Category Archives for "Professional"
March 6, 2019
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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 […]
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February 27, 2019
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Proactive Leadership Strategies with Dr. Jack Enter – Part I
Law Enforcement expert and author Jack Enter fires up the microphone for this episode of What’s Your Emergency and the guys have a ton of questions. Dr. Enter’s most recent book, Challenging the Law Enforcement Organization: Proactive Leadership Strategies, caught MC’s attention as he prepares for the Sergeant’s exam and HM sees a lot of […]
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February 13, 2019
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Managing Expectations – MC as an FTO
MC and HM fire up the mics to talk about MC’s new adventure: Field Training Officer. HM asks him to describe how he has prepared for this role and what he expects of the new officer who will be assigned to him the very next day! What are first day expectation of the FTO towards […]
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February 6, 2019
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ASKWye – Issue 13 – Reconnecting With Family
After a shift away from our families helping others it can be rough reconnecting with them when we finally get home safe. This week the guys answer how they reconnect with their families and discuss important steps you should take to make sure only some of the job follows you home, not all of it. […]
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January 16, 2019
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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 […]
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January 2, 2019
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Farewell, 2018!
If 2018 was a person, there’s a good chance Motorcop would have arrested it and Happy Medic would have cardioverted it…or at least asked if there was a DNR. The stolen dumpster fire that was 2018 was not all bad, as your Fireman and Cop hosts discuss, but in fact were huge years for our […]
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December 12, 2018
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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 […]
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December 5, 2018
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Ask WYE – Issue 9 – Enter the Dragon, Er, EMS
Listener Shirrelle chimes in from the Speakpipe app on our homepage with a great question for all you new folks. What does veteran cop MC think probies need to know on day one of Patrol? What does veteran Firefighter and Paramedic HM think probies need to know day one in the service? Think it’s different? […]
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November 21, 2018
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Ask WYE – Issue 8 – Going from the Light Side to the Dark Side
Listener Nate jumped on the Speakpipe link at WYERadio.com to ask the guys about changing disciplines. Nate is looking to jump from EMS to PD and is wondering what advice the guys have for him as he leaves the light side to join the dark side. What are his guiding motivations? Will he maintain his […]
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November 14, 2018
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I See Dead People
Oh Bellingham, Washington. Your scenic vistas, your cute downtown district, your Firefighters borrowing a dead body to take back to the fire station to perform procedures on. HM, our resident Firefighter and Paramedic has been sitting on this story since it broke in July, around the same time his body did, and thank goodness he […]
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