Adam McFadden
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first heard Mar 2025
last heard Mar 2025
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You have to do what most people consider crazy to be successful in entrepreneurship.
I embrace the challenges. It's such a mindset shift. Every time there's a challenge or a problem, I look at it as a reason to learn and get better at my craft, whether it's as a property manager or landlord, or as a business owner.
Firefighters and workplaces are always looking for more. We know the technology changes, the risks and the hazards change, and we're able to fill a lot of those gaps.
I think a lot of people think, oh, I don't have time. I'm working, right? But we know as entrepreneurs, you have to create the time and maybe give up the Netflix for two hours a night to work on the business. How do you juggle both and advice for people like that?
We see many make excuses. They don't have the time. You know, maybe they don't have the finances to start their own business. But the only advice I could say is. It spans the globe like a super high school internet Elvis Presley.
hello and welcome back to another episode of legacy makers podcast today joining me is adam from firehouse training epic epic story we've got today we're diving into how he does his day job still helping fight fires but then also educates thousands of people in his industry he's one of the leading educators an author an investor and yeah a ton more to dive into adam welcome to the show
Appreciate it, Rudy. Thanks for having me. So look, if people don't know who you are, I know you've got a whole story and your episodes diving into it all and you're doing a lot on the business side, obviously in your day job, the investing side. Do you mind just giving a quick intro to everyone about yourself?
My name's Adam. I'm with Firehouse Training. We're one of Canada's largest fire service and workplace safety training companies. We've had the opportunity over the last many years to train thousands and thousands of aspiring firefighters, current firefighters and other workplaces, both online in our virtual format and in our in-class sessions as well.
So again, having the chance to train and teach and do what I absolutely love to do, I can basically say I'm living the dream every single day, Rudy.
Well, that's the great thing about entrepreneurship, right? Most of us build businesses based on what we're passionate about, right? And it's really
rewarding to be able to do so and then the legacy part is being able to change lives in the process so i know you're obviously doing that through the education system and you know this is you've got even more planned with that so what what for someone that uh is watching doesn't maybe know the business side uh and maybe assumes that everyone's just trained to fight fires like what what do you do you know how does that work
I think right now we see in the industry that there's some amazing standardized training that's out there, but firefighters and workplaces are always looking for more. We know the technology changes, the risks and the hazards change. So whether it's dealing with electric vehicles, hazardous materials, or fires that are happening in the vertical cities, such as high rises.
We see these different challenges and the specialty training that goes along with it, and we're able to fill a lot of those gaps with some of the experience that I bring and some of the fantastic instructors that I have within my company to help share their perspective, experience, education, and knowledge with our students across the country, in Canada, and even in the U.S.
through various conferences that we speak at as well.
Well, and that's a great example, because, yeah, I guess, you know, when you become a firefighter, you learn a certain way. But 10 years later, now there's Teslas blowing up around, you know, on the roads. And you have to approach that differently because the mechanics versus a regular car. For sure.
I'm a big proponent of continuous learning and professional development and to constantly hone your skills. I have the ability through my company to. constantly be around people that want to learn and are engaged and passionate about the job.
And not only, like they say, your network is your net worth, but the ability to learn from others and educate and then pass that along to the students that take our courses across North America. It's a treat. I absolutely love it. And we see not only positive engagement from the students, but the feedback we get, the reviews.
It's something that motivates me each and every day to continue to do what I'm doing and grow this business as big as I can.
Yeah. But and within that sector and I think the kind of public health sector, you're a rarity because a lot of people aren't entrepreneurial. Right. Like I know a lot of nurses or police and and they're very passionate about helping people, great people. But from a financial marketing business standpoint, they they're kind of stuck in their ways. Right.
So what made you do all this and kind of separate yourself?
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