Firefighter Mentorship with Instructor Chris Baker

Doug Wyllie, PoliceOne, and the Policing Matters Podcast

MC’s Top Productivity Tool

MC has been asked quite a few times over the past few weeks how it is he is so productive. Thus, this week’s Ask WYE is a bit different. MC is going to walk you quickly through what he uses to set, maintain, and accomplish some big goals in different areas of life…The Best Self […]

Promotional Interview 101 with Andrew Borrello

Passing the promotional oral board exam can be tricky but today’s guest has all the answers to ensure you maximize each answer! Author, and retired Captain Andy Borrello, has almost 20 years of experience dealing with promotional exams. His book, Police Promotions Super Course, walks a potential candidate through everything you need to know to […]

MC’s Aspirations for Promotion

This episode wraps up MC’s adventure through preparing for the Sergeant’s exam with an announcement that he got the results and he made the promotion list! Now what? Does he sit down with the family and discuss shifts or assignments that won’t work, such as weekend graves or radio? Has he looked around other Sgt. […]

Ask WYE – Issue 15 – How MC prepped for the Sgt. Test

It’s been a struggle for the guys to get together over the past couple of weeks, so HM decided to submit a question he’s been meaning to ask MC for a while. Namely, how is MC going about preparing for the Sergeant’s test this go ’round? MC highlights his outlook on this iteration (and why […]

Leadership, Managing and Mentoring

What’s Your Emergency Radio dives into the different terms we use for when one person wants another person to do something. In Emergency Services we have different ranks that determine who has to follow the directions of someone else, but that doesn’t always make that person a leader. There are a number of books, seminars […]

Storytelling and Side Gigs with Scott Harvey

“First Responders are excellent storytellers,” says our guest this week, Scott Harvey from SpeakingofHarvey.com.  A retired Law Enforcement Officer at age 43 (Yes, we give him the appropriate amount of crap for that) Scott has continued a passion he found on the job: Public Speaking. Scott shares with you some tips on communicating, especially the […]

Family Disaster Plan EXTRA! – What to put in your safe

In another installment of our continuing sneak peak into the Family Disaster Plan course, Justin decides to share what should be in your family’s fire safe.  What?  You don’t have one? What documents will you grab when told to evacuate at 3AM when fire is coming down the block?  None.  You’ll just grab your safe. […]

We Don’t Need No Education

You read that right, Pink Floyd drops a double negative and we’re all over it! Fire and EMS expert, Justin, brings to our Law Enforcement and Traffic expert, Jason, a position paper calling for Paramedic programs to meet the same requirements as an Associates Degree.   Spoiler alert, both your hosts hold at least a Bachelor’s […]