Rescue 1 Podcast

About Rescue 1 Podcast

We're challenging the status quo of health and safety in the US Fire Service. Listen in as we interview guests from the fields of mental health, fitness, sports medicine, chiropractic and of course, the Fire Service.We're interested in leaving the Fire Service better than we found it by letting firefighters have a more common-sense based standard for physical and mental wellness. There's a better way to do it and we're getting the message out! Thanks for listening brothers and sisters!

Publisher

Jon Vought

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

15 Feb 2021

Latest episode

17 Jun 2025

Latest episodes

55 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   17 Jun 2025

   Dr. Daniel Higuera - Nicotine, Sleep, and Strength vs Cardio in Firefighter Performance

   Dr. Daniel Higuera, Associate Professor of Kinesiology, explores the advantages and disadvantages of nicotine use, and compares strength versus cardio for firefighter performance in an interview.

2. 

   17 Jun 2025

   BC Dena Ali (Raleigh FD) - Her new book: Hope Out of Darkness

   Battalion Chief Dena Ali discusses her new book, Hope Out of Darkness, which addresses mental health in the fire service, leadership practices, and misconceptions, in an interview with the host.

3. 

   28 Feb 2025

   Alex Jabr - Ketamine Assisted Therapy for Firefighters with PTSD and other topics

   In this episode of the Rescue 1 Podcast I interview Alex Jabr who founded the brand Emergency Resilience. Alex has a PHd and wrote her dissertation on ketamine assisted therapy for firefighters with PTSD. After spending years as a paramedic and suffering a terrible back injury that led to her early retirement from EMS, she took a different route and is now a respected educator, advocate for mental health and has a knack for addressing important issues and cases with EMS running cardiac...

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

10,398

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 43 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

28

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

68

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.