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The FEMA Reserve Corps Oct 10, 2019

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This week we are talking about jobs. Yes, employment with FEMA and the reserve corps. We are excited to have Daniel Alexander on the show to talk about FEMA operations and how they can serge when needed with the FEMA Reserves. If you are looking to break into FEMA, you must listen to this show.
Guest Bio
Daniel T. Alexander is currently the Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Field Operations Directorate. Mr. Alexander is responsible for developing, maintaining, and deploying a disaster workforce that is well trained, educated, and prepared to support disaster survivors and first responders. In his current capacity, Mr. Alexander provides the infrastructure and delivery systems required to ensure the Agency can meet its requirements for National Preparedness in the Mitigation, Response, and Recovery mission areas.
Prior to his appointment with the Field Operations Directorate, Mr. Alexander was the Director of the National Integration Center within FEMA’s National Preparedness Directorate. He was responsible for the policy and doctrine development and technical assistance provided to support the implementation of the National Preparedness System and the National Incident Management System across the nation. In this role, Mr. Alexander led the development of new national emergency management initiatives, including the rollout of the National Qualification System.
Mr. Alexander served as the Deputy Director for Operational Coordination and Senior Advisor to the Assistant Administrator in the Field Operations Directorate of FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery. Here he was responsible for directing all policy development and performance evaluation for FEMA’s disaster field operations activities. He also served as the principal advisor to the Assistant Administrator regarding the Directorate’s management of disaster workforce, field leadership, operational assessments, and federal interagency coordination activities. Prior to that, Mr. Alexander served as an Assistant Director in FEMA’s Office of Federal Disaster Coordination, where he had management responsibilities over the 10 Federal Disaster Recovery Coordinators across the country. Previously, he served as both a Federal Coordinating Officer and Federal Disaster Recovery Coordinator for FEMA Region VIII in Denver, CO, after coming to FEMA in 2011. Before that, Alexander served as the Director of Emergency Management and Homeland Security for the City and County of Denver. In this capacity, Alexander managed the City and County’s emergency management program, homeland security grant initiatives, including the Urban Area Security Initiative. Alexander was appointed as the Vice-Chair of FEMA Region VIII’s Regional Interagency Steering Committee, the Governor’s Homeland Security Senior Advisory Committee, and was appointed as a subject matter expert to FEMA’s National Integration Center’s Emergency Management Workgroup. He also served on President Obama’s Policy Advisory Committee on the National Security Information Program for State, Local, Tribal, and Private Sector Entities. Before that, Alexander served as the Homeland Security Director for the City of Milwaukee, managing the City’s emergency management and homeland security programs and spent approximately 13 years as a law enforcement officer with the Milwaukee Police Department.
Mr. Alexander is a graduate of the Executive Leadership Program at the Center for Homeland Defense and Security at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Criminal Justice from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and did some post-graduate work in the Ph.D. Program in Urban Studies. Mr. Alexander has taught extensively in both undergraduate and graduate programs in the fields of Criminal Justice, Research Methods, Urban Studies, and Homeland Security.
Todd is an active member of the International Association of Emergency Managers and is the Region 9 representative on the University and Colleges Caucus.
Todd is an avid reader. Some of his favorite topics are leadership, emergency management, history, and spy thrillers.
Links
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-alexander-13734914/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FEMA/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/fema
Website: https://careers.fema.gov/find-job
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The Education of an Emergency Manager Oct 03, 2019

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This week we are discussing the education of emergency management vs training. Why it is important to get formal education. However, you do not need a degree, because there are certificate programs out there for you as well
Guest Bio
Todd De Voe is the Director, Emergency Management for Titan HST and the host of the leading emergency management Show EM Weekly. Todd involvement in Emergency Response, Emergency Management, Education and Volunteer Management started in 1989 when he became a volunteer firefighter in upstate New York. In 1991 Todd joined the United States Navy and became a Hospital Corpsman assigned to the Fleet Marine Force. After his service, Todd served as an emergency medical responder (EMT) in some of the toughest parts of Los Angeles County. In 2005 Todd was hired by the City of Dana Point at the Emergency Services Coordinator.
In 2008 Todd was asked to be on a steering committee for Coastline Community College, as they developed their emergency management program, later that year Todd was invited to join the faculty.
Today Todd not only continues to teach for Coastline College, he now is an instructor of Emergency Management at California State University Fullerton for the MPA program and, The University of California Irvine's Certificate of Emergency Management. Todd is a graduate of the National Emergency Management Executive Academy's Cohort VII.
Todd is an active member of the International Association of Emergency Managers and is the Region 9 representative on the University and Colleges Caucus.
Todd is an avid reader. Some of his favorite topics are leadership, emergency management, history, and spy thrillers.
Links
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddtdevoe/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/EMWeekly/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EM_Weekly
Website: https://tdevoe.wixsite.com/mysite
Email todd@emwekly.com
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Selling Emergency Management Sep 26, 2019

