Response Leadership

Carolyn Zerkle, Deputy Director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, shares insights into recruiting and retaining top talent in a competitive industry and enhancing employee well-being through innovative programs. Discover how better listening can help you create a culture of continuous improvement where people can thrive and make a difference.

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Kevin Sofen, Director of Innovation at W.S. Darley & Company, explains the importance of technology and innovation to emergency response. He delves into the significance of listening, user-centered problem-solving and a change management mindset in the adoption of technology.

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Allen Banks, Police Chief of the city of Round Rock, discusses leading by example and creating a cultural change in his department through his C.H.I.P. Model of leadership. The C.H.I.P. Model focuses on “getting the chip off your shoulder” and instead emphasizing C.H.I.P.--Community, Honor, Integrity and Pride. 

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Dr. Reginald Freeman, Fire Chief of the city of Oakland, outlines the principles of Full-Spectrum Leadership, a holistic approach to leadership that focuses on achieving results, building effective relationships, energizing teams and modeling personal excellence, integrity and accountability. These five pillars provide a comprehensive framework for leaders to succeed in their roles and positively impact their teams and organizations. 

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Coming March 28, Response Leadership -- a podcast from Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX). Hear industry leaders in law enforcement, fire and emergency services, infrastructure and safety, and cybersecurity talk about challenges they have faced and leadership lessons they have learned.

The rise of electric-powered vehicles traveling on roadways presents new challenges to firefighters when dealing with these types of incidents. Recently one of our Recruit Fire Academy Instructor’s Justin Fryer, Firefighter / Paramedic responded to one of these incidents that made international news. Justin speaks candidly about the challenges he faced on scene. The vehicle fire took approximately four hours and 27,000 gallons of water to extinguish. Is your fire department prepared for this type of event? 

Speakers: Jason Loyd (TEEX), Justin Fryer (TEEX), and Jason Harris (TEEX)

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In this podcast, Dr. Jason Moats, Director of TEEX Testing and Innovation Center, moderates a panel of experts from Texas A&M University who participating in a National Science Foundation sponsored project examining how robots were used in response to COVID-19. The panel discusses the research as they affect emergency managers, public health providers, and those who have had to converge to create operational tools during the last twelve months.

Speakers include: Dr. Jason Moats, moderator  (TEEX), Dr. Robin Murphy (Texas A&M University), Dr. Angela Clendenin (Texas A&M University), Vignesh Gandudi (graduate student, Texas A&M University), Trisha Amin (undergraduate student, Texas A&M University)

For additional information about TEEX visit: TEEX.org For additional information about robotics for infectious diseases visit: https://roboticsforinfectiousdiseases.org/

In the third and final episode of this series, Kathy Fraser talks to a couple of responders who have been managing operations at the TDEM central warehouse in San Antonio since April 2020. All PPE for the state of Texas distributions centers is shipped through this high-volume facility. Only by working as one unified team can Texas ship the amount of PPE and tests that move through this facility every day.  

SPEAKERS: Kathy Fraser (TEEX), Michael Clark (TEEX), Sam Miller (TDEM).  

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In the second episode of this three-part series, guest host Kathy Fraser talks to two responders from inside the Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council (STRAC) warehouse. They have been working together for several months to support medical professionals in southwest Texas by distributing much-needed PPE from this distribution center.  

SPEAKERS: Kathy Fraser (TEEX), Adrienne Pierce (TEEX), Chase Martin (STRAC).  

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In this first episode of a three-part series, guest host Kathy Fraser travels to San Antonio to chat with three responders about their combined efforts to support Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) in the response to COVID-19. They discuss how effective a unified response can be when working together as one team.  

SPEAKERS: Kathy Fraser (TEEX), Darren Smith (TEEX), Bryan Davis (Texas A&M AgriLife Extension), Sgt. David Freitag (U.S. Army National Guard).  

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