Complete EM Podcast

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What's Complete EM Podcast about?

Join George Whitney each week as he speaks with people making a difference in emergency management. They talk about what works, what doesn't, how to work efficiently, and how to get it done with maximum effect.

 

 

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#83 Lucien Canton - Busines...

05.14.2020

Small businesses play an enormous role in U.S. success and we know that disasters threaten the already fragile existence of many. In this episode, I speak with Lucien Canton, a long-time leader and author in emergency management about the effects ...

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05.14.2020 #83 Lucien Canton - Business Continuity Planning Small businesses play an enormous role in U.S. success and we know that disasters threaten the already fragile existence of many. In this episode, I speak with Lucien Canton, a long-time leader and author in emergency management about the effects ...
01.06.2020 #82 George and Jeb - Dress for EM Success How important is what you wear as an Emergency Manager and how do you know when to wear what? In this episode of the Complete EM Podcast, contributor Jeb Lacey of RS Network Consulting, and George Whitney, founder of Complete ...
12.30.2019 #81 George and Jeb - EM Take Home Vehicles Do you drive a government or company vehicle in the course of your duty as an Emergency Manager? Do you take it home? Is it equipped with emergency lights and sirens? In this episode of the Complete EM Podcast, contributor ...
03.14.2019 #80 Cat Graham - Humanity Road The tougher part of natural disasters and the better part of human nature will mean we will probably always have unaffiliated volunteer organizations helping emergency managers with disaster response and recovery. In this episode, we explore what Humanity Road has ...
02.27.2019 #79 Robert de Groot - ShakeAlert What could you do if you had 5-seconds notice of a large, impending earthquake? A new technology called ShakeAlert now makes some advance warning of earthquakes possible. So, as emergency managers, we have to ask a few questions. What responsibility ...
02.13.2019 #78 Andrew Lockman - Emergency Drought Operations Most emergency managers think of drought as a slow-onset, slow-burn type of disaster that jurisdictions simply need to ride-out with conservation. Some jurisdictions haven't been so lucky. In this episode, an emergency manager who directed critical response operations for several ...
02.06.2019 #77 Mark Lucero - IPAWS Public alert and warning has again become an area of priority for emergency managers. Getting advance notice of imminent danger and valuable instructions to the public when they need it most - before a disaster can do irreparable harm - ...
01.29.2019 #76 Art Botterell - Emergency Messaging 2 of 2 What does emergency messaging have to do with Y2K, social science, communications interoperability and a free market economy? In this second of two episodes with a pioneer in emergency messaging, we drive closer to defining the current problem with emergency ...
01.22.2019 #75 Art Botterell - Emergency Messaging 1 of 2 In light of recent emergency messaging failures, it's time to ask...what's happening? Do local and state jurisdictions indeed have a duty to warn the public of emergency? If so, how are emergency managers impacted or otherwise bound to this duty? ...
12.12.2018 #74 Patrick Crawford - Feeding America Emergency managers have a lot to think about and, fortunately, have a large network of partners with which to consider risk, disaster needs and effective means of service delivery. One of those partners is the local food bank and their ...
12.04.2018 #73 Ronda Oberlin - Improving Public Preparedness Many emergency managers agree programs need to invest more in public preparedness, but deciding how to make the best investments is tough. Designing a program that takes into account large, almost infinitely diverse populations seems impossible using a traditional approach. ...
10.31.2018 #72 Barb Graff - EMAP If someone were to survey emergency managers and ask "what do emergency managers do?", chances are the answers would still vary quite a bit, but that's been changing. Since 2003, the Emergency Management Accreditation Program has been very explicit about ...
10.22.2018 #71 Beth Zimmerman - Disaster Recovery Most emergency managers understand that disaster recovery involves a lot more than SBA and FEMA assistance, yet few local programs have developed a recovery plan. Indeed, planning for recovery requires a lot of consideration, but there's tools and an approach ...
07.25.2018 #70 Sonny Fong - 2000/2001 California Energy Crisis Anyone remember the 2000 energy crisis in California? Like too many unexpected events that created great impacts, the lessons learned and passed along to emergency managers have been few and far between. In this episode, a person at the center ...
04.05.2018 #69 Don Boland-California Utilities Emergency Association Few organizations know more about operational dependency than utilities. Electricity is needed to operate water, wastewater, communication, transportation and other criticial infrastructure. In turn, electricity is dependent on natural gas, coal, solar, wind or hydro electric plants. When utilities suffer ...
03.13.2018 #68 Corey Eide - Team Rubicon It's difficult to dispute that Team Rubicon (TR) has joined the disaster relief stage with surprising success and momentum. Then again, employing veterans and others who share a desire to serve in places where people desperately need help, well, that ...
