Day Watch
When the station alerting system goes down, all companies go to day watch. Wayne Township Fire Department in Indianapolis, Indiana, created this podcast to bring information to everyone through transparent communications and entertaining commentary.
Episodes
26 episodes
FDIC 2024 | David Rhodes
FDIC is back in town, and Indianapolis is excited to welcome over 30,000 public safety members from the US and worldwide. David Rhodes, the editor and chief of Fire Engineering Magazine, joins us again this year to discuss the 2024 conference a...
•
Season 3
•
Episode 24025
•
48:05
Russ Shoaf, Division Chief of Training.
On this episode of the Day Watch podcast, I sit down with the Division Chief of training, Russell Shoaf. Chief Shoaf has been in the fire service, both volunteer and career, since the 1970s and possesses decades of experience in technical rescu...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 23024
•
1:07:25
Captain Bob Crouch
In today's episode, I talk about the old days of the Wayne Township Fire Department with Captain Bob Crouch. Bob was born and raised in the Wayne Township area and has family roots that go back to the beginning of the fire department. Bob is on...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 23023
•
1:01:12
Dr. Keeley Stewart Part II
On this episode of the Day Watch Podcast, Part Two of our series with Dr. Keeley Stewart, "The Barriers to Firefighter Mental Health." I talk with Keeley about her immersion study and her discovery of how trust plays a significant role in the f...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 23022
•
51:03
Dr. Keeley Stewart Part I
On this episode of the Day Watch Podcast, I sit and talk with Doctor Keeley Stewart, Ph.D. Keeley conducted an immersion study about firefighter mental health at WTFD and defended her Ph.D. based on her research on career firefighters in our bu...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 23021
•
37:15
Emergency Management Update, Troy Wymer
On today's episode of the Day Watch Podcast, I once again sit down with Wayne Township Fire Department Battalion Chief of Emergency Management Troy Wymer. We talk about our recently updated traffic preemption system, discuss active shooter trai...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 23020
•
33:52
Live from FDIC 2023
This episode of the Day Watch podcast was created live from the Indiana Convention Center during FDIC 2023. This special live podcast is presented unedited and will run the entire length of its original broadcast. Guests include Candace Ashby, ...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 23019
•
54:37
Ellen Robinson, HR Director
On this episode of the Day Watch Podcast, I sit down with Ellen Robinson, Wayne Township's new Human Resource Director. Ellen and I discuss her background before joining the Township and what the HR manager position entails.
•
Season 2
•
Episode 23018
•
35:02
High-Reliability Process, Paul LeSage
On this episode of the "Day Watch Podcast," I talk to Paul LeSage, (Ret) lead flight paramedic, assistant fire chief, and director of Oregon’s second-largest emergency 911 and dispatch center, to discuss his upcoming orientation class at ...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 23017
•
44:01
Part II Making Search Your Priority with Chief David Rhodes
In part II of "Making Search Your Priority," Assistant Chief Matt Stewart and I continue our conversation with the Editor in Chief of Fire Engineering Magazine and retired Batallion Chief of the City of Atalanta Georga Fire Department, David Rh...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 23016
•
1:12:40
Making Search Your Priority! Chief David Rhodes
On this episode of the Day Watch Podcast, Assistant Chief Matt Stewart and I sit down with the new Editor in Chief of Fire Engineering and Educational Director for FDIC international, David Rhodes. We spend time discussing the science behind wh...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 23015
•
1:22:56
Fire Chief Marcus Reed
I introduce Chief of the Department Marcus Reed on today's Day Watch Podcast. Chief Reed talks about his career and his plans for the future of the Wayne Township Fire Department.
•
Season 2
•
Episode 23014
•
45:53
Vent-Enter-Search
On this episode of the Day Watch Podcast, I sit down with the Divison Chief of Training, Scott Baker, and C shift firefighter Jeff Ball and discuss a house fire from January of 2023. This fire had the first due engine company performing V...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 23013
•
33:17
WTFD Medical Center with Sonya Alivio, Nurse Practitioner.
We have a big show in this episode! WTFD Medical Centers Nurse Practitioner Sonya Alivio, newly appointed Battalion Chief of Health and Safety Michael Phillips, and Assistant Chief of Planning and Administration Felicity Morgan all join me in c...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 2212
•
41:48
Emergency Management at Wayne Township Fire Department
Battalion Chief Troy Wymer sits with me to discuss his new fire department Emergency Manager position. Troy brings real work experience and technical knowledge to this newly created position at Wayne Township.
•
Season 1
•
Episode 2211
•
43:37
Eric Banister, host of the Day Watch Podcast.
Meet the host of the Day Watch podcast Eric Banister. Eric is a Captain and the Public Information Officer for the Wayne Township Fire Department in Indianapolis, IN. This is a short podcast just to update its listeners on the show'...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 2210
•
8:05
Wayne Township EMS Division Q & A
I sit with EMS Division Chief Andrea Grogg and interim Fire Chief Matt Stewart to discuss invited questions sent to them by members of the Wayne Township EMS division. This episode of the Day Watch Podcast will cover a wide range of topic...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 22009
•
1:03:15
AXS Wellness LLS, First Responder Sleep Recovery Program
We are joined in the P-10 Recording Studio by Jacqueline Toomey, Co-Founder of "First Responder Sleep Recovery Program." Jacqueline, Division Chief Felicity Morgan, and I discuss the importance of sleep and how science and rest provide ev...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 22008
•
49:20
Chris Froelich, Service and Recognition Coordinator
On this episode of Day Watch, I speak with Chris Froelich, our newly appointed Service and Recognition coordinator at Wayne Township, to discuss how we are approaching and formalizing retirement and outstanding achievement awards ...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 22007
•
45:19
ProTeam Tactical Performance
Chief Felicity Morgan and I sit down with Tim Drudge and Dave Smith from ProTeam Tactical Performance to discuss their philosophy on the physical rehabilitation of public safety personnel. ProTeam Tactical Performance is a sports medicine...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 22006
•
40:50
Tim Gallagher, WTFD Peer Support Coordinator
Tim Gallagher, the WTFD Peer Support Coordinator and the Local 416 Peer Support Secretary, and I sit down to discuss the mental health counseling and other resources available to Wayne Township employees and their families.
•
Season 1
•
Episode 22005
•
24:39
David Rhodes, Battalion Chief (ret), city of Atlanta Ga.
Assistant Chief Matt Stewart and I sit down with retired Atlanta Georgia Battalion Chief David Rhodes to discuss the past, present, and future of fire service leadership training and career development. Chief Rhodes tells us about his tim...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 4
•
1:19:45
Health and Safety with Felicity Morgan
Division Chief of Health and Safety Felicity Morgan talks to us about her history with the Wayne Township Fire Department. We will discuss upcoming training and events in the health and safety division and preview the status of the VO2 testing ...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 3
•
40:24
Chief Bobby Halton ret
Chief Bobby Halton, ret., is editor-in-chief of Fire Engineering magazine and education director of the Fire Department Instructors Conference (FDIC). We sat down with Chief Halton to discuss the Fire Department Instructors Conference (FDIC) an...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 22002
•
1:07:50