This week we are talking to Dr Derek Cabrera. Derek is an internationally recognized expert in metacognition and that's basically thinking about thinking and epidemiology, which is the study of knowledge, human and organizational learning and education. He completed his PhD in post-doctoral studies at Cornell University and served in the Faculty of Cornell and a researcher at the Santa Fe Institute. And He leads the Cabrera research lab. We discuss systems thinking and how do we apply systems th...
Aug 01, 2019•28 min
This week we are talking to Michael Cockrell about the power company’s (California) Public Safety Power Shutoff. The issue is that how do we prepare the public for these events? How do who is responsible for the losses associated with the power shutoff? What about the infirm that need power to live? Michael brings his expertise and research to this important topic. Guest Bio Michael Cockrell’s public service career has included law enforcement, water conservation enforcement, and emergency manag...
Jul 25, 2019•36 min
This week we are talking to Manya Chyminski a survivor of the Boston Bombing. In Manya’s case she was not inflicted with physical wounds, she suffers from emotional trauma from being in the bombing zone. Manya was sitting in the grandstands when the 1st explosion occurred. Manya shares her story with us this week on the EM Weekly Show. Guest Bio Manya learned about courage, strength, and resilience the hard way – when bombs exploding at the finish line of the Boston Marathon shattered her life. ...
Jul 18, 2019•33 min
This week are talking to Dr. Ryan Akers about youth preparedness. Ryan is the founder of MyPI Short for My Preparedness Initiative, MyPI provides a challenging youth preparedness and leadership development opportunity in which teenagers are empowered to take ownership of their preparedness and to assist their families and surrounding communities with the same, all with the goal of enhancing individual, family, and community preparedness and resilience, and at the same creating a new standard for...
Jul 11, 2019•41 min
This week we are talking about Inversion, and how it can be applied to Emergency Management. As well as I am wishing everyone a happy 4th of July (The American Independence Day Celebration).
Jul 04, 2019•12 min
This week we are talking to Brentt Blaser about responding to the Northern California’s firestorm in Sonoma. Brentt shares his story and the impact that the fire had on the county. Guest Bio Brentt Blaser is an experienced Emergency Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the public safety industry. He is skilled in Public Safety, Government, GIS, Emergency Management, and Preparedness. Strong community and social services professional with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) from Arizona State ...
Jun 27, 2019•39 min
This week we are talking to Camilla Barker-DeStefano, she is the founder of the Crisis Academy, a new online emergency management training platform. Camilla has a tremendous and exciting background, and her journey to emergency management is one that you will want to hear. Guest Bio Dr. Camilla Barker-DeStefano (Oxon) LLM LLB (Hons) FRSA AFHEA Camilla is an academic international lawyer and consultant, specializing in the laws of disaster preparedness, response, and recovery at the international...
Jun 20, 2019•34 min
This week we are talking to Eric McNulty from the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative at Harvard. We have had Eric on to speak about the NPLI; however today we are talking about the new book that has just been releases called You’re it. Guest Bio Eric is an active writer, speaker, and educator on leadership and, in particular, leading through crisis, change, and turbulence. He holds an appointment as associate director of the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative (NPLI), a joint pr...
Jun 13, 2019•37 min
This week we are talking to Jerusha Kasch from Rice University about the role of the emergency manager and were they belong in the organization chart. This is one of the key parts to increasing the professional standards of the field of emergency management. Guest Bio Jerusha Kasch began her Emergency Management career as a young girl in a house hold that had a serious preparedness focus. Her family maintained a 1 year food/necessities storage process for 10 people. Once, for Christmas, she and ...
Jun 06, 2019•38 min
This week we talk to Brian Sims of the Disaster Logistics Board. As you may have heard that infantry fights the battles, but logistics wins the wars. That saying is true. We have won wars by disrupting the supply lines. So in the context of Emergency Management, logistics is one of the critical elements that we need to address. Guest Bio Brian left the US Army Infantry in 2010 and began studying Social Work. In that time, he began volunteering for Team Rubicon, where he found a new mission, and ...
