Aug 10, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min · 15 segments
**STAND YOUR GROUND: Firehouse Morale, Leadership & Elite Training** This week, Brian brings a new game to the table: **Stand Your Ground.** We give our answer, defend it, and see where the…
Uh, moment of silence, folks.
Uh, one of the most important parts of our podcast, the hour that we do here each week, is a moment of silence where we honor all the men and women that gave the ultimate sacrifice to the job within the last week, and, um, or really forever, to be honest.
Um, so we like to, uh, take our hats off, take our, our, uh, headphones off, and give a, a moment of silence, and I do have one special honoree, which was a comment through Spotify.
His name is David.
Um, he said...
I think it was David.
Oh, I'm sorry, Rodney.
Sorry, David, we already read yours.
Um, actually, I had something else for you, David.
Uh, but Rodney, um, he said, "Hey, it's Rod- it's Rodney." Uh, [laughs] "Loving the podcast.
Uh, Stillwater Fire Department said goodbye to one of our own this week.
Richard Dick, uh, Giles," or Giles, "began his fire service here, um, in 1950 as a volunteer with the Stillwater Fire Department.
He worked his way up through the ranks as driver, captain, fire marshal, and assistant chief before retiring in 1971." Holy crap, kids, that was a long time ago.
"From there, he built, uh, OSU's fire safety department into a nationally respected program, worked, uh, he- work that shaped fire protection standards still used today.
Dick never really left the department." So he was one of those guys that dedicated his life to the fire service, and I wanted to make sure that, uh, Rodney, he, he, uh, made that comment on Spotify.
Thank you, Rodney.
Um, so we're gonna honor Dick, uh, today.
Uh, does anybody else have anything for this moment of silence?
Um, I just wanna say I just checked US Fire Administration, um, and they, our line of duty death count is up to 49.
Um, and so-
Yeah
... for the month of just July, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, in the month of July alone as of our recording, um, uh, I know it's, uh, we're recording on the 5th of August, and it'll drop next week.
Um, so I h I pray that there is no more, uh, none in the month of August by the time that this drops, but in July we had nine alone in one month.
Yeah.
Um, so, uh-
Uh, moment of silence, folks.
Uh, one of the most important parts of our podcast, the hour that we do here each week, is a moment of silence where we honor all the men and women that gave the ultimate sacrifice to the job within the last week, and, um, or really forever, to be honest.
Um, so we like to, uh, take our hats off, take our, our, uh, headphones off, and give a, a moment of silence, and I do have one special honoree, which was a comment through Spotify.
His name is David.
Um, he said...
I think it was David.
Oh, I'm sorry, Rodney.
Sorry, David, we already read yours.
Um, actually, I had something else for you, David.
Uh, but Rodney, um, he said, "Hey, it's Rod- it's Rodney." Uh, [laughs] "Loving the podcast.
Uh, Stillwater Fire Department said goodbye to one of our own this week.
Richard Dick, uh, Giles," or Giles, "began his fire service here, um, in 1950 as a volunteer with the Stillwater Fire Department.
He worked his way up through the ranks as driver, captain, fire marshal, and assistant chief before retiring in 1971." Holy crap, kids, that was a long time ago.
"From there, he built, uh, OSU's fire safety department into a nationally respected program, worked, uh, he- work that shaped fire protection standards still used today.
Dick never really left the department." So he was one of those guys that dedicated his life to the fire service, and I wanted to make sure that, uh, Rodney, he, he, uh, made that comment on Spotify.
Thank you, Rodney.
Um, so we're gonna honor Dick, uh, today.
Uh, does anybody else have anything for this moment of silence?
Um, I just wanna say I just checked US Fire Administration, um, and they, our line of duty death count is up to 49.
Um, and so-
Yeah
... for the month of just July, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, in the month of July alone as of our recording, um, uh, I know it's, uh, we're recording on the 5th of August, and it'll drop next week.
Um, so I h I pray that there is no more, uh, none in the month of August by the time that this drops, but in July we had nine alone in one month.
Yeah.
Um, so, uh-
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