Our friend Tyson joins us today to discuss life as a Law Enforcement Officer. I addition to his normal LEO role, Tyson is on the SWAT team, works as a range instructor and is a strength coach. Oh and in his off time he teaches firearms courses for Fieldcraft Survival.

Jared’s lifelong friend and former coworker/boss Kara joins us. No description needed. Just quotes: “A shark landed on me one time” “We landed the same helicopter 4 or 5 times” “I saw a guy sitting straight up in the road with half of his face gone” “lemme hold some oxygen” “Were you on that call with me when the guy got his ear bit off”……..

Robb Wolf joins us today to discuss the health and lifestyles of first responders. Here’s a little about Robb for those who don’t know who he is. Robb is a biochemist, two time NYT & WSJ best selling author of the books The Paleo Solution and Wired To Eat. He has recently co-authored a third book titled Sacred Cow. He is an OG from the early days of CrossFit, starting the 1st & 4th affiliates, before it became a disaster. He also holds a brown belt in BJJ. All of that aside, Robb has a very intricate knowledge of health and lifestyle interventions for first responders, which is why he joined us today. Oh, Robb and his wife Nicki founded the group The Healthy Rebellion. Join here to make your health an act of rebellion: https://join.thehealthyrebellion.com

“Hell opened up, and half the demons came out”. Today we talk about a weather event in Central Florida that was named the Groundhog Day Tornadoes. Jared was on one of the first in units that responded to the most devastated ares. In total, this storm traveled 70 miles, killed 21 people, injured over 100, and caused $218 million in damages. Statistics and quote are cited from the Orlando Sentinel.

In a recent conversation, a first responder friend of ours said he didn’t have any other skills. We disagree completely. In this episode we unpack the skills of first responders and Seth interviews me about my transition out of the fire service. Share this with a first responder friend of yours if they need to hear it.

We have a new studio! This one starts out rough and is not kid friendly. Our friend Sam joins us in what will be the first of many times he graces us with his beautiful presence. He shares his story of the Camp Fire and busts Seth’s chops a little.

We thought this one was lost! This is probably our best episode so far. We talk about all of the random things first responders are tasked with. Everything from putting animals down to abusive “customers”.

Our friend Will sat down with us to tell his side of the shooting story Joe told a few weeks ago. Will was the deputy who tackled the suspect and ended up in getting stabbed in the neck and fighting for his life. Also, this was one of our first remote recordings and we had some mic issues. Fortunately, Will does most of the talking and he sounds great. We also have a brand new set up that you’ll get to hear in a couple weeks. It’s amazing.

Today Seth walks us through how his cruiser was set up and his day to day gear list. Then Jared tells a story about an exploding mini horse and it all goes downhill from there.

Today we were supposed to talk about dead animals. But… we had a listener from Australia request a walk through of American fire engines and patrol cars. So we obliged and discuss the layout of your average fire engine. We also share a couple random stories and leave you with a cliffhanger about the dead animals. Maybe next week.