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Fighting for the Soul of Firefighting - Conversation With Burton Clark

Fighting for the Soul of Firefighting - Conversation With Burton Clark

FromThe Multi-Hazards Podcast


Fighting for the Soul of Firefighting - Conversation With Burton Clark

FromThe Multi-Hazards Podcast

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Length:
83 minutes
Released:
Oct 29, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

How can communities be protected from fires, without firefighters getting diseases, or being injured or killed? How can our attitudes about fire and firefighter workplace culture change, so that more lives are saved, those of community members and firefighters? Listen to this timely, exciting episode with a fire culture expert who has put a lot of thought and time into these questions, a master storyteller: "Fighting for the Soul of Firefighting - Conversation With Burton Clark" (Multi-Hazards Podcast S03 E06).  Dr Burton A Clark Bio Dr. Burton A. Clark, Executive Fire Officer (EFO), has been in the fire service for 50 years, including the District of Columbia in Washington DC the Capital of the USA, Prince George’s County Fire Department in Maryland and the USA National Fire Academy. He served as Assistant Fire Chief in Laurel, Maryland and as an Operations Section Chief for National emergencies and disasters. Presently he serves on the Board of Advisors for the Fire Service Psychology Association and the Board of Governors for the John M. Moschella Fire Service Research Grant Trust. Dr. Clark is a Technical Expert Reviewer for the USA National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention program and a doctoral dissertation advisor at various universities. He is the author of “I Can’t Save You, But I’ll Die Trying. The American Fire Culture” which I am now reading, it's chock full of great stories & a call to reform this great profession and the way society looks at fires. Dr. Clark studies fire culture worldwide, his web page is  www.americanfireculture.com
Released:
Oct 29, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (92)

Multi-Hazards . . . all about protecting communities. Climate change, extreme weather, (un)natural disasters, pandemics, systemic racism, neocolonialism, neoliberalism, poisonous political trends, etc. These pose a threat to human societies and the natural world. This is a podcast about disasters suffered or averted, with issues facing experts in climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction, anti-racism and many other important topics. It's for anyone interested in protecting your communities, families, your livelihoods or businesses, especially those suffering from this global system that makes many people even more vulnerable. Tune in as we seek solutions to potential risks and also the domino or cascading effects when they overlap and slam into each other. With many, many wonderful, knowledgeable guests and host, Vin Nelsen . . .