Body This week on episode 84 we are talking about Artificial Intelligence and how it can help Emergency Managers, plan for, and respond to disasters. Natural disasters are out of the reach and influence of human beings. However, a lot can be done to minimize the loss of lives. Artificial intelligence is one viable option that can potentially pr ...…

Body This week we talk to Anne Stauffer of the Pew Charitable Trusts. Anne surveyed state emergency managers and their staffs requesting information on 2012-16 spending for state-funded disaster assistance programs, expenditures related to federal programs, and federal reimbursements received. Pew then determined each state’s total disaster spe ...…

Body This week we are talking to Charles Lane about emergency management in hospitals. The Book Five Days at Memorial lays the groundwork for the reason to have a dedicated EM at your hospital. However, some people have not headed the challenge. Charles talks to us about the challenges and victories in hospital emergency management. Guest Bio C ...…

Body This week we talk to Tiffany Everett From Good360 a non-profit that connects business with other non-profits providing services to the community. This service allows the non-profit to spend more of their money on providing services rather than buying items. How Good360 fits in the EM space? They are experts in donations management, relievi ...…

Body This week we are talking about community preparedness at the grassroots. The Northeast L.A. Disaster Survival Task Force was born out of frustration from a group of community members that could not find disaster information for their neighborhood. They found general information, however, they felt that there could be more. Mark Lagacé one ...…

Body This week we are discussing the role of the non-government disaster response organizations. Since 2000 there has been a steady increase in the number of organizations not affiliated with government that are responding to and doing an effective job during and after a disaster. Texas Disaster Inc, is a company that was formed after Hurricane ...…

Body This week we are talking about keeping our schools safe with peer leadership. Julia Gabor brings us an excellent program that helps recognize teens that are at risk for violence and brings them into the mainstream with peer to peer workshops and more. Julia’s unique program may be that answer to help reduce school violence. Guest Bio Julia ...…

Body This week we are talking about going to school. Yep, that is right we are talking about the professional development of the emergency manager and higher education. Dr. Kemp from Capella University, one of the first Ph.D.’s in Emergency Management joins us to talk about how EM programs have developed and where they are heading. Guest Bio Dr ...…

Body This week EM Weekly Wants to Thank you for being a loyal listener of EM Weekly. We talk a little about what the future holds for EM Weekly, and we take a look at how disasters are shaping up for 2018. Relates Shows EM Weekly EP 68 Behind the Scenes of the National Training Center EP 71 Why Developing Leadership Skills are Important EP 73 B ...…

Body This week I sit down with Vic Merjanian the CEO of Titan HST at the international headquarters in Newport Beach California. Vic and I discuss the new features in the Titan HST app and how he sees his company as a partner in public safety. Guest Bio Vic A. Merjanian, Esq., is Founder and CEO of Titan Health & Security Technologies, Inc. Mr. ...…

Body This week we are talking Civil Defense with Preston Le Roy Schleinkofer from the Civil Defense Virginia. Preston has written for Michael Mabee’s blog on civil defense and is very active in organizing his state of Virginia and helping others start their own Civil Defense organizations. Guest Bio The founder of Civil Defense Virginia, Presto ...…

Body This week we are talking about science, yes the science of the Leading Brain. I have with me the author of the book The Leading Brain Friederike Fabritius. She joins us from Germany to give us the insights of what our brain is doing when we make decisions, and how to clear our head when the time counts. Guest Bio Friederike Fabritius is a ...…

Body This week we talk to Soraya Sutherlin from the Campus Safety Group. We discuss some timely topics that are facing our children’s schools, and how we can include the children in training for the unthinkable event that may impact them. Join EM Weekly as we talk to Soraya and explore this important part of emergency management. Guest Bio Sora ...…

Body This week we are talking to Mike Figliuolo who is a thought leader in leadership. Leading a dynamic department or team that is emergency management can be challenging. Mike walks us through some easy steps to start your leadership journey. Guest Bio Mike is the Founder and Managing Director of thought LEADERS, LLC – a professional training ...…

Body This week we had the opportunity to talk to one of Emergency Management’s pioneer educators Paula Gordon. We discuss the history or emergency management education and where it is headed. In addition, we discuss the great research that is being done in the field of emergency management. Guest Bio Paula D. Gordon is a writer, analyst, and ed ...…

Body Today we are talking to Josh Bashioum from the ShakeAlert program. ShakeAlert is an earthquake early warning system that is disgined to give up to 60 seconds of warning that an earthquake is coming. How many lives could be saved if we can get this system up and running in the United States. Systems such as the ShakeAlert are in Japan and M ...…

This week we have Steven Heidecker and Chief Tonya Hoover of the National Training Center on to talk about training programs and new and exciting things coming out of their shop. Steven is with the EMI and Chief Hoover is with the National Fire Administration. Guest Tonya Hoover Tonya Hoover is the Superintendent of the U.S. Fire Administration ...…