May 30, 2019•44 min
This week we are discussing leadership and how we can shape the field of emergency management. Jocko Willink in his book Extreme Ownership lays out the path on how to be a good leader. Now it is time to take those principles and implement them in Emergency Management. Links LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddtdevoe/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/EM_Weekly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/em_weekly/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emweekly/ Website: https://sitchradio.com/our-shows/e...
May 23, 2019•34 min
This week we talk to Dr. Robert Schneider about the sustainability and emergency management. As we are in the Recovery, and Mitigation phases we need to consider the impacts of building codes, zoning and land use. Sustainability is part of what we as emergency managers do. Guest Bio Robert O. Schneider holds a PhD in political science and is professor of public administration at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. He has researched and written on leading policy issues where science and...
May 16, 2019•45 min
Today this is a bonus show just to talk to the EM Subscribers. We are doing some cool things here at the New Sitch Radio Studios in Orange County California. https://sitchradio.com
May 09, 2019•17 min
This week we are talking about the Air Force PJ leadership style. Leading a dynamic organization such as an office of emergency management can be challenging. I had the opportunity to Lt.Col Joseph Barnard who worked his way from enlisted to lead the highly trained Air Force Para Jumpers Rescue Team (PJ). The insights that Joseph shares with us in this interview will change your paradigm on leadership. Guest Bio Bio - Joe Barnard is a retired USAF Lt Colonel. His 33 year military career started ...
May 09, 2019•42 min
This week we are talking to Kyle King about rebuilding nations after war. In today’s world we are not short of human caused disasters, war, terrorist attacks, and more. Kyle is using the skills of emergency management to help rebuild these nations. Guest Bio Mr. King is from the United States and has spent over 25 years in the Fire and Emergency Services and international crisis management field. Starting his career in the US Marine Corps, Mr. King then deployed as a civilian in support of US Ar...
May 02, 2019•40 min
This week we are talking to James DeMeo the author of What’s You Plan. We discuss the culture of preparedness and how we can encourage people to be vigilant about their soundings. In todays world you can be involved in an act of violence any place, and anytime. Guest Bio James A. DeMeo, M.S. has over 27 years in the security industry and is considered a subject matter expert in Event Security by several leading international and domestic magazines; Security Magazine, Security Management Magazine...
Apr 25, 2019•38 min
This week we talk to Dr. Rynele Mardis about how veterans can transition out of the military and into roles in the field of emergency management. In a piece in the Journal of Emergency Management, it stated that veterans make great emergency managers because of their commitment to teamwork, leadership, and understanding of command structure. Guest Bio Dr. Rynele Mardis is a practitioner–scholar with "grit," with years of leadership experience and an outstanding record of accomplishments, his pas...
Apr 18, 2019•30 min
This week we are talking to Desiree Matel-Anderson. Desi has created a team that implements intelligence products in the disaster zone. The Field Innovation Team (FIT) an organization that focuses on bringing smart technology and design into resilience initiatives and disaster response Guest Bio Desiree (Desi) Matel-Anderson the first and former Chief Innovation Advisor at FEMA, she led the first innovation team down to Hurricane Sandy to provide real-time problem solving in disaster response an...
Apr 11, 2019•46 min
This week we are talking to Dr. David McEntire one of the thought leaders in the field of emergency management education. David not only is actively teaching emergency management, he was part of the team that laid the groundwork for what emergency management curriculum is today. Guest Bio David A. McEntire Dr. McEntire is the Dean of the College of Health and Public Service at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. He is responsible for the oversight of numerous undergraduate and graduate courses...
Apr 04, 2019•45 min
This week we talk to Kelly McKinney about his book The Moment of Truth. Kelly takes us into the life of a typical emergency manager on their worst day of their career, when the big one happens. Kelly is a great story teller and is able to weave real events into how an emergency manager handled the disaster. This book is not just full of a few good stories, you will learn the principles of emergency management as well. Guest Bio Kelly McKinney has had a leadership role in every major disaster in ...
