Lt. Nick Hilton

This week’s Wednesday Box Alarm comes on the heals of a recent incident involving traffic and fresh snow. Not all of you listening to this podcast have to deal with snow and busy roads, but you may get some value out of this anyway. We need to be keeping out heads on a swivel and giving ourselves a safe space to work at all traffic related incidents, but even more so during snow or rain conditions.

About Brotherhood Academy Radio

The Brotherhood Academy Radio is hosted by three fire officers from Southern Maine. We believe that through training, leadership and empowerment, it is possible to maintain a successful membership in your fire department organization.

We launch two episodes every week. Every Sunday morning we launch our full length episodes on topics such as leadership, training, interviews with other fire service members and our own experiences in the fire service. Every Wednesday we launch our Wednesday Box Alarm which is a short show featuring tips, tricks, tactics, ideas and commentary. Be sure to listen on iTunes, Spotify, Google and on our website www.BrotherhoodAcademyRadio.com

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This week’s full length episode is a few days late, but Nick Hilton was able to secure an interview with a long-time listener of the show. Roggie Seldon of the Rand, WV Volunteer Fire Department was one of our first listeners to present a question for the BAR Boys to answer in one of our earlier episodes. Today, Nick and Roggie were able to have an hour conversation about the Rand Fire Department, Roggie’s family history in the fire service and how the fire service should be working together no matter what status you are in the fire service.

About Brotherhood Academy Radio

The Brotherhood Academy Radio is hosted by three fire officers from Southern Maine. We believe that through training, leadership and empowerment, it is possible to maintain a successful membership in your fire department organization.

We launch two episodes every week. Every Sunday morning we launch our full length episodes on topics such as leadership, training, interviews with other fire service members and our own experiences in the fire service. Every Wednesday we launch our Wednesday Box Alarm which is a short show featuring tips, tricks, tactics, ideas and commentary. Be sure to listen on iTunes, Spotify, Google and on our website www.BrotherhoodAcademyRadio.com

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This week’s Wednesday Box Alarm episode is a very quick one. The holiday season is here. We’re busy, we are running calls, working more hours, stressing about holiday preparations and dealing with mother nature. But are we stopping ourselves and remembering to spend time with our little ones? Are we remembering that the holidays are supposed to be fun? Take a listen.

About Brotherhood Academy Radio

The Brotherhood Academy Radio is hosted by three fire officers from Southern Maine. We believe that through training, leadership and empowerment, it is possible to maintain a successful membership in your fire department organization.

We launch two episodes every week. Every Sunday morning we launch our full length episodes on topics such as leadership, training, interviews with other fire service members and our own experiences in the fire service. Every Wednesday we launch our Wednesday Box Alarm which is a short show featuring tips, tricks, tactics, ideas and commentary. Be sure to listen on iTunes, Spotify, Google and on our website www.BrotherhoodAcademyRadio.com

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The week’s full length episode of the Brotherhood Academy Radio podcast is all about being on your A-Game. There are many ways to assure this happens, but Nick Hilton delivers 10 of his strategies for staying on your A-Game. Let’s face it, we are always faced with danger no matter who we are or where we are. It doesn’t matter what capacity you are working in or what part of the continent you are located. We always face danger and risk of death. Let’s remain on our A-Game.

About Brotherhood Academy Radio

The Brotherhood Academy Radio is hosted by three fire officers from Southern Maine. We believe that through training, leadership and empowerment, it is possible to maintain a successful membership in your fire department organization.

We launch two episodes every week. Every Sunday morning we launch our full length episodes on topics such as leadership, training, interviews with other fire service members and our own experiences in the fire service. Every Wednesday we launch our Wednesday Box Alarm which is a short show featuring tips, tricks, tactics, ideas and commentary. Be sure to listen on iTunes, Spotify, Google and on our website www.BrotherhoodAcademyRadio.com

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This week’s Wednesday Box Alarm touches up on how we should all be representing our fire departments professionally. As volunteer or on-call Firefighters we tend to be wearing our Fire Department shirts or driving around in our vehicles with Fire Department plates or stickers. Are we doing the best that we can to maintain a good image for our organizations?

