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Did you ever wonder what is was like to attend the National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg MD? Or what it would be like to teach at the National Fire Academy? The Nov 9, 2011 KTC is broadcast from the National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg Maryland. Student's and faculty on campus share their experiences.

We are all aware of our oath to protect lives and property, but what happens when that oath comes in direct conflict with our ability to do that?

Firefighter Netcast welcomes Dieter Bove’, a 30-veteran career Firefighter and founder of the Chimney Department, Ltd. to discuss Chimney Fires. Consider this perfectly-timed training!

Firefighter Netcast welcomes Dieter Bove’, a 30-veteran career Firefighter and founder of the Chimney Department, Ltd. to discuss Chimney Fires. Consider this perfectly-timed training!

Stop, Drop, and Roll with the Punches host Billy D. Hayes sits down with David Thornburg, Director at Alabama Fire College in Tuscaloosa, AL.

“I-Women” provides a network for resource material and guidance to make the fire service a more diverse work force. They discuss the changes that are needed within the fire service culture to accomplish this and other goals.

  Click the PLAY button in the grey bar above to listen now! Dr. Burton Clark and his wife Carolyn Smith-Clark host another edition of Kitchen Table Chat.  Although the program is designed to engage the listener in discussion based on your call-ins, one of the areas they address is Fire Safety Education for Children.  They call attention to a new guide developed for the fire service on developing and creating fire safety and education materials produced by the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy and the National Fire Protection Association. Guidelines    http://www.jhsph.edu/bin/i/f/GuideforFireService.pdf Research       http://www.jhsph.edu/bin/y/h/ImpactFireMessagesChildren.pdf Some of the most important discussions take place at firehouse kitchen tables around the world.  Whenever firefighters get together for a meal, watch a ball game, have a meeting, drill on something, remember a lost friend, relive the fire, tell stories, say hello or good by, or just have cup of coffee the kitchen table is where the best discussions take place. Our program is intended to be a virtual firehouse kitchen table. We will be sitting at the table just talking.  We do not know what we will be talking about, we do not know who will stop by to talk. There is a open invitation to 1.2 million firefighters and we are interested in what you have to say. So stop by, the coffee is on the soda is cold; you never know who or what will be talked about at the Kitchen Table Chat.

We chat with Gordon Routley on present-day issues then Chief Brunacini on Blue Card Command. We end with my rant on "Never Forgetting,"

Stop, Drop, and Roll with the Punches host Chief Billy D. Hayes sits down for a chat with Columbia Southern University President Robert Mays. Together, they talk about how Columbia Southern University serves the specific needs of their 27,000 students.

Exciting news for the newest edition of “The Front Seat”, on this month’s show we introduce a new co-host for The Front Seat. Backstep Firefighter’s own Bill Carey joins The Front Seat’s Dave LeBlanc.

Host Chief Billy D. Hayes, Chief Dennis Rubin, and Chief Richard Marinucci give specific pieces of advice on how to put yourself in a better position to achieve each of your goals by negotiating the political hurdles placed in your way.

Don’t be the next statistic of a firefighter killed because he/she neglected to use their seat belt. You owe it to your family. Be more intelligent than lazy.

If your department is considering social media policies and/or employing a PIO and a media management policy, take a few moments to listen in on this topical and informative discussion with Chief Billy D. Hayes and Michael Brooks of CNN.

In an announcement at Atlanta Fire Rescue Department Station 11, the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation were awarded a one million dollar grant by Motorola Solutions

Part 2 of a 2-part special of Taking it to the Streets will be looking at the New Fire Ground and the First-Due with Division Chief Ed Hadfield and Deputy Chief Jason Hoevelmann.