Home Security Mega Tips :: Tips, Tactics and Tools Podcast Ep 9

Camera systems, doorbell cams, alarm monitoring...sure they’re good to have AFTER something happens in or to your home.

What about IF you’re home while something’s happening?

Brink and Tom break down some critical mega tips when it comes to lining up your home’s first line of defense. 

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Tips, Tactics, and Tools for a Safer Tomorrow was born out of several conversations between Brink Fidler and Tom Herring that always revolved around how they focus on properly educating their clients in order to maximize their effectiveness and customer service. 

Both companies strive to meet the same end goal and that is to increase the safety and security posture of their clients. 

Brink’s company, Defend Systems, specializes in physical security consulting and active shooter mitigation training, while Tom’s company, Herring Technology, focuses on being the best security technology integrator in the industry that can provide a one stop shop for any client’s technology needs. 

The focus of this podcast is to educate and empower people. We discuss everything related to safety and security be it at home, work, church, or the mall. We take an in depth look at security technology, ease of use, reliability, and DIY products for homeowners. 

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Being Prepared for Worst Case Scenarios :: Tips, Tactic and Tools Podcast

The Crichton Group is thinking forward when it comes to mitigating, assessing and insuring extreme risks.

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Rob Sentell - Director of Social Services/Healthcare

Rob joined The Crichton Group in 2009. As Director of Social Services, Rob’s role is to provide strategic direction and growth for the department through relationship management, as well as identifying the needs and applying innovative solutions to clients and prospects in the Social Service arena. He takes a holistic approach to conducting analysis and making recommendations of products and services to clients based on the specific needs of every organization.

Chase Miller - Commercial Insurance Advisor

Chase joined The Crichton Group in 2012. He is responsible for evaluating total cost of risk for businesses, developing strategies to help clients and prospects prevent, transfer and mitigate business risks, and cultivate and maintain strong business relationships. His areas of expertise are Social Services and Workers’ Compensation. He is the President of Insurors of Nashville.

Nashville K9 :: Tips, Tactics and Tools Podcast

K9 does everything from basic obedience all the way to protection dogs and Police K9s.  Owner of Nashville K9, Ali Hemyari, details the services they provide, gives us an in depth look at what goes in to their fantastic training program, and gives us quite the education in this episode on all things dog training.

Rest assured that our trainers meet the highest qualifications in the United States. We utilize progressive teaching methods that will solve your daily dog obedience problems. We will go the extra mile to teach you motivational techniques and methods you can’t find anywhere else in Nashville. Through patience, repetition, and consistency, your dog will achieve its highest potential. We will always be available to you for questions, follow up training, and problem solving.

Our background includes the daily training of Police, Search and Rescue, Detection, and Personal Protection dogs. In service to the community, we voluntarily run government K-9 units, assisting municipalities in Police and Search & Rescue cases at no charge to citizens or government entities. We also provide several demonstrations per month to various schools, pet stores, humane society functions, churches, and more. As authorized instructors for the American Red Cross, we offer Pet First Aid instruction to children undergoing Lifesaver Camp, as well as adults interested in learning Pet First Aid in the Middle Tennessee area. We believe that volunteer service is a critical component of giving back to the community and showing our appreciation.

Our breeding program includes hand-selected, internationally certified canines from Europe, with superior work drive, high energy, tremendous intelligence, and obedience that surpasses our competition. The extra time we spend in Europe testing protection dogs and police dogs ensures the finest quality that trainers in the U.S. seldom offer. You can be confident that we hand pick each, and every dog and we personally guarantee lifetime training with every protection dog purchased from us. In the rare occurrence of any problem or conflict, we’ll replace your protection dog with one of equal value.

Mike Fletcher, Security In Our Schools :: Tips, Tactics and Tools Podcast

Michael Fletcher is the Director of Safety and Security for a high performing school district in Tennessee. He works with schools and the district’s central office to improve safety for students, employees and visitors using the all hazards approach by helping to develop, establish and enforce safety and security policies, accident prevention efforts, fire safety, emergency management, asset protection, parking control and traffic enforcement programs. This position also serves as the liaison between the school district and the local Sheriff’s Office School Resource Officer program.


Fletcher also serves as the lieutenant for the reserve deputy program with the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office. He is the senior tactical medical officer for the department's S.W.A.T. team and senior planner for high risk operations, a position he has held since 2005. Mr. Fletcher has attended numerous courses with a focus of SWAT Tactics and High Risk Operations planning throughout the United States. He has had extensive training in CBRNE and WMD planning and preparedness as well.


Prior to working for the Williamson County School District, Fletcher spent 15 years at Williamson Medical Center where he served as a shift supervisor for the emergency medical services department. In that capacity he was directly responsible for EMS operations and planning and was also credentialed to instruct numerous emergency medical curriculums at both the state and national level.  He has been a licensed paramedic in the state of Tennessee since 1999.


Michael holds a bachelor’s degree in management and human relations from Trevecca Nazarene University. He is also an instructor trainer for the National Rifle Association’s National School Shield Program which provides law enforcement and school officials with the skills to perform vulnerability assessments, making schools safer across the United States.


Fletcher proudly served in the United States Army’s 82nd Airborne Division until he was medically retired in 1996 after being injured in the line of duty. He lives in Franklin, TN with his wife and two children.