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Disaster Tough Podcast

The Disaster Tough Podcast is for emergency managers, by emergency managers. We share stories, lessons learned, and tips to help you make informed decisions. Our host, John Scardena is a former Federal Emergency Response Official with Type 1 response experience. He now leads Doberman Emergency Management, from which this is being recorded. Our guests are also field experts who provide their insights in our conversation based podcast.
Discussions with emergency managers revolve around the entire disaster life-cycle. We provide solutions based on training and backed by data. We share experiences of emergency response and identify the lessons learned through our own version of after action reporting. This is conversation mode activated. We are known for flipping from serious to humor without warning. Try to keep up in our weekly podcasts!
About Doberman Emergency Management. We provide customized plans, mitigates hazards, delivers training, and supplies emergency products to meet the unique needs of clients. We identify and solve the Nation’s most complex incidents. That’s our job.

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Latest Episodes:

The Leslie Knope of Earthquakes - Interview with Amanda Siok From FEMA Region 10 Sep 18, 2020

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This episode is like 5,000 candles blowing in the wind, of an earthquake. Amanda Siok is the, “Leslie Knope of Earthquakes” due to her passion and work on earthquake policy. She has spent her entire career in the Northwest, focusing on mitigating the some of the most catastrophic natural events on Earth. This earth shattering interview covers several key elements of earthquake, tsunami, and volcanic mitigation efforts and a large portion is focused on lessons learned from previous disasters such as the 2011 Japanese Earthquake Tsunami, and Fukushima Disaster, the 1964 Earthquake Tsunami in Alaska, the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, and even the 79 A.D. Pompeii Volcanic Eruption.
Through this lesson’s learned format, we learn what the Federal Emergency Management Agency is doing to help communities around the United States. We learn about community outreach, policy, environmental considerations and critical infrastructure’s role within the wild environment. We also talk about Bison vs Buffalo, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Waffles, and efforts individuals and families and take now to be better prepared for earthquake safety, tsunami response, and volcanic evacuations. This is the perfect episode for National Preparedness Month. Don’t forget about The Great Shakeout on October 15th at 10:15 am local time. Get it? On 10-15 at 10:15? Do it! It will be great practice for an actual event.

Never Forget 9/11 with Retired Firefighter Paramedic and Army Veteran Mike Levasseur Sep 11, 2020

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Mike talks about his experience with 9/11. He was serving in the U.S. Army in Eastern Europe when it happened. He talked about that fateful day from his perspective and the lessons learned as he has responded to countless emergencies as part of the U.S military, as a firefighter and as a paramedic. He now leads emergency management operations for an organization in California and talks about the lessons learned he has gained throughout a very distinguished career. His responses include Hurricane Katrina, Wildfires, and of course, War.

National Preparedness Month: Major Disaster Prep Sep 04, 2020

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By talking about disaster events from hurricanes, wildfires, and tornadoes to apply information to any disaster. We provide tips and reminders about preparing your home by reviewing emergency plans and equipment, we talked about the Doberman Family Emergency Plan that you can download from our website dobermanemg.com we talked about the rule of thumb with fires, safely evacuating, COOP plans, early warning systems and the difference between a watch and a warning, we talked about apps and we have SO much more to talk about. We will be addressing Earthquakes on next week’s episode with Amanada Siok from FEMA Region 10, and on our business Instagram and Facebook pages for DobermanEMG we will share thoughts on all these areas plus active shooters, terrorism, hazmat issues, and other manmade threats. This is all part of our effort to help you become disaster tough and raise awareness during THE US National Preparedness Month. Make sure you follow those accounts and the Disaster Tough Podcast Instagram account for those tips, guides, and product discount announcements.

