The Functional Firefighter Framework

05/06/2024

Episode #13 is out now!! In this episode we sit down with leadership coach Amanda Rollins and USMC LtCol Susan E. Upward Upward, to discuss leadership development, training and unconscious bias to provide a different perspective from outside of the fire service.

Nick and Clink sit down with leadership coach Mandy Rollins and USMC LtCol Susan Upward, to discuss leadership development, training and unconscious bias to ...

05/01/2024

Episode #12 with Dr.Brian Schilling is out now! We discuss research behind physically demanding professions, what technology can assist with measurements and hurdles to conducting research.

Nick and Tony speak with Dr. Brian Schilling from UNLV about studying physically demanding professions, what technology can assist with measurements and hurd...

03/12/2024

Season 2 Episode 1 (Episode #11) of our podcast is finally here! In this episode, Battalion Chief Heckard shares his conflict management strategies while we explore the difference between studying to be a supervisor and applying those learnings in real-life situations.

Watch the full video here:
https://youtu.be/lgxNE4wchUI?si=Ab1PZ-KM0fNmxpCk

03/10/2024

02/04/2024

A big thank you to The University of Missouri Fire And Rescue Training Institute for allowing us the opportunity to teach this weekend. What an incredible program that offers so much to the fire service. until next time!

08/24/2023

Just finished our presentation and what an awesome experience! Thank you to everyone who attended and stayed afterwards to provide feedback and further discussion on todays topic. Thank you to for the opportunity, we hope to see you all again next year!

08/21/2023

One of our favorite weeks of the year is here!! NSCA Tactical Annual Training Conference and it’s here in Las Vegas! It’s such a fun week full of education and technology to help take care of tactical athletes. Tony and Myself are teaching Thursday the 24th at 10am. We hope to see you all there!

08/11/2023

Just a reminder for firefighters in Southern Nevada looking to get a Calcium Coronary Scan. A 2 minute that can provide invaluable information about your cardiac health. Thank you SimonMed for providing expedited care for our firefighters

08/05/2023

Follow up information from last post.

08/05/2023

Key takeaways: Scheduled within 48hours, no referral needed, $85 out of pocket, provide primary care doctors name, and no caffeine 6 hours before.

Per the Cleveland Clinic - a calcium score test is a CT scan that examines calcification of your coronary arteries = which indicates buildup of plaque. It's a noninvasive test that only takes 10-15minutes for the entire procedure.This isn't a comprehensive cardiac work-up, it can't detect all forms of CAD, and isn't a absolute for predicting risk for heart attack, but it is a cheap and easy diagnostic tool that can give insight to your current condition and be a useful tool that you and your physician use to determine any further treatment/diagnostic planning.

You should consider getting a CT calcium score if you're >40, family history, use to***co (current or ever), high cholesterol & HTN, overweight/BMI >25, inactive lifestyles, other non-traditional risk factors,

06/20/2023

We had a great time at The National Fire Academy! We met some amazing people and took part in awesome discussions! There was hundreds of years of experience in between 4 walls, all to discuss safety and the wellbeing of firefighters around the country! 🤯 We would recommend everyone take the opportunity to go to NFA and bring something to take notes,because it is a very eye opening experience. A big thank you to and Jeff Buchanan for introducing this opportunity to us.

06/02/2023

Episode #10 is out now!! In this episode we sit down with Dr. Zaki from Optimize physical therapy to discuss movement requirements for firefighters and some common injury patterns he has seen when treating firefighters. We also analyze video clips of common fire ground and EMS activities and things that can be done to help improve a firefighters ability to complete task more safely.

Nick and Tony sit down with Dr. Zaki from Optimize physical therapy to discuss movement requirements for firefighters and some common injury patterns he has ...