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Ricky Lightfoot is a firefighter & British runner who has been a world champion in trail running and a medallist.

Here is a few of his stats: Medalist in the World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge, Three Peaks Race, Wasdale, Borrowdale, Ennerdale, Three Shires and Skiddaw, He won the Lakeland Classics Trophy series in 2007 and 2015. Internationally he won the Zegama-Aizkorri race in 2009, finished third in that season’s Skyrunner World Series.

He was also third in the World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge that year when the event was incorporated into the Kaisermarathon in Söll. He won the Hammer Trail in Denmark, his first ultramarathon, in 2012. In 2013, he won the IAU Trail World Championships when the competition was held in Llanrwst. Also that year, he won the Trail du Colorado in Réunion and the Otter Trail Run in South Africa.

In 2014, he was victorious at the Dodo Trail in Mauritius and the following year he won the Ultra SkyMarathon Madeira. He has also been sponsored by Salomon since 2008 and most recently In 2022, he won the Man versus Horse Marathon yes you read that right VS A HORSE

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basically he is a BEAST.... enjoy listening

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Today we are talking Personal development, adult education and the resurgence of apprenticeships in the emergency services sector with Candace Miller.

Candace is the Executive Director at The Workforce Development Trust (best known as Skills for Health/Skills for Justice) in addition to being Managing Director of the sector specialist Awarding Organisation, SFJ Awards Ltd.

She is a highly experienced leader within the not-for-profit/charitable education and training sector, with over 30 years experience in researching, developing and delivering strategic initiatives to improve vocational education and training.

Candace has a passion in advocating for effective workforce and organisational development processes within services provided for public benefit, so that staff flourish and services are sustainable and effective.

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Rodolfo "Rudy" Reyes is an American conservationist, martial arts instructor, actor, and former active duty United States Marine. He is best known for portraying himself in the TV series SAS Who Dares Wins & Generation Kill.

In 1998, Reyes joined the United States Marine Corps and was ultimately selected for (and passed) Marine Recon training. He served in Afghanistan and took part in the Iraq war. Reyes served on the USS Dubuque and often led platoon PT sessions on ship. During the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Reyes was a team leader within the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, which became the tip of the spear as the 1st Marine Division advanced on Baghdad; journalist Evan Wright embedded within Reyes' platoon and later wrote Generation Kill, a book depicting the events of the invasion from the perspective of the Recon Marines.

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Dan Quinn is Assistant Chief Fire Officer at Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service

Steven Sadler is the UK's leading On-call expert. Steve has served in four Fire and Rescue Services (FRS) throughout England: Cornwall, Devon and Somerset, Staffordshire and Shropshire. He has used his research expertise working as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Keele University, alongside this fire service experience to develop research and data solutions and innovations intended to help FRSs improve the availability of On-call fire engines in England.

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As a professional researcher he has supported numerous fire and rescue services, including:

•  Having developed the country's only research-led model of good practice for the availability of On-call fire engines at Keele University in collaboration with Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service
•  Supported production of FRSs HMICFRS Action Plans
• Supported the Irish Fire and Rescue Service's Retained Duty System Review
• Has recently been shortlisted for EFE Innovation of the Year for his work with Shropshire FRS sustaining their On-call success which was the most comprehensive on-call research project ever undertaken in England

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Mark is a firefighter and SAS Who Dares Wins finisher who recently broke a Guinness World Record by completing the 2023 London Marathon in a full breathing apparatus and mask, to raise funds for the firefighters charity

Mark was aiming to complete the run in under seven hours, but shocked supporters on the day by getting a staggering time of 4:42:05 – a new world record. It also broke the current record for a Half Marathon while wearing the breathing set.

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Tim Rushmere was a soldier in the British army before starting his company GENESIS who support companies and organisations with Bite size, effective mental health training & support.

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Richard Hill AKA Tricky Ricky is a Firefighter, CrossFit competitor & Gym Owner & former Intelligence officer.

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Trevor Williams is an LA based firefighter and creator of The Williams Key. This is an emergency tool used by First Responders to gain quick access to buildings and houses. The purpose of the tool is to toggle the strike of a lock without doing damage to the lock, door, or frame. It works well on Gates with anti-vandal plates, Elevator Control Rooms, Commercial Utility Doors, and many other outward swinging metal and wood doors.

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Fitness For the Frontline is coaching designed specifically to reflect the physical elements of the role of a Firefighter for those applying for, currently serving in or retired from the fire service.
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Matt Chan is a Firefighter, Titan Games Season 2 Champ, Climber, Mountain Biker, Hunter, 4 Top ten finishes at the CROSSFIT Games and all-around passionate about fitness, firefighting & life.

Connect with Matt through his company Train For The Win
or find him on Instagram HERE

Matt also offers a Seven day free trial - use link below
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Roger Thomas is the Chief Fire Officer at Mid & West Wales Fire and Rescue Service.

