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Chief Frank Leeb returns: Make yourself ‘difficult to injure, impossible to kill’

Chief Frank Leeb returns: Make yourself ‘difficult to injure, impossible to kill’

FromBetter Every Shift


Chief Frank Leeb returns: Make yourself ‘difficult to injure, impossible to kill’

FromBetter Every Shift

ratings:
Length:
73 minutes
Released:
Nov 30, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

To help Better Every Shift mark its milestone 1-year anniversary, our very first guest, FDNY Chief of Safety Frank Leeb, returns to the show to talk all things leadership, safety and training – including the critical mindset that “we owe it to our loved ones to be better every day to make sure that we are making ourselves difficult to injure and impossible to kill.”
Plus, we dig into all this:
What Leeb believes will keep fire chiefs up at night for the next 20 years 
Key principles from Leeb’s new book, “Cornerstones of Leadership,” including his favorite chapter
Leeb’s advice for giving crews just the right amount of information to get the job done
Training lineages and why “we need to have as many children as possible”
How to give crews both “tasty and nutritious” training (and why M&Ms should sponsor the show)
Leeb’s personal connection to encouraging bystander CPR education
Where Leeb sees himself in 1 year
A shared love of Tigger, naturally

Episode power quote: “I will never retire from the fire service because the one thing I know for sure is that I could live to be 150 years old, and I will never go to enough fires to satisfy my appetite to go to fires.”
Email bettereveryshift@firerescue1.com to share your feedback!
Released:
Nov 30, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

FireRescue1’s Better Every Shift Podcast spotlights the passion and perseverance of firefighters. Hosted by Madison, Wisconsin, Firefighter Aaron Zamzow, the show brings kitchen table conversations to the airwaves, always focused on solutions, positivity and the realities of station life. Zamzow and guests tackle myriad hot topics, whether fire service, news or even pop culture-focused, bringing some levity to the often very serious nature of the profession. Dig into what drives firefighters to improve themselves, their crew, even the fire service as a whole. Listen in to get better every day, every call, every shift.