Dragon's Den

di Chris Scott

Stagione 2

Dragon's Den Podcast Ep. 38 (Dennis Reilly) Leaving It Better

Welcome to the next episode of the Dragon's Den Podcast. Today we are joined by Chief Dennis Reilly. This was a impromptu podcast when I travelled back and forth to One Bad Tour with Chief. We talked about a lot of different subjects and he told many stories, but one that stuck out was one where he built a recruit academy in 2 different organizations that was ridiculed in the beginning and now it's simply the norm. Thanks for taking time to share your knowledge and passion, Chief.

S2 · E38

9 mag 2026

52:49

Dragon's Den Podcast Ep. 37 (Dustin Yates) LIFT and The Louisiana Firefighters Foundation

Welcome to the next episode of the Dragon's Den Podcast. Today we have on the St. George mayor, Dustin Yates. Chief Yates was previously an admin Chief of the St. George fire department and he's the current president of the Louisiana Firefighters Foundation. Dustin sat down with us for a couple of seconds to talk about the early days of the LIFT Conference and to highlight a few of the projects that are going on within the Louisiana Firefighters Foundation. We appreciate his time and we hope that he comes back soon. Thank you for listening.

S2 · E37

28 apr 2026

40:02

Dragon's Den Podcast Ep. 36 (Joe Mera) A Fireman's Fire Chief

Welcome to the next episode of the Dragon's Den Podcast. Today we have Chief Joe Mera. Chief Mera is the recently retired fire chief for the Leesburg. This was originally going to be a short interview about Chief's involvement in the One Bad Tour training program, but it turned into a full episode after I heard Chief give his speech to the candidates at OBT 10. He's a fireman's fire chief. I hope you enjoy.

S2 · E36

15 apr 2026

1:21:33

Dragon's Den Podcast Ep. 35 (Reilly & Cotter) The Debrief #4

Welcome to the next episode of the Dragon's Den Podcast. Today we have another episode of The Debrief with Colin Cotter and Reilly Kilbride. These gentlemen were able to make a successful grab in their department and we brought them into to discuss it. We hope to learn from their experience, to better prepare, should we find ourselves in a similar situation. Thanks for listening.

S2 · E35

1 apr 2026

37:50

Dragon's Den Podcast Ep. 34 (Gavin Reynolds) Setting the Bar of "Professional" Fireman

Welcome to the next episode of the Dragon's Den Podcast. Today we talked to Gavin Reynolds. Gavin in a volunteer in rural Georgia and has been at it for 7 years. He's a father, husband, former infantry marine with 2 deployments, graduate of the Georgia Spartan program, One Bad Tour, Georgia Smoke Diver and an ultra runner, with no real plans of slowing down. Yes...all of that, from a volunteer. He set a bar for what it means to be "professional". I hope you enjoy the episode. Thanks for listening.

S2 · E34

17 mar 2026

1:17:16

Dragon's Den Podcast Ep. 33 (Miller and Lloyd) Founding the Oklahoma Smoke Diver Program

Welcome to the next episode of the Dragon's Den podcast. Today's guests are Bryan Lloyd and Chad Miller. We brought these 2 men together to talk about the process of starting the Oklahoma Smoke Diver program. We discuss the trails, tribulations, success and lasting impact of the program. It was an absolute honor to talk to men with such a passion and commitment to making the fire service better. We hope you enjoy listening. Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/dragons_den_training/ Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/32CpxOAnxDbGGGvNb2Uznv RSS - https://media.rss.com/thedragonsden/feed.xml YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@DragonsDen03 TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@the_dragons_den_podcast Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dragons-den/id1764926356

S2 · E33

2 mar 2026

2:08:19

Dragon's Den Podcast Ep. 29 (Joel Miller) Who IS Chief Miller?!?

Welcome to another episode of The Dragon's Den Podcast. Today are joined by none other, than Chief Joel Miller, more commonly referred to as "Chief Miller". Chief Miller runs one of the largest fire social media pages on planet earth and works as a federal fire Chief here in central Louisiana. He's avoided all podcast appearances for the last 12 years, so it was actually shocking that he told me yes. We talked social media, recruiting, training, conferences, culture, how to treat rookies and more. We appreciate Chief for stopping in and we hope that he doesn't become a stranger. We hope you enjoy. Thanks for listening. https://www.instagram.com/chief_miller/ https://chiefmillerapparel.com/?srsltid=AfmBOoouqi3bKY0MbEKbeMQXhJwcgFkH0uPH-eUZ1Rtk4zmGj1KdUkgi

S2 · E29

29 dic 2025

1:34:13

Dragon's Den Podcast Ep. 28 (Meg and Aaron Kowal) Culture, Training and Firefighter Marriage

Welcome to another episode of the Dragon's Den podcast. Today we sit down with the power couple, Aaron and Meg Kowal. Aaron is a captain on the special operations truck in St George, Louisiana and Meg is currently the Public Education Chief for the same department, although she also worked on the floor at St George before moving into that position. They are both 2nd generation firemen and Meg started her fire service time just outside of New York State. They are both dedicated and passionate individuals and we discussed everything from culture, training, the LIFT conference, their marriage and more. We really appreciate their willingness to come on and share some of their journey with me.

S2 · E28

10 dic 2025

1:53:16

Dragon's Den Podcast Ep. 27 (One Bad Tour #9 Recap)

Welcome back to another episode of the Dragon's Den Podcast. On today's episode myself and fellow cadre member Josh Bourque recap our experience going through One Bad Tour, Class 9. Right out of the gates, if you are listening to this in order to know the "curriculum" of the program, then you are wasting your time. The how, why, when, where, what of the program are going to need to be experienced by you. What we will discuss is our preparation, nutrition, mindset throughout and then when we thought the value of the program. If it feels like we're being a little vague, it's very intentional. There were many impactful and important moments for both myself and Josh, but ultimately we want everyone to go through it and experience it for yourselves. We both highly recommend the program and hope that you enjoy the conversation, in spite of us being a little vague. Thanks for listening.

S2 · E27

22 nov 2025

1:10:34

Dragon's Den Podcast Ep. 26 (Small Town Conference Super-Cut on Outside Training)

Welcome to the next episode of the Dragon's Den Podcast. Today we did something quite different. This is a collection of 12 or 13 clips of a bunch of guys from around the fire service answering the same question at Small-Town Job-Town. What, in your opinion, is the value of outside training and do you have a personal story in relation to that outside training? I've already released all of the individual episodes on youtube, but decided to put them all together as one long episode. I can talk till I'm blue in the face about outside training, but maybe hearing it from different ranks and different people might help push someone to attend ANYTHING that's not related to their department. I hope you find value in it.

S2 · E26

18 nov 2025

1:23:56

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