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EP 68 Behind The scenes of the National Training Center Jul 05, 2018

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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.

EP 67 The Reason Why You Need To Embrace Resiliency Jun 28, 2018

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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 community in the decision-making process. EM Weekly is excited to have you join this conversation.

EP 66 Spotlight On The Revolutionary Active Shooter Incident Management Jun 21, 2018

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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 action and they never have to leave the classroom

EP 65 Fresh on The mind of IAEM Canada's President Jun 14, 2018

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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.
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EP 36 IAEM 2017 Conference and Emex with Ellis Stanley
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EP 64 For The First time Managing Donations Made Easy Jun 07, 2018

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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.

EP 63 How To Protect critical infrastructure May 30, 2018

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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 and North Korea.

EP 62 BOCO Strong The Resilient Community May 24, 2018

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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 community has come together. Boulder Colorado Strong or BOCO Strong at they call it is an outstanding model program that we all should be looking at.

EP 61 What Is Disaster Capitalism May 17, 2018

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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.

EP 60 The National Integration Center May 10, 2018

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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 areas of responsibility.

EP 59 What is a Resilient Community May 03, 2018

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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 be talking to Daniel Aldrich about resilience.

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