Day Watch Public Affairs Office

FDIC is back in town, and Indianapolis is excited to welcome over 30,000 public safety members from the US and worldwide. David Rhodes, the editor and chief of Fire Engineering Magazine, joins us again this year to discuss the 2024 conference and the exciting new events and educational opportunities. www.waynefire.org

On this episode of the Day Watch podcast, I sit down with the Division Chief of training, Russell Shoaf. Chief Shoaf has been in the fire service, both volunteer and career, since the 1970s and possesses decades of experience in technical rescue operations and fire department leadership and development. Chief Shoaf comes to us from serving as the training and operations chief at Westfield Fire Department after retiring from Pike Township Fire Department on the west side of Indianapolis.www.wa...

In today's episode, I talk about the old days of the Wayne Township Fire Department with Captain Bob Crouch. Bob was born and raised in the Wayne Township area and has family roots that go back to the beginning of the fire department. Bob is one of the few members who has experienced firsthand the growing pains of this storied fire department, from the original station consolidations in the 1980s right through the transition to the fully staffed, career fire department of 2023.www.waynefire.org

On this episode of the Day Watch Podcast, Part Two of our series with Dr. Keeley Stewart, "The Barriers to Firefighter Mental Health." I talk with Keeley about her immersion study and her discovery of how trust plays a significant role in the first responder's barrier in seeking professional mental health counseling.www.waynefire.org

On this episode of the Day Watch Podcast, I sit and talk with Doctor Keeley Stewart, Ph.D. Keeley conducted an immersion study about firefighter mental health at WTFD and defended her Ph.D. based on her research on career firefighters in our busy urban environment. www.waynefire.org

On today's episode of the Day Watch Podcast, I once again sit down with Wayne Township Fire Department Battalion Chief of Emergency Management Troy Wymer. We talk about our recently updated traffic preemption system, discuss active shooter training and how our rescue task force program is shaping up, plus our latest training to handle complex incidents such as coordinated terrorist attacks in our jurisdiction. www.waynefire.org