This conversation with Alan House pulls us back to the foundations of who we are as firefighters. Alan started his career in the 1960s, rose through Hampshire Fire and Rescue, and has spent decades preserving the story of our service. As part of the Firefighters Memorial Trust, he helps record and honour every person who has died in the line of duty. His work reminds us that remembrance is not nostalgia. It is accountability. The story of the British Fire Service stretches from the old insura...
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This conversation with Alan House pulls us back to the foundations of who we are as firefighters. Alan started his career in the 1960s, rose through Hampshire Fire and Rescue, and has spent decades preserving the story of our service. As part of the Firefighters Memorial Trust, he helps record and honour every person who has died in the line of duty. His work reminds us that remembrance is not nostalgia. It is accountability. The story of the British Fire Service stretches from the old insura...
#421 Health Span over Life Span: Staying Operational to 60 with Chris Ward of Fit Fire Rescue part 1
Firefighter Podcast
58 minutes
2 weeks ago
#421 Health Span over Life Span: Staying Operational to 60 with Chris Ward of Fit Fire Rescue part 1
In part one Chris Ward goes deep on the truth about firefighter fitness, long term health, and the realities of staying operational into your sixties. From the early days of joining the service to the shock of pension changes, chronic illness, fear of capability tests and the uncomfortable slide from “fit at twenty eight” to “struggling at forty five”, Chris lays out why fitness for firefighters is no longer about passing a yearly treadmill minimum. It is about health span, resilience, and bu...
Firefighter Podcast
This conversation with Alan House pulls us back to the foundations of who we are as firefighters. Alan started his career in the 1960s, rose through Hampshire Fire and Rescue, and has spent decades preserving the story of our service. As part of the Firefighters Memorial Trust, he helps record and honour every person who has died in the line of duty. His work reminds us that remembrance is not nostalgia. It is accountability. The story of the British Fire Service stretches from the old insura...