Lt. Nick Hilton

Podcast Episode 014 – How The Incident Commander can keep members invested.

6 years ago Lt. Nick Hilton

This episode is based off a blog post that Nick wrote explaining how the Incident Commander can do simple things that will help keep members invested and wanting to come back. A solo episode with Nick, he goes over the five points that were in the blog post.

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Podcast Episode 013 – The Value of Committees

6 years ago Lt. Nick Hilton

Listen to this solo episode with Nick and learn why committees are critical in our departments. From teamwork to retention, we should all be focusing on creating an environment for our members to feel involved.

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Podcast Episode 012 – Planning

6 years ago Lt. Nick Hilton

Planning is an important part of managing a Fire Department, even more important when trying to retain your membership. Listen to a solo episode from Nick about why planning is so important and how you can imply it to leadership, recruitment and retention.

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Podcast Episode 011 – Being Part of Something Greater Than Yourself.

6 years ago Lt. Nick Hilton

A solo episode with Nick. He talks about why it is important to put aside your personal agendas and become part of your Fire Department’s vision. If you’re a Chief and you aren’t sharing the vision and direction of your Fire Department with the other members, you’re setting yourself up for failure.

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What’s next?

6 years ago Lt. Nick Hilton

In August of 2018 Brotherhood Academy Radio (BAR) came to life with the very first podcast episode.  It sure wasn’t the best quality of podcast episodes, but it was our very first.  Salvaged from an old movement that was “Save Volunteerism in the Fire Service”, the content and followers were transitioned into what we have right now.

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Leaders Stay Off The Grass – Personal steps to becoming a leader.

6 years ago Lt. Nick Hilton

Have you ever been in a store trying to find something and none of the employees ask if you need assistance? Have you ever gone into a public restroom to find the person before you didn’t flush the toilet? Maybe you’ve noticed someone put a container of ice cream in the bread isle at the grocery store. If you’re anything like me, you’re thinking to yourself “What the f*ck is wrong with people?”. I find myself thinking, and saying out loud, that phrase all too often.

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Let’s come together with solutions to the volunteer crisis.

6 years ago Lt. Nick Hilton
It is possible, with hard work and commitment, to recruit and retain a large volunteer based membership. 

If you’re like me, you scroll social media and notice articles every day being shared about how the volunteer fire service is struggling with membership numbers. If you take the time to read them, you’ll see that most of the articles explain the problems but they do not offer many solutions. Some may mention plans for new incentives to attract more people, but none of the articles dig real deep into the issue. Personally, I am frustrated when I read these articles. I’m sure a lot of my frustration comes from my hatred for problems being addressed without a solid solution following it. Though, the rest of my frustration stems from all of us not coming together to solve this problem.

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Podcast Episode 010 – How to keep your spark with Nick

6 years ago Lt. Nick Hilton

Have you ever found yourself losing your drive and motivation? Or, maybe you’ve found yourself in a rut and just not satisfied with what you’re able to do around the firehouse.  We all get to that point in our lives when everything else starts to take over and you lose your spark with the fire department.  

In this podcast, Nick explains some simple points to help you get your spark back.  Listen to this short solo episode and see if you can find your spark once again and keep it permanently.  

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How the incident commander can keep members invested.

6 years ago Lt. Nick Hilton

It takes everyone from all ranks to work on keeping members invested in your fire department. From the Chief to the Firefighters, each and every one of us has a duty to provide their piece to the complicated puzzle known as Membership Retention. We should all be doing our best to curb any drama and rumors, avoid negativity and spread a positive attitude. Along with that, we should all be making sure the time we are spending away from our family and jobs is time not wasted.

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Podcast Episode 009 – Traits of the Fire Service Leader with Nick

6 years ago Lt. Nick Hilton

This episode is a follow up of the blog post “What Makes a Leader“.  You may have seen the image posted to social comparing the Fire Service Leader and the Average Firefighter.  Here, Nick hits all the points in a short solo episode.

Brotherhood Academy Radio, or BAR, is a podcast for volunteer, call and combination fire departments across the globe. This podcast will bring an assortment of guests from all areas of the fire service, as well as other emergency service agencies, fire service businesses and family members of firefighters.

BAR is recorded in a casual, candid manner in York, Maine. We will usually be drinking a beer of our liking during each show to set the mood a little lighter and certainly entertaining. We will touch on subjects related to leadership, management, recruitment, training and much more. Our podcasts are free to everyone.

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