
Rocktown Emergencies
By Rocktown Emergencies
In this podcast where I explore emergency services in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. We talk with leaders and responders for Fire, EMS, Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Public Health.


Episode 15 (Jeff Morris - Part 2)
I want to thank Jeff, not only for spending time talking with him about his career in the fire service, but also for the guidance he's personally given me over the years I've known him.
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If you have suggestions for people you'd like interviewed, or topics you want discussed, leave a comment or send me a note.
Until next time, have a safe week.

Episode 14 (Jeff Morris - Part 1)



Episode 11 (Safety Stand Down - Part 3 - Fire Chief Ian Bennett)
Firefighter Safety Stand Down - www.safetystanddown.org
Harrisonburg Fire's Safety Stand Down Packet - www.safetystanddown.org/2019/06/harrisonburg-fire-department/
National Fallen Firefighter Foundation - www.firehero.org
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In the next episode we'll be talking with retiring James Madison University Police Chief Lee Shifflett.
Until next time, have a safe week.

Episode 10 (Safety Stand Down - Part 2 - Denise Smith)
This is not only the second episode to be released this week for the 2019 Firefighter Safety Stand Down week, but it's also our 10th episode, with hopefully many more to come.
You can find more information about the Firefighter Cancer Support Network at their website:
firefightercancersupport.org/
You can also find out more about the 2019 Firefighter Safety Stand Down at their website:
www.safetystanddown.org/
For the University of Illinois Fire Service Institute, visit their website at:
www.fsi.illinois.edu/
Until next time, have a safe week.

Episode 9 (Safety Stand Down - Part 1 - Bryan Frieders)

Episode 8 (Rod Pollard - Restorative Justice)
Resources:
www.harrisonburgva.gov/hpd-restorative-justice
www.restorativejustice.org
emu.edu/restorative-justice/
www.jmu.edu/osarp/restorative/restorative-justice.shtml
www.fairfieldcenter.org/

Episode 7 (Matt Cronin - Part 2)
You can find the Harrisonburg Rescue on facebook and on their facebook page at www.harrisonburgrescue.org.

Episode 6 (Matt Cronin - Part 1)
In this episode I talk with Matt Cronin, Rescue Chief for the Harrisonburg Rescue Squad.

Episode 5 (Scott Vanderkooi) - Part 2
In this episode we continue talking with Scott Vanderkooi. Scott is the EMS Program Director for Blue Ridge Community College. In this episode we talk about an EMS career and what to expect from the BRCC EMS classes.

Episode 4 (Scott Vanderkooi) - Part 1
Welcome to Rocktown Emergencies, I'm your host Paul Helmuth. For this next series I'm talking with Scott Vanderkooi. Scott is the EMS Program Director for Blue Ridge Community College. He talks to us about this new program at the college and what you need to do to register for the classes.

Episode 3 (Chief Eric English) - Part 2
Welcome to Rocktown Emergencies, I'm your host Paul Helmuth. This show we continue our interview with Police Chief Eric English, with the Harrisonburg Police Department. After spending almost 30 years with the Richmond Police Department he moved to Harrisonburg, VA to become their new police chief. This week we talk about his transition from a department of 1000 employees to one with over 110 sworn officers.

Episode 2 (Chief Eric English) - Part 1
Welcome to Rocktown Emergencies, I'm your host Paul Helmuth. Today I have the pleasure of speaking with the new Chief of Police for the Harrisonburg Police Department. Chief Eric English spent almost 30 years with the Richmond Police Department before coming to the City of Harrisonburg. After talking with several people who listened to our first episode, I decided to change things up just a little bit. This interview is done in two parts. In the first part we talk about how he ended up in law enforcement and what he did with the Richmond Police Department.

Episode 1 - Rocktown Emergencies (Deputy Chief Matt Tobia)
Welcome to Rocktown Emergencies. In Rocktown Emergencies we talk with leaders in Fire, EMS, Law Enforcement, Emergency Management and Public Health in the Shenandoah Valley.
In this episode we interview the new Deputy Chief of Training, Chief Matt Tobia. Chief Tobia retired from Anne Arundel County, MD and then Assistant Chief of Loudoun County Fire and Rescue.