Episodes
Jan. 27, 2021
Extreme Passion For First Responder's Health & Wellness With Tonya Herbert
Tonya is the President of Responder Wipes and Florida PPE Services. Many years ago, while working for an architectural firm that specialized in designing public safety facilities, she became passionate about improving the he…
Jan. 16, 2021
Resiliency and perspective in life and tragedy- Patrick O'Neill
My name is Patrick O'Neill and I am 40 years old. I have been married for close to 10 years to my wife Julie and have two children, Makena 7 and Harrison 5. I am a Captain Paramedic with the Phoenix Fire Department and hav…
Jan. 9, 2021
Genuine Love for Everybody... with guest Maddison Lund
I had my daughter Maddison Lund as my guest for this episode. We had an amazing talk, it was very emotional and I learned so much from her and about her. Unfortunately, all but a 10 minute time frame of the audio was lost.…
Jan. 1, 2021
20 Years Of Service In The Air Force Taught Gary Lund How To Serve Those Above & Below Him
Gary Lund share's his story about showing up in another state to go to college with no job, $400 in his pocket and a strong faith in Jesus Christ. He joined the Air Force ROTC program that took him from feeling "small" to fi…
Dec. 22, 2020
Eric Petrowski On How Military Service Can Prepare You For Life
Guest Eric Petrowski discusses why enlisting in the military service changed his life. He goes into detail about working in the Army drone program and what that looked like while being deployed in Afghanistan. His time in th…
Dec. 10, 2020
911 Dispatcher Stacy Shotwell discusses what it's take to be a new dispatcher.
Stacy Shotwell has lived in the Nashville area since 1998. She is currently in training for 911 Dispatcher at her local police department. Previously, she was an Operations Manager for 15 years at a non profit organization, …
Nov. 26, 2020
Former Police Officer & Awarding Wining Author Donna Brown
Donna Brown spent 26 years with the Tallahassee (FL) PD and retired in 2006 as a sergeant. She received the department's award for bravery and the Inagural Commander and Chiefs Award. She graduated from Florida State Univers…
Nov. 19, 2020
Proud Police Wife & Author Rebecca Lynn
Rebecca is a police wife of 13 years, writer, author and influencer. She also has a Master’s in Education and is a former Kindergarten teacher. Rebecca Lynn is the owner of Proud Police Wife, a website dedicated to providing…
Nov. 11, 2020
Wildland Firefighter Micah Booze & Founder Of The A.S.S. Movement
Micah Booze has been fighting wildland fires for 15 years all over the U.S. and for the past five years he has been working as an assistant captain on a suppression module in Alaska where he lives with his family. He is a fi…
Nov. 5, 2020
Founder of 911der Women, Sara Weston
Sara Weston is a Senior Project Consultant for 911 Authority, LLC where she works with states and the National 911 Program to aid in the transition to Next Generation 911 technology. She is the founder of 911der Women, Inc.…
Oct. 29, 2020
Inspiring story of immigrating to the US and becoming a Fire Captain.
Jenna was born and raised in Brazil and moved to the US in 2004. She shares her story of growing up in Brazil and how she was taught to never give up and to give everything her all. She is a police wife and a Fire Captain …
Sept. 11, 2020
Firefighter Paul Clarke, The CEO Of Fire Grounds Coffee
Hear from the CEO Paul Clarke on what makes Fire Grounds Coffee more that a coffee company and why they have teamed up with a non profit foundation called Next Rung. Paul tells his personal story about struggles with mental …
Aug. 21, 2020
A Veteran Police Officer's Transition Story
My guest Mia Barron's goal in life is to inspire others. She is a helper at heart which made it only natural to pursue the career of a Police Officer at the age of 21. She is now a mother of twins, a former Police Officer fo…
July 28, 2020
Technology that saves time and saves lives by Rapid Response Co.
This bonus episode is on technology that helps save time and save lives. Rapid Response Co. is a company that has developed a software for firefighters to find their hydrants before arrival on scene and that is just one feat…
July 12, 2020
4th Generation Firefighter & Fitness Instructor Ian Palmer
Ian Palmer is a 4th generation firefighter and works at the Ridge Culver Fire Department in Irondequoit, New York. He also is an Air Force Veteran with two deployments to the Middle East. Ian had a wake up call about his phy…
June 18, 2020
100 lbs. weight loss journey by Firefighter/Paramedic Brooke Ames.
Firefighter/Paramedic Brooke Ames from Wisconsin is a rookie firefighter who came from the corporate world where she worked as a project manager for a Fortune 200 company. She spent 5 years as a volunteer firefighter and EMT…
May 28, 2020
Fire Captain Jeremy Sanders on Crew 1st Culture
Fire Captain Jeremy Sanders talks about how he turned his frustrations into creating a culture where everyone can succeed. The Crew 1st Culture comes from a passion for creating a Fire House environment like he's never been …
May 7, 2020
Resiliency in the first responder world.. how to have it, maintain it, and manage it
Nayi Partridge is a Trainer and Resilience Development Director for the Partridge Group in Riverton, Utah. She has created the Utah POST certified Peer Support curriculum, and is the only Trainer in Utah approved to certify …
April 23, 2020
Assistant Chief Kyle Hunt and his story of PTSD and his calling to serve
On this episode, we talk to assistant fire chief Kyle Hunt about his story of PTSD and how he realized he was struggling with it, and the strain it put on the relationships in his life. He talks about the different treatmen…
April 16, 2020
Season 1 Recap and Season 2 Intro!
Listen in on this episode as my wife Annie and I recap the first season of Enduring the Badge podcast, and give our thoughts on each one of the episodes and guests that were on. It was an amazing first season and we had som…
Aug. 6, 2019
Jeff Francom goes from 15 years as Firefighter/Paramedic and Captain to Emergency Manager.
Jeff Francom goes from being a reactive Paramedic and Fire Captain to a preventive Emergency Manger at a chemical depot. He discusses the mind shift that it took to take on this new responsibility and how rewarding it was. J…
June 25, 2019
The journey of Amanda Thomas from Deputy Fire Chief of a volunteer department to running a college
Amanda's journey to Deputy Fire Chief was no easy task with a young family and very controlling husband. She fought the daily battle to service her community and fire department without the support of her husband. During tha…
June 7, 2019
Fire Captain/Paramedic Chuck Shepherd looks back on his career with his girlfriend Misty.
Fire Captain Chuck Shepherd has been a firefighter/paramedic for over 20 years in Utah. In this episode he reflects on the ups and downs during some of those difficult and dark times in his career. During some of those time…
May 21, 2019
Firefighter/Paramedic Chris Verkerk shares how he suffered from PTSD and what it took to finally seek some help to deal with it each day.
Chris Verkerk wanted to be a firefighter since he was 3 years old. He was able to get into an explorer program at age 15. He stayed on the path to become a professional firefighter/paramedic and has been working the last 14 …