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Podcast: Main Street Firefighting: David O’Neal

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Hosts Chris Tobin and Lex Shady talk with Akron (OH) Fire Department’s District Chief of Special Operations Division David O’Neal. Chief O’Neal wrote a thesis for the Naval Post Graduate School entitled “Training for Failure in the United States Fire Service.” The chief explains the information presented in his thesis and discusses how it applies to building construction. 

The thesis: https://www.hsdl.org/?view&did=834597

Sponsored by Unimac: https://UniMac.com/sanitize 

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