This week we talk to Dr. Philip Burke about community resiliency. If you have seen Dr. Berke on FEMA’s Prep-Talk you know how passionate that Dr. Burke is about this subject. Community resiliency starts with land use, the location of homes and services out of the flood zones, proper building codes to help reduce the damage, and involving the co ...…

Body Today we bring you an innovative way to practice responding to an active shooter. Training can be expensive and at the end of the day the average officer, firefighter, EMT and emergency manager only takes a small lesson if any away from the training. C3 Pathways has created a training program that puts the responder in the middle of the ac ...…

Today we are discussing Emergency Management in Canada. We learn from Greg Solecki some of the differences, challenges, and similarities that EM’s in Canada face. IAEM in Canada is only 15 years old and they have already made an impact on the profession. I am happy to have Greg on the show. Related Shows EP 36 IAEM 2017 Conference and Emex with ...…

Today we are discussing the issue of managing donations. This is also known as the second disaster. Steve Major with Coordin8 (C8) shares his idea of developing an app that allows direct donations to the people impacted by the disaster. Steve sees this as a transparent way for people to crowdsource the recovery effort. Related Shows EP 9: Team ...…

One of the areas that we need to harden is our critical infrastructure. This includes the power grid, cybersecurity and more. Today we are talking to Thomas Popik one of the nations top experts on critical infrastructure resilience. This conversation comes at a time when tensions in the world are high, including a nuclear threat from both Iran ...…

When I was interviewing Danial Aldrich about the disaster resultant communities, he mentioned Boulder Colorado and the BOCO Strong program. I had to learn more. So I reached out to the program and Tiernan Doyle called me back. I am so happy that I got to meet Tiernan and learn about the great work that she is doing in Boulder and how the whole ...…

In EP 61 we discuss three types of disasters and how people are making money off the suffering of others. A war, an environmental disaster, and a natural disaster, all have one thing in common, the fight to keep their culture and identity in the recovery phase. We are excited to have Thor Neureiter an award-winning filmmaker on the show to delv ...…

Today we are talking to Daniel Alexander of FEMA’s National Integration Center. We discuss some of the innovative ways emergency managers can stay connected with each other and learn new trends and best practices in the world of emergency management. Daniel’s team created Prep-Talks, oversees preparedness and EMI just to name of few of his area ...…

Today, we are talking about resilience. According to the Webster's Dictionary online, resilience is the capacity to recover quickly. I think that our role as emergency managers becomes even more important during recovery. We can really have a major impact on recovery just by embracing the ideas of a resilient community. So today, we're going to ...…

Today we explore the new generation for Emergency Management professionals with a Millennial Gaby Almon. We talk about the best way to engage our millennial employees, and the next generation coming fast behind them. Almon is one of the most trusted and sought-after humanitarian aid and disaster response advisors in the world. In 2016 she was a ...…

This week we talk to Daniel Kaniewski about FEMA’s Strategic Plan. This is an exciting move for the profession of emergency management. We also talk a bit about the Prep-Talk program and delve into Flood Insurance. Daniel Kaniewski, PhD was unanimously confirmed by the Senate as the Deputy Administrator for Protection and National Preparedness ...…

Lourdes Tiglao has served as regional communications manager and a medical volunteer for Team Rubicon USA. She's a US Air Force veteran who served on a 3-person USAF Critical Care Air Transport Team and helped co-found and launch the first USAF Critical Care Medical Attendant Team in the Pacific. Lourdes also served as a member of the USAF Inte ...…

Randy Styner the Deputy Administrator for the California Office of Emergency Services (CalOES) and Jenny Novak Southern Region Response Coordinator at CalOES share their experience responding to the Thomas Fire and the Montecito debris flow incidents. The Thomas Fire was a massive wildfire that affected Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties, and o ...…

Lt. Col. Rahmin J. Norwood Lt. Col. Rahmin J. Norwood was born in Philadelphia, PA. He graduated from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. in 2001 and was commissioned a 2nd Lt. in the U.S. Army. He currently serves as the Chief of Chemical, Biological, Radiation Nuclear (CBRN) Analysis Cell and Protection, Joint Task Force Civil Support (JTF-C ...…

Today we talk to Kyle Nelson about the importance of having a weather professional in the EOC. Kyle Nelson wants to break down the barriers and bridge the gaps of knowledge between weather professionals and everyone using weather data to make informed decisions in their daily activities, and to protect lives and property. As a natural hazards e ...…

William Averette (Bill) Anderson spent his career working to understand and mitigate the causes and consequences of hazards risk, and in particular, to understand and address the extent to which marginalized groups are among those who suffer the worst consequences when disasters do strike. As a gifted researcher, scholar and educator whose tenu ...…