About Brotherhood Academy Radio

The Brotherhood Academy Radio is hosted by three fire officers from Southern Maine. We believe that through training, leadership and empowerment, it is possible to maintain a successful membership in your fire department organization.

We launch two episodes every week. Every Sunday morning we launch our full length episodes on topics such as leadership, training, interviews with other fire service members and our own experiences in the fire service. Every Wednesday we launch our Wednesday Box Alarm which is a short show featuring tips, tricks, tactics, ideas and commentary. Be sure to listen on iTunes, Spotify, Google and on our website www.BrotherhoodAcademyRadio.com

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This week Nick Hilton gave the rest of the BAR Boys a break. Why? Well because we have all had a long week. But, it was a good week, that included a trip to Framingham, Mass for the National Fire Radio On Tap event, hosted in partnership with the New England FOOLS. We all had a fantastic time with other brother and sister firefighters from all over. It got us thinking about this week’s topic, which is something we all need. Initiative within the fire service plays a critical part in retention and boosting our membership numbers. Listen to Nick give his thoughts in this week’s full length episode.

About Brotherhood Academy Radio

The Brotherhood Academy Radio is hosted by three fire officers from Southern Maine. We believe that through training, leadership and empowerment, it is possible to maintain a successful membership in your fire department organization.

We launch two episodes every week. Every Sunday morning we launch our full length episodes on topics such as leadership, training, interviews with other fire service members and our own experiences in the fire service. Every Wednesday we launch our Wednesday Box Alarm which is a short show featuring tips, tricks, tactics, ideas and commentary. Be sure to listen on iTunes, Spotify, Google and on our website www.BrotherhoodAcademyRadio.com

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This week’s Wednesday Box Alarm is a quick one. Recorded before the BAR Boys went down to Framingham, MA to the National Fire Radio/New England FOOLS On-Tap event. The event has turned from a round-table event to a fundraiser for Worcester, MA Lt. Menard’s family. Here Nick Hilton discusses how awesome it is to see the fire service community come together for a family that is going through hell.

About Brotherhood Academy Radio

The Brotherhood Academy Radio is hosted by three fire officers from Southern Maine. We believe that through training, leadership and empowerment, it is possible to maintain a successful membership in your fire department organization.

We launch two episodes every week. Every Sunday morning we launch our full length episodes on topics such as leadership, training, interviews with other fire service members and our own experiences in the fire service. Every Wednesday we launch our Wednesday Box Alarm which is a short show featuring tips, tricks, tactics, ideas and commentary. Be sure to listen on iTunes, Spotify, Google and on our website www.BrotherhoodAcademyRadio.com

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This week we sat down with Probationary Firefighter Shannan Sharp. Shannan joined the fire service in August of 2019 and wanted to come on the show to talk about something that every volunteer or on-call fire department should be doing. Public outreach and information about what our members do for the community seems to be lacking in a lot of places. Listen to this episode as we listen to a new member’s perspective. We end up empowering this brand new member to use the talents she already has for the better of our organization. Lead. Empower. Win.

About Brotherhood Academy Radio

The Brotherhood Academy Radio is hosted by three fire officers from Southern Maine. We believe that through training, leadership and empowerment, it is possible to maintain a successful membership in your fire department organization.

We launch two episodes every week. Every Sunday morning we launch our full length episodes on topics such as leadership, training, interviews with other fire service members and our own experiences in the fire service. Every Wednesday we launch our Wednesday Box Alarm which is a short show featuring tips, tricks, tactics, ideas and commentary. Be sure to listen on iTunes, Spotify, Google and on our website www.BrotherhoodAcademyRadio.com

Like our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/brotherhoodacademyradio

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