03.06.2018 #67 James Madia - Southern California Edison Utilities maintain some of the most critical infrastructure on the planet and a lot of work goes into making utilities stable, secure and resilient. In this epsiode, we speak with the manager of Southern California Edison's Emergency Operations Center to ...
12.19.2017 #66 Rebecca Enberg - Unaffiliated Volunteers and Unsolicited Donations If there's anything worse than seeing serious, unmet needs following disaster, it's seeing people and resources that can meet those needs, but having no efficient way to employ them. In this episode, we speak with the Volunteer Network Program Director ...
09.27.2017 #65 Yuri Graves - Training and Learning Management With all that emergency managers must do to get their organizations ready for disaster, how much time can and should be invested in training? Yuri Graves, the emergency manager for the City of Henderson, NV, explains how much training plays ...
09.21.2017 #64 Glenn Pomeroy - California Earthquake Authority In September 2017, the National Flood Insurance Program received a 10-week reprieve from a $25 billion loan payment. The program is, quite literally, under water. In this episode, we speak with the CEO of another large, public, catastrophic loss insurer ...
08.23.2017 #63 Thad Huguley - Legislative Advocacy "Lobbying" may have become a dirty word, but legislative advocacy is nothing less than essential for emergency managers who rely on federal grants to operate local and state emergency management programs. In this episode, the Director of Government Relations for ...
08.14.2017 #62 Sheriff Kory Honea - Lake Oroville Spillway Incident In January 2017, Lake Oroville operated like thousands of other flood control and water storage facilities in the US. Surrounding public safety agencies enjoyed good relations. A county EOP and dam EAP existed. Telephone trees were regularly tested. Occasional table-tops ...
08.08.2017 #61 Joe Dougherty - Enhancing Public Information What allows an EM program to enjoy good public relations? Joe Dougherty, the Public Information Officer for Utah's Division of Emergency Management says it has a lot to do with finding a relatable and trustworthy PIO, and earnestly integrating that ...
08.02.2017 #60 Selina Hayes - Gender Equality in Emergency Management Do we have gender equality in the emergency management profession? If not, what is a practical definition of equal, how are we measuring it and are we making good progress? How does gender equality affect our program outcomes? In this ...
06.21.2017 #59 Josh Filler - Federal Fiscal Policy Insights For this second of two episodes focused on Federal emergency management and homeland security funding, we hear from another veteran of such matters. Josh Filler was a legislative affairs director and office chief of staff in the NYC Mayor Giuliani ...
05.30.2017 #58 Tim Manning - Federal EM Fiscal Policy "Traditional normal" and "the new up is flat" are examples of terms and sayings used to express what's been happening to the U.S. Federal Government budget... stuff that's been far from normal for some time. With so much local and ...
05.22.2017 #57 Vinny Mata - Consolidated Law and Fire Patrol officers putting on turn-outs, SCBAs and performing hose lays? Firefighters being held-over to secure perimeters and look for suspects? Qualifying at the range behind the fire apparatus bay? It's all part of consolidated fire and law operations at the ...
05.15.2017 #56 Vinny Mata - Situational Awareness and Common Operating Picture The phrase "drinking from a fire hose" is often used to describe the tasks of establishing and maintaining situational awareness and common operating picture (SA/COP). In this episode, we dive deep into what work, processes, tools and people are needed ...
05.10.2017 #55 Luz Maria Rodriguez Robles - Vector Control Tommy Lee Jones's character in the movie Men in Black said "There's always an Arquillian Battle Cruiser, or a Corillian Death Ray, or an intergalactic plague that is about to wipe out all life on this miserable little planet..." Be ...
05.01.2017 #54 Steve Detwiler - EM Weekly Report If there was an award to give to the person who has done more to share information each week with emergency managers, that award would probably go to Steve Detwiler. For over 17 years, he's been collecting, organizing and sharing ...
04.24.2017 #53 Ed Flick - Emergency Managers & Green Berets How does a previous career leading U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers (Green Berets) prepare one for the job of county emergency manager? You'll be surprised to hear the similarities one such officer sees in strategy, tactics, tools and day-to-day work ...
04.11.2017 #52 Suzanne Frew and Pete Turner - Cross Cultural Communications Or should we have introduced them as Pete and Suzanne? The answer is: it just depends on the cultural context. In this episode we explore the power of culture, its ability to make or break outcomes, and what emergency managers ...
04.03.2017 #51 Sinan Khan - People with Access and Functional Needs Preparing to support people with access and functional needs (AFN) during disaster does not necessarily require hiring specialists or developing elaborate plans and procedures. In this episode, Los Angeles County's DAFN program manager describes how fostering inclusion during all phases ...
