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HAZARD CLASS is the podcast where the curiosity of genuine questions regarding hazmat, firefighting and other emergency services is met with the knowledge of leading experts in their fields.

09/10/2026

You can’t order people to care, and you can’t run culture on paper.

If you don’t have real trust built with your crew, every critique creates drama, and your passion just feels overbearing.

Relationships aren’t soft skills—they’re the leverage that lets you hold a higher standard.

Corley Moore breaks down the reality of leadership, trust, and accountability on the latest episode streaming now.

Is passion overrated?Every rookie shows up ready to change the world. A few years later, half of them are checked out in...
09/09/2026

Is passion overrated?

Every rookie shows up ready to change the world. A few years later, half of them are checked out in a recliner, just waiting on a paycheck.

Why does that happen, and how do we stop it?

Corley Moore joins the show to tear into what actually creates mastery in the fire service.

We break down:
- The Passion Triangle: Why high heat with no oxygen guarantees burnout
- Why writing policies on paper will never fix a garbage station culture
- The trap of "hollow ego" and surviving Idiot Mountain
- Why dangerous competence is the best protection against moral injury
- Keeping the fallen alive 25 years after 9/11

If you want people who actually want to be great instead of just meeting the bare minimum, tune in.

Full episode is live now.

09/08/2026

How do you make people care?

You can't just tell them to care.

Curt uses Picasso and Andy Fredericks to explain the difference between simply doing the job and becoming truly excellent at it.

Not every person holding a paintbrush is Picasso. Not every firefighter holding a nozzle is Andy Fredericks.

The difference is obvious when you see it.

Competency, attention to detail, pride in the craft, and daily training create something people can recognize. And when firefighters see what great looks like, they have something to chase.

Maybe the best way to make people care about the fire service isn't to tell them how important it is.

Maybe it's to show them how good it can be.

Full conversation with Chief Curt Isakson on Hazard Class.

09/05/2026

Some people spend their entire lives searching for the thing they were meant to do.

For Chief Curt “Ike” Isakson, that thing was the fire service.

He tried other things. He played sports. He chased different interests. He struggled in places where he wanted to succeed.

Then he put on bunker gear.

And everything clicked.

Curt describes firefighting as the one place where he felt completely at home. The one place where things slowed down. The one place where he felt like he was doing exactly what he was put on this earth to do.

I know that feeling.

I know what it is like to find the thing that makes you feel like you were built for it. The thing that challenges you, humbles you, and gives you purpose.

For many of us in the fire service, it isn't just a job.

Full conversation with Curt Isakson on The Hazard Class Podcast.

09/04/2026

Some firefighters leave an impact long after they're gone.

For Chief Curt “Ike” Isakson, Andy Fredericks was one of those people.

In this conversation, Curt reflects on the influence Andy had on his career, the impact September 11th had on the fire service, and why it is so important for today's firefighters to continue learning from the people who came before them.

The names, lessons, and traditions passed down through the fire service are what continue to shape the next generation.

Full conversation with Chief Curt Isakson on Hazard Class.

09/03/2026

“The fire service will never love you back.”

Chief Curt “Ike” Isakson told me that years ago, and it was a statement I never forgot.

After more than 30 years in the fire service, after giving everything he had to the job, and after walking through some of the darkest moments of his life, we sat down to revisit that idea.

Does he still believe it?

The answer is more complicated than you might think.

Because loving this job is one of the greatest gifts a firefighter can experience. But forgetting that you are more than the uniform can come at a cost.

This conversation with Chief Ike is one about passion, sacrifice, identity, family, and finding the balance between loving the fire service and remembering who you are outside of it.

Full episode of Hazard Class with Chief Curt Isakson available now on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.

“The fire service will never love you back.”Chief Curt “Ike” Isakson told me that years ago. I never forgot it.A lot has...
09/02/2026

“The fire service will never love you back.”

Chief Curt “Ike” Isakson told me that years ago. I never forgot it.

A lot has happened since then.

In this episode of Hazard Class, Curt and I talk about the fire service, leadership, mental health, hitting rock bottom, starting over, 9/11, Andy Fredericks, family, and what happens when loving this job becomes part of your identity.

This one gets personal.

The Fire Service Will Never Love You Back | Chief Curt Isakson

Watch or listen now on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.

NOW BOOKING FOR 2027My 2027 calendar is officially open.Over the last several years, I've had the opportunity to teach f...
08/31/2026

NOW BOOKING FOR 2027

My 2027 calendar is officially open.

Over the last several years, I've had the opportunity to teach firefighters, hazmat teams, industrial responders, and emergency services professionals across the country. I've also been fortunate enough to sit down with some of the best people in the business through the Hazard Class Podcast and other shows, conferences, and events.

For 2027, I'm opening up dates for:

• Conference presentations
• Keynote speaking
• Fire department training
• Hazmat training
• Industrial emergency response training
• Podcast appearances and live podcast events
• Panels, roundtables, and other fire service events

My background crosses a few different worlds. I'm a career firefighter, EMT, hazmat specialist and training coordinator with the Saint Paul Fire Department, assigned to Squad 1/ HazMat 1. I've worked in the fire service in paid-on-call, part-time and career departments, spent time on the industrial/environmental response side, and now teach hazmat and emergency response around the country while working with The Haz Mat Guys and hosting the Hazard Class Podcast.

I've been lucky enough to receive some recognition along the way, including being named the 2024 Minnesota Firefighter of the Year and receiving Firehouse Magazine's 2024 Michael O. McNamee Award of Valor.

But that's not really what I want to bring to your event.

I want to bring the lessons learned from doing the job, screwing things up, figuring things out, training with some incredibly smart people, and having hundreds of hours of conversations with people who are exceptionally good at what they do.

Whether you're looking for a conference speaker, a hands-on instructor, an industrial training program, a podcast guest, or somebody to start a conversation that gets your people thinking differently, I'd love to hear what you're working on.

Now booking dates for 2027.

For booking and availability:
[email protected]

Feel free to message me directly or share this with someone putting together their 2027 training or conference schedule.

08/31/2026

Stop feeling helpless.

Your firehouse is your firehouse. Your culture is your culture. And if something isn't working, you don't have to sit around waiting for the chief, administration, or somebody else to fix it.

Stephanie White talks about taking back ownership of the firehouse and recognizing that firefighters have far more power to create change than they often realize.

Culture doesn't magically change from the top down.

Sometimes it starts with one person deciding, "We're going to do things differently."

Take back your firehouse.

Watch the full conversation with Stephanie White on Hazard Class.

08/29/2026

You’re not supposed to know everything when you’re new.

So ask the damn question.

One of the biggest mistakes young firefighters can make is being too worried about looking stupid to admit they don’t understand something.

Stephanie White makes the case for vulnerability in the firehouse: when you ask a question, you’re not showing that you’re stupid. You’re showing that you care enough to learn.

Take advantage of those first few years. Ask questions. Admit when you don’t know. Ask someone to explain it again.

Because pretending you understand something just to protect your ego is a hell of a lot more dangerous than admitting you don’t.

What was the best piece of advice you got when you were the new firefighter?

Watch the full conversation with Stephanie White on Hazard Class.

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