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Dr Stefan Svensson began his career as a firefighter in the Swedish Air Force in 1986. In 1989, he earned a bachelor's degree in fire protection engineering and in 2002, a doctorate at Lund University in Sweden. 

 For the past 15 years you have been involved in experimental and theoretical investigations of firefighting tactics, including firefighting methods. He holds a masters with a Dissertation in Solving tactical problems using control engineering: systems identification and modelling.

He went on to become a Doctor in Philosophy at the Department of Fire Safety Science, Lund University & Majored in the area of Command & control of firefighting operations with your Minor in Firefighting procedures (suppression, ventilation) 

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- Fire ventilation PDF HERE

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Neil is a career firefighter who retired as a station manager at a rescue station. He has been an assessor for UKRO for 20 years & a qualified instructor in many disciplines. Since retiring Neil leads a team of instructors as part of his company IRRTC where they teach people from all over the UK in a number of skills sets.

Neil and his team has developed solutions and methods for dealing with Electrical Vehicle fires and he has also developed a method of safely transporting and dealing with EV fires called an Electric Vehicle Containment Unit (EVCU)

Learn more about IRRTC HERE & learn more about the Electric Vehicle Containment Unit HERE

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Neil.Pedersen@fire-containers.com

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Tyrone is a firefighter from southern California and started his page Fire Department Humor to give people a insight into the "gallows humor" in the sector as well as the  true challenges faced by the first responder community.

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The International Agency for Research on Cancer, a World Health Organisation body, has today declared that occupational exposure as a firefighter has been classified as carcinogenic

Firefighters’ personal protective equipment (PPE) has been proven to be a source of chronic exposure to toxic contaminants commonly released from fires.

Finally we have a solution to how to properly clean our PPE.  Hunter Apparel Solutions (Hunter) have developed next generation LCO2 decontamination and cleaning processes. Through their HunterCARE® Platinum Plus LCO2 technology they are making major improvements to the long term health outcomes of firefighters.

Find out more about HUNTER's LC02 process HERE

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Zac Blackledge is a father, CrossFit competitor & Firefighter and also a returning guest.

Zac had a STROKE whilst competing in a fitness competition & was in a place where he perhaps would never be able to return to the things he enjoyed in his life.

Today Zac is once again an operational firefighter and has overcome so much in this journey back to the frontline.

Useful links mentioned in todays episode below:
Zac's personal Instagram
The Daily Stoic
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 On 12 July 2009 at 00.38hrs Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue Service received a call to a fire in a public bar at 178 Dalry Road, Edinburgh. 

The original seat of the fire was within the basement, in a room used as an office, with fire and smoke spreading upwards towards the flatted properties above. The initial firefighting tactical plan prioritised the rescue of residents from those flats and locating and extinguishing of the fire. 

During the firefighting operations firefighter Ewan Williamson, while attempting to exit the ground floor, entered a room off the public bar area and became trapped due to the door becoming jammed. 

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Chris Oliver is a former Special Forces Operator and Royal Marine Mountain Leader, with 16 years of combat experience. 

Chris joined the military at 16 and served within the elite Special Boat Service (SBS), alongside fellow SAS directing staff Jason Fox

Chris was deployed on operations to Sierra Leone, Northern Ireland, Oman, Iraq and Afghanistan, before leaving the military in 2015. 

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Steve Adams & John Aitchison are serving members of the UK International Search and Rescue team and were also part of the heavy rescue team deployed & who successfully took part in rescuing people buried under rubble in Turkey.

On 6 February 2023 a 7.8 earthquake struck southern and central Turkey.

The 77-strong team from UK fire and rescue services arrived in Turkey & along with four specialist search and rescue dogs assisted with search and rescue operations following the devastating event.

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After a meeting of the National Joint Council (NJC) on Wednesday 8 February, fire service employers came forward with a new offer of 7% on NJC-negotiated pay rates and CPD backdated to July 2022, and a further 5% from July 2023 for all Grey Book staff. 

So what will we vote ?
What are the factors to consider ?
And what will this mean for the future pay rates ?

A ballot on the offer is now open and close on Monday 6 March so I caught up with Leigh to talk about the new pay offer, the way the firefighters are being portrayed in the media & some the events of recent months

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What really happens on SAS Who Dares Wins, what do they cut out of the show & how hard was It really.

Time to catch up with my good friend Hillary AKA Recruit 4

In September 2202 myself & 19 others took part in SAS Who Dares Wins where an elite team of ex-special forces from the UK and USA recreate the special forces selection process - putting all us recruits through the ultimate test of their physical and psychological resilience.

These TV shows are edited and cut together to suite the fast paced demand of TV & in doing so rarely capture the true nature of person & their story. This podcast episode is part of a short mini-series recorded back in October 2022 when are the recruits returned back from the Vietnam Jungle and the full experiences where fresh in our heads and before the passage of time began to fade these memories.

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