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Side Alpha Leadership

The Side Alpha Leadership Podcast explores leadership in all fields of work. Guests talk about leading people and making a positive mark in their hearts and minds, while creating a cohesive team to accomplish the desired goals of an organization 

Nov 6, 2024

This month I welcome Dr. Shelley Wheeler back to the show. This show is all about making decision on the fire ground. We offer advice to the new officer on making critical decisions with little information.


We discuss Recognition Prime Decision model. This model is what firefighters use on the scene when we have little...


Oct 6, 2024

This month i talk with Capt. Mike Burkett. Mike is a Captain with the Baltimore City Fire Department assigned to Truck 5 and an instructor with Capitol Fire Training. 

Mike and I discuss being the Truck boss.

  • Crew expectations
  • Operating in commercial and residential structures
  • Searching vacant 
  • training to...


Sep 2, 2024

Sleep deprived, anxiety and inflammation ,CBD is helping first responders as well as nurses and doctors cope with the stresses our work hands us. Jon Vought and I discuss the stresses our job has. John is the owner of Rescue 1 CBD. His product is 100% THC free. Jon and I dig deep into what his product is, what it does...


Jul 16, 2024

This month i sit down with Stephanie White. We discuss CBD in the fire service, the kitchen table, keeping a heathy shift and changing the culture by looking at the past.


We are firefighters, our job is to go into burning buildings and put fires out. It seems we have steered away from our past culture of being...


Jun 6, 2024

Tactical Considerations for Garden Apartment Fires

 

One of the more complex fires we are faced with is fires in garden apartments. This month I welcome back Capt. Bobby Eckert of the Camden New Jersey Fire Department. Bobby and I dig deep into the subject.

 

Garden Apartments are in all areas of the country....