Michael Mabee worked as an urban EMT and paramedic.He worked as a suburban police officer and for the federal government. Mabee has a good deal of military training, two wartime deployments to Iraq, and two humanitarian missions to Guatemala. CSM Michael MabeeI was decorated by both the army and the federal government for my actions on 9/11 at ...…

Ibrahim Demir is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering (secondary), and an associate research engineer at the IIHR—Hydroscience & Engineering and the Iowa Flood Center. He is also an informatics cluster faculty at Iowa Informatics Initiative. His research interest ...…

In 1981, David graduated top of his class from the U.S. Naval Academy—an institute renowned for developing “leaders to serve the nation.” Thereafter, he joined the submarine force. Along his journey, one thing bothered him: the traditional leader-follower model. Used by the Navy and most companies around the world, the goal of leader-follower i ...…

Garrett M. Graff, a distinguished magazine journalist and historian, writes about politics, technology, and national security—helping to explain both where we’ve been and where we’re headed. He’s written for publications from WIRED and Esquire to Bloomberg BusinessWeek and the New York Times, and served as the editor of two of Washington’s most ...…

Deployed Logix (DLX) is a trusted industry partner. Military, Law Enforcement, Fire, EMS, Urban Search and Rescue, and other organizations rely upon our first-hand knowledge to assess, outfit, and sustain their field operations. We are not a “one-size-fits-all” supplier. Deployed Logix (DLX) understands that its customers have vast and differin ...…

Marcello Some of Marcello past experiences includes: Director of Entrepreneur Development for Utah's Governor's Office of Economic Development. Strategic Consultant. Commercial and Hard Money Lending. National coordinator for EFY youth camps. Business to business software sales representative. Owner of two sound and lighting/disc jockey compani ...…

The Blue Cell, LLC is a national training, exercise, consulting and deployment services company specializing in the area of Homeland Security, Emergency Management and Incident Management. In total the company offers over 70 different courses. The Blue Cell also provides technical services in support of response operations and in 2012 purchased ...…

William Brockmann (Brock) Long, is the current FEMA Administrator has more than 15 years of experience in Homeland Security specializing in emergency response operations planning, business continuity, evacuation, and school and University safety. Before moving into his role at FEMA Mr. Long is the Executive Vice President of Hagerty Consulting, ...…

High Caliber Community All founders of High Caliber Community (HC2) are veterans or currently serving. We have all been in the Armed Forces long enough to recognize the need for the services HC2 will provide. Our ultimate goal is to decrease the rising rate of veteran suicide by helping vets find other vets and locate resources, without having ...…

Peter is passionate about enabling people to be extraordinary. Inspired by “The Golden Circle”, Peter helps individuals and organizations harness the power of Why. The result is extraordinary cultures and sustainable high performance. He illustrates his insights by drawing on examples from his previous flying, military, and industry career to e ...…

Pete Turner guides organizations in developing and implementing content-based marketing strategies. These strategies are achieved by linking the tactical demands of the market with corporate goals/outcomes. The methods he employs were developed while advising US govt elements in conflict zones. Through hundreds of interviews with industry leade ...…

EM Weekly is a podcast hosted by Todd De Voe that brings news, interviews, discusses trends and issues that impact Emergency Management, First Responders, military, education, public safety, communications, disaster volunteer organizations, public health, humanitarian groups, NGOs, professionals, students, and researchers. In support of the Pod ...…

Ms. O’Brien is the CEO of Connect Consulting Services, a healthcare emergency management and business continuity planning firm. She serves as a Contributing Writer for Emergency Management Magazine and has served as an Instructor for FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness. She has a Master’s in Public Affairs with a concentration in Disaster a ...…

The very first customer Frank helped, was a County Sheriff on the East Coast, that needed to patch radios with surrounding counties, State Police & National Guard. Being in a Mountainous area, they also needed voice & data patches to cover dead spots. Also, they did not have hundreds of thousands to spend on a custom solution. At BaseCamp, Fran ...…

In 1981, David graduated top of his class from the U.S. Naval Academy—an institute renowned for developing “leaders to serve the nation.” Thereafter, he joined the submarine force. Along his journey, one thing bothered him: the traditional leader-follower model. Used by the Navy and most companies around the world, the goal of leader-follower i ...…

IAEM The International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM), which has more than 6,000 members worldwide, is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to promoting the "Principles of Emergency Management" and representing those professionals whose goals are saving lives and protecting property and the environment during emergencies an ...…

High-Speed Tac Med's ("HSTM") mission is to save as many lives and assets as possible through training in realistic environments. HSTM has decades of experience in law enforcement, managing large-scale incidents, coordinating with multiple fire and law enforcement agencies, as well as corporate global crisis management. HSTM can provide customi ...…