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This week we are talking about how to earn support for emergency management programs, from your leadership and your community. I have never thought of myself as a salesperson. However, after rethinking what we do as emergency managers, I now embrace the ideas of selling and why. We need to make our profession indispensable.
Guest Bio
Todd De Voe is the Director, Emergency Management for Titan HST and the host of the leading emergency management Show EM Weekly. Todd involvement in Emergency Response, Emergency Management, Education and Volunteer Management started in 1989 when he became a volunteer firefighter in upstate New York. In 1991 Todd joined the United States Navy and became a Hospital Corpsman assigned to the Fleet Marine Force. After his service, Todd served as an emergency medical responder (EMT) in some of the toughest parts of Los Angeles County. In 2005 Todd was hired by the City of Dana Point at the Emergency Services Coordinator.
In 2008 Todd was asked to be on a steering committee for Coastline Community College, as they developed their emergency management program, later that year Todd was invited to join the faculty.
Today Todd not only continues to teach for Coastline College, he now is an instructor of Emergency Management at California State University Fullerton for the MPA program and, The University of California Irvine's Certificate of Emergency Management
Todd is an active member of the International Association of Emergency Managers and is the Region 9 representative on the University and Colleges Caucus.
Todd is an avid reader. Some of his favorite topics are leadership, emergency management, history, and spy thrillers.
Links
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddtdevoe/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emweekly/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EM_Weekly
Website: www.emweekly.com
Email: tdevoe@titanhst.com
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Black Wave The Triple Disaster Sep 19, 2019

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This week we are talking to Dr Daniel Aldrich about his book Black Wave. Daniel was part of a study that looked at the recovery of the world’s most unique disaster. It is known as the three sisters of disasters, a tsunami, Earthquake, and nuclear meltdown. Join us as we delve deeper into the recovery of Fukushima.
Guest Bio
Daniel P. Aldrich is professor and director of the Security and Resilience Program at Northeastern University. He has published five books, more than fifty peer reviewed articles, and written op-eds for The New York Times, CNN, Asahi Shinbun, along with appearing on popular media outlets such as CNBC, MSNBC, NPR, and HuffPost. His research has been funded by the Fulbright Foundation, the Abe Foundation, and the National Science Foundation, and he has carried out more than five years of fieldwork in Japan, India, Africa, and the Gulf Coast.
Links
LinkedIn: https: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-aldrich-94a4a02/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DanielPAldrich
Website: https://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/B/bo40026774.html
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Team Rubicon With Jake Wood Sep 12, 2019

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This week we are talking to Jake Wood the co-founder and CEO of Team Rubicon. It has been a journey for the small non-profit that could to the leading disaster response team they are today. It was a pleasure to sit down and talk with Jake.
Guest Bio
Jake Wood is the Cofounder and CEO of Team Rubicon, a nationwide nonprofit that provides military veterans with the opportunity to continue their service by responding to natural disasters and global crises. As a leading veteran advocate, Jake speaks around the country on issues facing returning veterans and is a member of numerous national committees on the topic. Jake is also the founder of POS REP, the first mobile, proximity-based social network designed exclusively for the veteran community.
Prior to Team Rubicon, Jake served as a Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps, with deployments to both Iraq and Afghanistan as a Scout Sniper. He received numerous awards in combat, and was the Honor Graduate of Recruit Training, The School of Infantry and Marine Scout Sniper Course. Jake received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin, where he played four years of varsity football. Team Rubicon’s awards include the Classy Award “National Small Charity of the Year;” Chase American Giving Awards “Heroes and Leaders” National Award; and the 2012 Grinnell Prize. In 2012, Jake was named a CNN Hero.
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakewood78
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TeamRubicon
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teamrubicon/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/teamrubicon/
Website: https://teamrubiconusa.org/
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Todd Joins Titan HST Sep 05, 2019

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This Week I am discussing Me Todd DeVoe, As I move and joint the Titan HST team. It has been a long conversation and I think that it is time that I move to support the team that I believe in and admire! Titan HST is my new homw
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Climate Change and Emergency Management Aug 29, 2019

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This week we are talking to Alice Hill about how climate change policy impacts the decisions that we are making in the field of emergency management. From our planning process, mitigation, to response. Climate change, whether you believe it is human-caused or not, is a real thing, and we must consider the impacts it has on our jurisdictions, business, and lives.
Guest Bio
Alice C. Hill is the Senior Fellow for Climate Change Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. She previously served as Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. Her work focuses on preparing for the impacts of climate change and reducing climate risk. From 2013 to 2016, she held positions in the Obama administration, including as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Resilience Policy for the National Security Council. While at the White House, Hill led the development of national policy regarding climate resilience, including the establishment of national risk management standards for the most damaging natural hazards. Hill also served as Senior Counselor to the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and as an ex officio member of the Federal Advisory Committee for the National Climate Assessment.
Earlier in her career, Judge Hill served as Supervising Judge on both the Superior and Municipal Courts in Los Angeles and as Chief of the white-collar crime prosecution unit in the Los Angeles United States Attorney’s Office. She currently serves on the boards of Munich Re North America and related Munich Re Group domestic subsidiaries, as well as the Environmental Defense Fund. Oxford University Press will publish her book, Building a Resilient Tomorrow, co-authored with Leonardo Diaz-Martinez, in fall 2019.
Links
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alicehillresilience/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Alice_C_Hill
Website: https://www.hoover.org/profiles/alice-hill
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Emergency Management at the Airport Aug 22, 2019