03.21.2017 #50 James Christian - Making the Difference Many kids grow up wanting to be cops, firefighters and medics. And now that the profession is becoming established, some are even looking forward to careers as emergency managers. Careers within public safety, however, are still full of both risk ...
03.13.2017 #49 Chris Tarantino - Tech Investments in EM Has your emergency management program seriously considered the use of social media, drones, tablets and other tempting new technologies? In this episode, we discuss the responsibility of emergency managers to accomplish basic work before adopting new technologies and then to ...
02.20.2017 #48 Tim Manning - The Last Eight Years at FEMA Tim Manning worked the last eight years as a FEMA Deputy Adminstrator in charge of Protection and National Preparedness. Emergency management and homeland security have dramatically changed since he took office in 2009. In this episode, we revisit what he ...
02.13.2017 #47 Benjamin Krakauer - Emergency Management in New York City How do emergency management programs differ across the U.S. and in jurisdictions of different size? In this episode we went east to the nation's largest city - New York City - to discuss their unique duty officer program and EOC ...
02.03.2017 #46 Eric Kiltz - VOADs in Response and Recovery Emergency managers who don't develop and maintain a recovery plan leave that work for someone else. When a community is "lucky" enough to be declared a disaster area by the POTUS or head of a Federal agency, then a some ...
12.27.2016 #45 Mona Curry - Community Disaster Preparedness What does it take to "move the needle" when it comes to community disaster preparedness? In this episode, Mona Curry shares how the City of Los Angeles is partnering across departments and with existing neighborhood councils to engage more residents ...
12.20.2016 #44 Eric Kiltz - Grant Management Emergency managment and homeland security programs would be vastly different and in many jurisdictions, may not exist at all, without grants. In this episode, we speak with someone who administers several grant programs within a state. He outlines the primary ...
12.14.2016 #43 Fred Leland - Leadership in Public Safety In this second of two episodes we devote to policing and active shooter incidents, recently-retired, police LT. Fred Leland describes the differences between management and leadership; mistakes and gross negligence; success and failure during response. He talks about the role ...
12.05.2016 #42 Fred Leland - Active Shooters and After Actions What might Jack Nicholson's Col. Jessep, law enforcement and emergency management have in common? Good reason to conduct routine, honest, self-evaluation. In this episode of the Complete EM Podcast, we discuss the current state of policing given recent active shooter ...
11.30.2016 #41 Rob Dale 2 of 2 - Weather Forecast Uncertainty and Effective Messaging Severe weather forecasters often feel the heat when it comes to getting forecasts correct and communicating clear, useful information to all members of the public. They know understated, overstated or just plain incorrect forecasts can cause people to tune-out, so ...
11.15.2016 #40 Rob Dale 1 of 2 - Weather and Emergency Management Many emergency managers understand the vital role that meteorologists play in emergency management, but for one reason or another, the two disciplines seldom get a chance to discuss collaboration. Fortunately, technology is changing that by making it easier for weather ...
11.07.2016 #39 James Burke - Development of Emergency Management Training How are emergency management training topics selected? What makes for a good course outcome? What makes for a great instructor? We explore each of these questions and more with a former director of course development and delivery at the National ...
09.21.2016 #38 Dr. Frances Edwards- Transportation Emergency Management Remember those five mission areas that FEMA developed: prevention, protection, mitigation, response and recovery? Few disciplines have more work across ALL five mission areas than transportation agencies. In this episode, we speak with a long-time emergency manager, now a professor ...
08.24.2016 #37 Geoff Wilford - All Hazard Incident Management Teams All-Hazard Incident Management Teams (AH-IMTs) have become more common but not necessarily better understood. With 200 or so teams now organized in the U.S., we thought we should spend a little time exploring the topic of team creation and maintenance. ...
08.08.2016 #36 Dr. Peter Sandman - Crisis Communication, Part 2 of 2 What factors distinguish risk and crisis communications? Does each form of communication require the same tools, timing and techniques to achieve success? What role do social media play in inciting and calming fear? In this second part of our interview ...
08.02.2016 #35 Dr. Peter Sandman - Risk Communication, Part 1 of 2 Is fear a superfluous or counter-productive part of risk communication… or is it an essential element? Emergency managers work every day to increase disaster awareness and inspire preparedness. Many wonder if responsibly scaring people is a necessary part of that ...
07.25.2016 #34 Miguel Ascarrunz - Integrating EM and Resiliency Where a government places their emergency management program on a city or county organization chart makes a difference. Placement naturally transfers operational, administrative, community engagement or other aspects of program culture that greatly influence newly integrated programs. In this episode, ...

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