The Hurricane Harvey Deployment with Super Storm Sandy GIUL & GIS Expert James Dewar Aug 28, 2020

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Having both deployed to Hurricane Harvey and leading the geospatial efforts for this record breaking event, John Scardena and James Dewer talk about their experiences responding to catastrophic disasters. Utilizing the anniversary of Hurricane Harvey to set the stage, we talk about Hurricane Laura, Super Storm Sandy, innovation in emergency management, and lessons learned for other emergency managers.

Intersection of Training and Research with Interim Director Jayson Kratoville at National Center for Security & Preparedness Aug 21, 2020

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The future in emergency management is all about data. Interim Director Jayson Kratoville dives into numerous projects with ample examples of how emergency management and response will rely more and more on data to assist in the Disaster Life-Cycle. We talk about applying the data, the tools to access it and the differences between the emergency manager, general public, and politicians will react to disaster. We talk about drones, the COVID-19 pandemic and masks, weather quantum computing and more on this episode. If you want to become the emergency manager of the future, Jayson walks you through how to do that.

Paramedic to Deputy Director of Emergency Management with Ashley Lauria-Golden Aug 14, 2020

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From tactical level responses as a paramedic, to Deputy Director of Emergency Management for Forsyth County, GA. Ashley Lauria-Golden dives into her experiences applying tactical, operational, and strategic levels of emergency management throughout her highly successful career.
Of the several experiences we discuss, Ashley and our host both attended the elite Georgetown Master's program in Emergency and Disaster Management and talk about the application of the experiences we gained through field intensives.
Learn what an Italian loves more, pasta or pizza and how a Purple Scion can influence this emergency manager on our episode.
Ashley’s comments and opinions are her own and do not represent an official statement for Forsyth County, GA.

The Beirut Explosion - What 75 Years Since The Hiroshima Bomb Has Taught Emergency Managers Aug 07, 2020

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In this after action report (AAR) style episode, John Scardena walks emergency managers through hazard materials (HAZMAT) and chemical, biological, nuclear, radiological, and explosive (CBRNE) events. Using the Disaster Life-cycle and world events such as the Beirut Explosion, Hiroshima Bomb in World War 2, the Oklahoma City Bombing, Chernobyl Nuclear Incident, and Halifax Harbour Accident. We talk about the importance of conducting a hazard vulnerability assessment (HVA), following safety guidelines, considerations for first-responders, and reaching out to the emergency management community for pre-disaster mitigation. We go into the details from each of these catastrophic explosions and talk lessons learned.

Why Doberman? And why, Disaster Tough? Also, 10,000 downloads! Thank you! Jul 31, 2020

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Hey everyone, thank you for supporting the Disaster Tough Podcast! We are over the moon that so many have tuned in and are supporting our show. This week we decided to cap of the month by explaining who Doberman Emergency Management is, what we do, and how we help our community. We also explain the the name behind our podcast.

PART 2 - Regional Disaster Services Director at The Salvation Army Patrick McGinn Jul 24, 2020

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Continuing our discussion, Patrick McGinn shares lessons learned from his time at The Salvation Army, talks about how and why people need to volunteer, even in a pandemic, and what his organization is doing to keep people safe. We also talked about how our host, John Scardena saved his life several years ago (but not really, it’s a hilarious story). We laugh a lot and talk Emergency and Disaster Services. Join in the conversation on this week’s episode.

PART 1 - Regional Disaster Services Director at The Salvation Army Patrick McGinn Jul 17, 2020

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Expert emergency manager, Patrick McGinn serves as the Regional Disaster Services Director at The Salvation Army for all of Northern California and Nevada. He talks about his response experiences and shares lessons learned on emergency training exercises. Patrick also served the elite National Incident Management Assistance Team (N-IMAT West) for FEMA with our host, John Scardena.
Patrick is truly a well rounded emergency manager with both planning and operational experience. With his current role with The Salvation Army, he has developed axioms that push emergency managers to have a one-team, one-fight mentality. In this episode, we talked about how training pre-disaster impacted operations during Hurricane Harvey, a major event in both our host’s and Patrick’s career.

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