89 episodes
BobbieOnFire Bobbie Scopa
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- Society & Culture
Get the inside scoop on what really happens at the Fire Station or at the scene of emergencies and forest fires. These are sometimes funny and sometimes serious but always entertaining. Many leadership lessons are shared as well.
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#95,Questions Aren’t a Threat, They’re the Answer!
Sometimes, we as leaders think an employees question is a threat to our authority. They may be trying to learn, but their curiosity can be squashed by how we respond. Our body language and the words we use are critical. You might not realize it but you have a direct impact on your organizations learning … Continue reading #95,Questions Aren’t a Threat, They’re the Answer! →
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#93, Risky Business – How We Got Here
Risk Management in the Wildland Fire Service
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#92, Failure
Have you ever felt like a failure? How about just having failed from time to time? In this episode, we talk about what it means to fail versus what it means to merely make a mistake. The difference may be our ability to learn from our mistakes. But how do we learn from our mistakes? … Continue reading #92, Failure →
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#91, How Firefighting Changed Me – This Is No Joke
If you’re a firefighter, have you ever felt isolated from those friends and family members who aren’t firefighters? I never realized how different I was until I retired and wasn’t around as many firefighters. I would anxiously wait until some of my firefighter friends showed up for a visit. Being around my firefighter friends made … Continue reading #91, How Firefighting Changed Me – This Is No Joke →
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#90, A Lesson from the Dude, South Canyon and Yarnell Hill Fires
Why do we have accidents? Sure, we have a dangerous profession. But are accidents just the inevitable results of a perilous environment? I hope you don’t think so. We can and should look for ways to avoid injuries and worse for our personnel. In this story, Curtis Heaton and I talk about a couple issues … Continue reading #90, A Lesson from the Dude, South Canyon and Yarnell Hill Fires →
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#89, The Presidents Budget and Federal Wildland Firefighters
Todays podcast is an interview with Riva Duncan, the Vice President of the Grassroots Wildland Firefighters Organization. She’ll talk about the Presidents proposed 2024 budget and all that it might mean for our federal wildland firefighters as well as the promised permanent changes in pay grades and job classifications. Tune in and hear the latest … Continue reading #89, The Presidents Budget and Federal Wildland Firefighters →