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This week’s Wednesday Box Alarm features a guest, Jennifer Hilton, to talk about a healthy eating option for First Responders. Jennifer, Nick’s wife, has been with a company for a year now that specializes in all natural food product that provides all of the nutrients you need daily. Listen as she explains what the offer is and how it has changed our lives.

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Fundraising take a lot of work and requires some creative thinking, but every fire department find themselves in the situation where raising some extra cash is necessary. Often times one of the biggest challenges is coming up with an idea for a fundraiser. As times change, so should our means of raising the extra dollars needed to keep our organizations running. Episode 057 of the BAR Podcasts goes over a little bit about preparing for a fundraiser and then showcases a short list of creative event ideas.

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The Wednesday Box Alarm is a short podcast brought to you every week. It features a short commentary, tip or tactic on any topic related to the fire service. This week, Nick Hilton talks a little bit about what we should be eating after a training exercise and other events and details. What are you eating? Is it donuts, muffins and coffee? Or are you providing your members with a healthier option?

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In this episode the BAR Boys are excited to have had a conversation with Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Lt. Bruce Griffin. Lt. Griffin is the creator of the popular Facebook Page called Fire Apparatus Tactics. Our conversation started out with how Fire Apparatus Tactics came about and we kicked it off from there. You can find Fire Apparatus Tactics at https://www.facebook.com/FireApparatusTactics/

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On this week’s Wednesday Box Alarm, Nick Hilton explains how creating relationships with local business owners or managers and employees can be a huge benefit to your fire department. Nick used an example where four local businesses all came into play when planning and preparing for a recent controlled burn exercise. What businesses do you have in your community that could help your fire department in more ways than one?

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In this episode we have the whole team back together. We spend the first few minutes catching up. It has been a while since we have had a chance to talk about what is going on in our lives. We then went into the main topic of the episode which involved each of us to open up a little bit. We got a little personal in hopes to illustrate to our listeners that nobody is perfect. It doesn’t matter how much time you have in the fire service, what rank you hold or where you are in the world. We all have weaknesses. Today, we each dumped one weakness we are experiencing today in the fire service and discussed solutions to each weakness. We hope this provides some value to everyone who takes the time to listen.

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This week’s Wednesday Box Alarm, Nick Hilton gives a quick six minute commentary on why it is important to continue your education in the fire service. There are many places you can find information, classes and training opportunities. Nick explains a few ideas that hopefully will inspire and motivate you to get out and keep learning.

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When it comes to our regular training nights, as volunteer and on-call fire departments we want to be sure we are keeping our members engaged. It is very easy to fall into a slump with boring and stale training exercises. So we came up with a list of 6 outside of the box training ideas. Taylor them to your needs and what suits your department best.

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From a quote by Jocko Willink in his book “Extreme Ownership”, Nick takes a quick five minutes or so to explain how the quote applies to leadership in the fire service. Leaders must control their emotions and their adrenaline when giving assignments and speaking with their members. At the same time, however, we need to learn to not be robots. “People don’t listen to robots”.

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Lead. Empower. Win. could be the fundamentals that we need to adopt and look into when it comes to reviving the volunteer and on-call fire service. The volunteer fire service model is in crisis right now. There are many reasons why this is happening, and the reasons may differ depending on where you’re located. Strong Leadership and Empowering your members is a great place to start.

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