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This week we are talking to Richard Steele about what it means to be an Emergency Manager at an Airport. Richard has worked at both large international airports and regional hubs. If you ever travel or live near an airport, you have to listen to this show.
Guest Bio
Manager, Emergency Preparedness and Security
John Wayne Airport (SNA)
Richard N. Steele is currently the Manager, Emergency Preparedness and Security at John Wayne Airport (SNA) – Orange County, California with over 18 years of experience in military and civilian aviation. Richard joined SNA in December 2016 after working for three other medium and large hub airports to include Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Burbank-Bob Hope Airport (BUR), and Tampa International Airport (TPA). Mr. Steele has held several positions in airport operations and emergency management at these airports to include communications center supervisor and dispatcher, airside operations manager, landside operations manager, chief of operations, and training manager.
His military career included over eight years in the United States Marine Corps as an avionics technician on various fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft platforms, quality assurance inspector, squadron safety and training manager, and a helicopter aerial observer.
Mr. Steele is currently a Certified Member (CM) of AAAE and has his Airport Security Coordinator (ASC) certificate from AAAE. He has an undergraduate degree from Southern Illinois University in Aviation Business Management and a Master’s Degree from Delta State University in Commercial Aviation. Mr. Steele is also an Industry Advisory Board member for California Baptist University’s Aviation Science program in Riverside, California.
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-steele-68989b141/Facebook:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JohnWayneAir
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/10480373/john-wayne-airport-orange-county/
Website: https://ocair.com/default
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Big City Emergency Management Aug 15, 2019

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This week we are talking to Mona Curry about what it is like to be a “Big City Emergency Manager”. Los Angeles is a vast geographical are with everything from beaches, dense city population, and mountain wildland area. In addition to this size of the city, they have to plan for special events that are on the world stage.
Guest Bio
MONA N. CURRY is an Emergency Manager who has worked with the City of Los Angeles for over 25 years and who has lead a variety of projects which have positively Impacted many of the diverse communities within Los Angeles.
Working with the City of Los Angeles where over 4 million people call home, an area that covers 472 square miles and where 86 recognized languages are spoken. Los Angeles is the 2nd largest city in the United States.
Areas of Expertise
Emergency Management Educational Trainer Emergency Operations Center Responder Community Liaison / Relationship Builder Professional Speaker
Project Manager
Working to provide quality emergency management training and exercises for EOC responders in Los Angeles.
Formerly, appointed as the emergency manager for the San Fernando Valley, the largest of the four bureaus in Los Angeles covering over 2 million residents and half of the City.
Manages and leads grant programs, including co‐management of the Active Shooter Program, created in 2015 and
taught to over 25,000 civilians.
In 2012 led the development of the award‐winning 5 Steps to Neighborhood Preparedness Program through which neighbor‐ hoods receive guidance in developing their own neighbor‐ hood emergency plans.
Lead planner for LA Fleet Week Senior Leaders Seminar.
Formerly designated as the City of Los Angeles Recovery Officer for the Emergency Management Department
Links
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monacurry/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ReadyLA/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/readyla?lang=en
Website: https://emergency.lacity.org/
Email Mona.Curry@lacity.org
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Satellites Supporting Emergency Management Aug 08, 2019

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This week we are talking about support from space. Satellite support for a disaster response was always thought of as something from the movies. Today it is a reality. We have Stéphane Ourevitch on with us to discuss how emergency managers can access satellites and use the information in response and planning.
Guest Bio
Stéphane Ourevitch is the key point of contact for Earth Observation and Security activities. Prior to SpaceTec he has held top management positions at Dassault Electronique and Becker Flugfunkwerke. He mastered the consulting trade at Arsenale Novissimo and International Development Partners, where he led various communication and consulting assignments in the space, aviation, and energy domain. Stéphane has an impressive academic background, holding a Masters in Political Sciences and International Affairs from Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris and a Masters in Law. Later in his career, he obtained an MBA from INSEAD. Apart from his professional expertise, Stéphane loves to share his vast knowledge of wine.
Links
LinkedIn: https: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephane-ourevitch-274638/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stiopa59
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ourevitch_stp?lang=en
Website: https://www.spacetec.partners/
https://emergency.copernicus.eu/
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