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Red Adair

Red Adair

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Search complete. 9 mentions across 5 episodes found for "Red Adair".

Sep 14, 2026

Vince VolpeGUEST
20:48
And I think that we have an important role to play.
Vince VolpeGUEST
20:50
I feel like the guiding light since 2022 was Fox is going to become the Red Adair of revamps.
Vince VolpeGUEST
20:58
Now, for people that aren't in this business, they might not know that Red Dare is the guy that puts out fires or used to put out well fires.
Vince VolpeGUEST
21:04
And when you had a fire, that was your go-to guy.
speaker_0NARRATOR
60:32
Lacking the authority to cease operations, even though they could see what was happening, they continued pumping oil through to Piper Alpha, leading to ruptured gas lines, further explosions, and a devastating loss of life.
speaker_0NARRATOR
60:45
Eventually, the fire was extinguished by the renowned American firefighter Red Adair, who, struggling against 80-mile-an-hour winds and 25-metre waves, took three weeks to control the fires, pumping cement into the wells and then capping them.
speaker_0NARRATOR
61:05
This is Aberfan, a small coal mining village about eight kilometers south of Merthyr Tydfil in South Wales.
speaker_0NARRATOR
61:12
And this was the Pankglass Junior School.
Michelle FraserHOST
36:03
you know,
Simon SeatonGUEST
36:04
John Wayne and Red Adair are the two names I occasionally get when I ask about inspiration for the oil field.
Simon SeatonGUEST
36:11
So what it tends to be actually is family members.
Simon SeatonGUEST
36:15
So that role model shifts and becomes family members, which is why you see a lot of people.
Eric Von HaesslerHOST
13:53
get them.
Eric Von HaesslerHOST
13:56
Yeah, we need like, remember Red Adair? Who? Red Adair was the guy who in the 60s and 70s, when oil wells would catch fire, he was the guy they called in.
Eric Von HaesslerHOST
14:07
He would cap the oil wells.
Eric Von HaesslerHOST
14:09
And John Wayne played him in a movie.
Eric Von HaesslerHOST
14:12
That's why.
Eric Von HaesslerHOST
14:12
Red Adair.
Eric Von HaesslerHOST
14:13
We need a Red Adair for, look up Red Adair.
Eric Von HaesslerHOST
14:16
How do you spell his name? I don't know.
Vincent ScottGUEST
59:18
If you think hiring a professional is expensive, try hiring an amateur.
Vincent ScottGUEST
59:26
So, Red Adair, right, famous firefighter, that is reportedly one of his quotes.
Vincent ScottGUEST
59:34
And I think in this space, that's very true, right? So, If I'm going to get somebody to work in this space, really understanding it, having real depth and expertise in this can actually save you money over the long term.
Vincent ScottGUEST
59:54
It actually gives you, because you're not making very expensive decisions in what you need to do for cybersecurity, that we would have maybe advised you that now you don't have to do that.

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