Tales from the Smoke Podcast
Firefighter podcast capturing the leadership of the fire service, discussing topics to create conversation at the coffee table, and give members an opportunity to challenge the status quo. Original purpose is to not let some of the best leaders walk out the door and lose 20 to 30 years of experience, but this has expanded to have short sessions that can be listened to on the way to work and hopefully spark conversation while drinking coffee at shift change. We believe in challenging the status quo.
Podcasting since 2025 • 8 episodes
Tales from the Smoke Podcast
Latest Episodes
District Chief Eddie Bell Barnard School Mayday Incident
District Chief Eddie Bell describes one of his most difficult and mentally challenging fires. This is the same fire we heard Captain Meyer's discuss tactical ownership on an earlier podcast. Chief Bell tells the story from the Incident Co...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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1:29:11
James O'Neal Mayday
James O'Neal is a 27 year seasoned veteran firefighter. On New Years Eve, 2011 he had a mayday at a "routine" structure fire. James has made thousands of fires and only been at stations that get a lot of fire volume his whole career...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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57:03
Tactical Ownership
Captain Chad Meyer describes tactical ownership through one of the worst near misses in our departments history where he was challenged with being the Rapid Intervention crew for the incident. Through an honest conversational story and be...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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55:36
Travis Fry's Story of Rescuing a Child from an Apartment Fire
Travis Fry, a 28 year veteran on the fire service, made a heroic grab of a toddler during an apartment fire approximately 25 years ago. With two years on the job, he accomplished what all firefighters get on this job for - making a ...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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57:21