called “Command NOT Control” by Eric Saylors. You may be asking, “So a bad-ass firefighter isn’t teaching tactics? We also take some time to talk about how to write your letter about your screw-up; what to include, and more importantly what not to put in it.At the end of our last recording session we only had twenty minutes left to record, which isn’t enough for a full episode.

So Hatch suggested we do Ten Rounds. When the bell ends that round, someone else can either continue on the topic, or start on a different topic. We really like that idea. How important are the words you choose to describe what you’re seeing to everyone else that’s still enroute? And if you’ve got other units responding with you, someone is ultimately going to be required to give some of what you’re seeing and thinking over the radio. We really like that idea. There is a central concept that runs throughout Pete Blaber’s The Mission, The Men, and Me: that you should always listen to the boots on the ground. We might have to pick this topic up again in the future.When we sat down to talk with Chief Chris Wessels, we had a specific topic in mind that we thought we would cover. His class “Breaking Barriers” is training for responders on how to interact with people who have special needs. They talk uninterrupted for two minutes, and then the next….well, you get the idea. Instead he’s teaching how to be more understanding and sensitive?” You bet your ass he is, and it’s pretty remarkable.If you’re interested in more information about the class after listening to the episode, Todd can be reached at toddedwards6@yahoo.com.The illusion of a perfect fire is a tempting one, but it’s also just that: an illusion.