The Fraternal Order of Leatherheads Society (F.O.O.L.S.) is an organization dedicated to the camaraderie and brother/sisterhood forged between firefighters. The F.O.O.L.S. provide realistic fire training for real firefighters and feel it is their duty to keep their brother and sisters in the fire service as safe as possible on the fireground. The F.O.O.L.S. are about Duty-Honor-Tradition.
2025 Convention Wrap-up interview with Palm Beach County FOOLS
FOOLS International E-Board members interview Mike Allison and Lindsay Mullen about the challenges and successes of hosting the 2025 FOOLS International Convention.
12 Jun 2025
Mississippi FOOLS Interview
Members of the Mississippi FOOLS discuss their experiences attending the F.O.O.L.S. International convention for the first time in an interview with the FOOLS E-Board.
19 Apr 2025
2025 FDIC Recap
Join International President Ben Fleagle, Vice President Chris Bednarek, PIT Kevin Fields, and Indy Metro F.O.O.L.S. President Brett Ramer as they discuss FDIC 2025 and the Indy Metro Brotherhood Bash. We want to thank everyone who came together to make the event not only possible, but a great success. Specifically, we'd like to thank Fire Engineering, FDIC, The District Tap, 1-800-BOARDUP & Taylor's Tins.
22 Mar 2025
2025 Fire Wife Life Couple's Retreat
Chris talks with Tracy and Kathy of Fire Wife Life from the 2nd Annual Couples Retreat at the Lake St. Louis Community Association in beautiful Lake St. Louis, MO about the history of the Fire Wife Life organization and this weekend's couples event. Thanks to Corley & Amanda Moore of Firehouse Vigilance for presenting their Broken Tools workshop and Michael Long, founder of Break the Stigma, Inc. for sharing his story. Special thanks to all the sponsors who helped make this event po...
16 Feb 2025
11th Annual Cedar Valley F.O.O.L.S. Brotherhood Bourbon Bottling
Vice President Chris Bednarek attends and visits with Brent Smeins (President) and Jim Cook (Treasurer) of the Cedar Valley F.O.O.L.S. during their 11th Annual Brotherhood Bourbon bottling event. Thanks to Ryan Burchett (owner & operator) of Mississippi River Distilling and Matt Van Ee (manager) of Cedar Falls HyVee Wine & Spirits for spending the afternoon with us. Click here to find more information on the St. Florian Burn Foundation. If you're interested in attending the 12th Annua...
19 Feb 2024
2024 Convention Update with Jeff Frost
Join International Vice President Chris Bednarek and WestCentral Rep/Bon Temps President for a discussion on the plans for this year's convention in Baton Rouge, LA.
3 Dec 2023
Interview with VP Bob Faas
F.O.O.L.S. International Vice President Bob Faas talks about our relationship with Fire Engineering and how we may be moving forward with the Indy Metro Brotherhood Bash at FDIC in 2024. Please listen in and reach out to your regional representative with your thoughts. Bob also drops a bomb at the end, but I won't spoil the suprise here.
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18 Aug 2023
2023 Convention Update from Minnesota
Join International President Ben Fleagle, PIT Chris Bednarek, Northland President Vance Schwartz, and Becki White for an update from the convention at the Hennepin Technical College in Eden Prairie, MN.
#foolsconvention2023
9 Jul 2023
2023 Convention Update Interview with Becki White
Thanks to Becki White from Northland F.O.O.L.S. for meeting with us to provide some great convention information. Registration is open!
August 17-20 in Minneapolis, MN
Register at either northlandfools.com (http://www.northlandfools.com) or foolsinternational.com (http://www.foolsinternational.com)
$250 flat registration fee
If your chapter is planning to bring some swag to sell, please contact president@northlandfools.com or vp@northlandfools.com to arrange for your space.
If you'd like to get involved with the podcast as either a guest host or just a guest to share your thoughts, have a conversation, or just let us know what your chapter is up to, contact Chris at pit@foolsinternational.com
Thanks for listening!
2 Jul 2022
2022 Convention Updates
Join Chris as he talks with Brew City F.O.O.L.S. President Justin McMenamin and Vice President Patrick Gaines about what's in store for the 2022 Convention in Milwaukee, September 26-30, 2022.
Convention information and registration can be found here (https://brewcityfools.com/convention-2022/).
You're always welcome to check out F.O.O.L.S. International here (https://www.foolsinternational.com).
Thank you to our Podcast sponsor, 1-800-BOARDUP (https://1-800boardup.com).
4 Mar 2021
American Income Life (AIL) Interview - March 2021
Members of the FOOLS E-board discuss our accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) benefits with Dawn Trudden from AIL. How it can be a benefit for our members.
13 Oct 2020
President's Message - October 2020
President Ben Fleagle remembers Marc Weiss and talks about setting an example as an organization with the COVID crisis and how we need to take an active role to lead through it.
25 Jul 2020
President's Message - July 2020
President Ben Fleagle talking about the status of the 2020 FOOLS Convention and other COVID related stuff.
11 Apr 2020
E-board Message - April 2020
President Ben Fleagle, Vice President Bob Faas, Founder John "Bart" Simpson, and Education/Training Chair Robbie Fisher share some information with the membership.
17 Mar 2020
President's Message - 3/17/20
President's message from FOOLS International President Ben Fleagle.
3 Mar 2020
FOOLS Podcast Introduction - President Ben Fleagle
The FOOLS have stepped out on their own into the podcast community. This is our very first show on our own. President Ben Fleagle is introducing this new communication forum to our membership. He is also introducing the sponsor for this new platform, 1-800-BoardUp (https://1-800boardup.com/).
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