Billy Goldfeder
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FIREFIGHTER & FIRE OFFICER 2025 LEADERSHIP & SURVIVAL
Chief Billy Goldfeder will present through video, audio, and lecture, his program focusing on “in the firehouse” and “on the scene” survival. The program uses specific and very recent events with a strong focus on dwelling and commercial “suburban” fires-that ended with tragic results. It also looks at the “behavior” issues and the critical role of supervisors. The program focuses specifically on the LESSONS LEARNED so that these incidents (and those involved) don't ever become forgotten. Attendees are given an excellent opportunity to apply the LESSONS LEARNED to their own departments…and themselves, when returning home...potentially avoiding "history tragically repeating itself.”
The goal of the program---from your most SENIOR FIRE OFFICERS to your NEWEST Company Officers (and those that want to be) is to have them leave more knowledgeable, educated, informed, and more focused on their role-on scene and in the firehouse. Most importantly, it will leave them THINKING HARD about their SIZE UP responsibilities before, on arrival and while operating at fire incidents…and how it applies in quarters, to themselves, each other, and their families.
These factual LESSONS LEARNED in sizing up operations in quarters, before the run and on scene, with related cases studies - will help ensure that history is not repeated...by the members officers and chiefs of your department.
Things ARE different in 2026…
…NOT EVERYONE GOES HOME. Some Firefighters do and some don’t…this seminar will help you learn and understand HOW AND WHY.
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Books by Billy Goldfeder
“And The Beat Goes On” (2007)
Firefighters have got to stop killing themselves! They are heroic but do many non-heroic things that may result in injury and death. Deputy Chief Billy Goldfeder, Fire Engineering contributing editor and FDIC speaker, rallies the troops to fight smarter and safer by refusing to make common mistakes that can have fatal consequences - failing to wear a seatbelt, entering a building where there is no human life at risk, failing to drive safely, failing to wear SCBA and all protective gear at every call. Chief Goldfeder challenges chiefs to make sure everyone goes home and reminds firefighters why they must avoid unnecessary risks: the family and friends left behind when they are gone! Author Billy Goldfeder is donating royalties from the sale of this video to the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation and the Ray Downey Courage and Valor Foundation.
“Pass It on: What We Know...What We Want You to Know” (2014)
For his first book, Chief Billy Goldfeder, a 40-year fire service veteran, solicited insights and pearls of wisdom from our country's greatest firefighters, fire officers and emergency responders. The stories that make up this unprecedented collection share many perspectives of the emergency service experience and offer invaluable, often hard-won, lessons learned. Every firefighter, from probie to veteran, can find something to take away from these factual, real-life, first-hand stories, which offer a range of emotions—from wit to heartache and basic common sense.
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