Mar 28, 2019•51 min
This week we are talking about emergency management and their role in utilities. In this case we are focusing on the power company. In every part of the developed world there are men and women that are keeping the lights on. And in every part of the developed world these men and women are responding to down cables and more. We are happy to included these brave people on EM Weekly. Guest Bio Steven Kuhr is Manager of Emergency Management and Continuity at Colorado Springs Utilities. Steven leads ...
Mar 21, 2019•37 min
This week we are talking about the growing app Nextdoor. This app brings social media to the neighborhood it has some unique features that are making this app the fastest growing social media app used by public safety and the community. Guest Bio Joseph Porcelli currently serves as a Public Agency Lead and “Professional Neighbor” for Nextdoor. In this role, Joseph focuses on providing engagement strategies to aid government partners utilizing Nextdoor’s free government interface to build stronge...
Mar 14, 2019•35 min
This week we are talking communications with First Net. You may have heard of this partnership between the FCC and ATT to provide priority cell and other communications avenues to first responders and other public safety professionals, however, do you know how it works and why? Well we are about to find out. Guest Bio David Buchanan David Buchanan is the Executive Director of Public Safety Advocacy (PSA) for the First Responder Network Authority. Dave leads the PSA Division, including planning a...
Mar 07, 2019•33 min
This is a special edition of EM Weekly. It is the first of series of webinar-based discussion panels that we have planned to the EM community and it is completely free for you and the guests on the panel. Some webinars are 45 minuet ads about a product that you may or may not have any interest in. Here at EM Weekly we wanted to bring you an entire different experience a more interactive experience. You get to engage in the conversation as it is going on. No boring PowerPoints and Like I said no ...
Mar 01, 2019•1 hr 3 min
This week on EM Weekly we are talking about public health and emergency management. Public health has always had an important role in the safety of the community and emergency management is one of the areas that we are seeing growth in this discipline. In fact, some people in our community think that the CDC or Public Health should take the lead when it comes to EM. We are discussing that and more with Paula Buchanan. Related Shows Links LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paularbuchanan/ Twit...
Feb 28, 2019•37 min
This week we talk to Sean Griffin about how to use data and the internet of things to save lives. Targeted response saves time and makes the response more efficient and effective. Also, we get deep into the discussion of the power grid and how to mitigate the risk associated with the loss of power and the cost of fires. Guest Bio Sean M. Griffin is President and Chief Strategy Officer at Disaster Intelligence, Inc., a public benefit corporation that provides digital tools to save lives, mitigate...
Feb 21, 2019•49 min
This week we talk to Anthony (Tony) Alexiou about the field of contract Emergency Management. As things change over the years we are seeing more and more roles for the Contract Emergency Manager. Tony and I discuss his time as a emergency manager consultant, overseeing UASI funds, and how he sees the fit of the EM in the system. Guest Bio Tony, with over 15 years of experience in this industry, manages the Homeland Security and Emergency Management practice at the Triage Group. Tony started his ...
Feb 14, 2019•48 min
This week we talk to Mary Jo Flynn-Nevis. MJ is what we would call a futurist. She has the pulse of what technology is coming and how we can use it in emergency management. MJ takes us through a quick history and how she has used technology in volunteer management, messaging, and how can we use smart technology to help save lives.
Feb 07, 2019•47 min
This week we talk to, ourselves, yep this is an overview of the last 99 episodes and the direction of EM Weekly. Todd takes a break from hosting and allows Brian Colburn to take the helm. This is a fun and entertaining show. Now on to the interview.
Jan 31, 2019•32 min
This week we talk to Christa López the Director at Texas General Land Office. Christa has taken on the unique role of running a traditional job of FEMA, direct disaster housing. Christa discusses how Texas took on that job and how she is fulfilling that responsibility.
Jan 24, 2019•33 min
