Blog & Show

Episode 29: Interview with Spokane Assistant Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer
On July 5, 2013, the Spokane Fire Department responded to a reported commercial building fire at the Mayfair Professional Building, located at 5901 North Mayfair.

Episode 28: Interview with technology guru Darrell O’Donnell
On this episode, I interview technology guru Darrell O’Donnell. Darrell runs a successful technology coaching and consulting firm where he works to bridge the gap

Episode 27: Preparing for your climb down the ladder: Retirement
On this episode, I interview Jeff Dill from the Firefighter Behavioral Health Alliance and Fire Chief (ret.) Les Karpluk who operates Genesis 2020 Solutions, a

Episode 26: StopBad! An interview with Comox Fire Chief Gord Schreiner
On this episode, I interview Fire Chief Gord Schreiner and he shares valuable lessons from his “Safe and Efficient Scene Management Class” which by many

Episode 25: A firefighter’s situational awareness lessons from a mayday call.
On this episode, I interview Firefighter John Dantuono of the Lakeside (New York) Fire Department. Lakeside is located west of Syracuse. The all-volunteer fire department

Exciting changes coming to SAMatters!
In case you missed the announcements made in the October newsletter, there are some exciting changes coming to the SAMatters community. This month (October 2014)