Steve Sadler & Steve Healey on FIRE!
Fire Knowledge Insights for the On-call and beyond!
https://fire-magazine.co.uk/podcast-fire-knowledge-insights-on-call
We talk with FIRE magazine editor Andrew Ledgerton-Lynch and Steve Healey, Deputy Chief Fire Officer for Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service and current incumbent in role at the NFCC as their On-call Strategic Leader
We discuss On-call recruitment, retention, & resignations and emphasise how research and evidence of best practice can support the Sector’s challenges.
In the word’s of Steve Healey:
“Steve Sadler, on-call ff, academic & as described by many, all round top guy who is dedicated to addressing the challenges around on-call recruitment/retention. Steve’s certainly someone who lives/breathes it & understands the “perennial problem””
Thanks Steve!
We hope you enjoy this podcast!
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Dan’s leader-leader leadership philosophy (and how Steve has benefitted from it!)
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And inform turnout times and response to risk approaches.
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On-call recruitment and retention solutions based on evidence, research and data from across the sector and the world
What data tells us about the On-call landscape
How research can help support fire and rescue services as they seek to recruit and retain On-call firefighters against an unfavourable backdrop
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A culture of collaboration
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