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In this episode Nick Hilton and Paul Balentine sit down and discuss the topic of staying in step on the fire scene and within your organization. It is extremely important to be sure everyone in your fire department is on the same page. In order for your members to believe in your decisions, actions or procedures, they must be communicated the reason, or why.

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After attending the New England FOOLS Northeast Summit over the weekend, we took a lot home about the lack of initiative in the fire service, specifically with newer, younger members. In this episode, Nick Hilton hits on 7 situations where initiative is lacking and should be improved upon.

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Many of our podcast episodes and our social media content is focused on leadership. The big goal of Brotherhood Academy Radio is to revive the Volunteer and Call Fire Service. It goes without saying that one of the critical components of making this happen is good leadership. This episode touches on a list of points that explain why leadership should be a big topic in your Fire Department.

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The Seacoast Maine & New Hampshire Fire Service has been rocked with a Line of Duty Death. Captain Joel Barnes of the Berwick, ME died a hero on March 1st, 2019 after him and his partner became trapped on the 3rd floor of an apartment building fire. The fire service community has come together in incredible ways to support the Berwick Fire Department and to honor Captain Barnes. Here are a few words for the Captain.

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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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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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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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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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