Civil Defense Radio

A 24-year veteran of the U.S. Army and retired Army Chemical Officer, David Jones taught nuclear biological and chemical warfare defense to military personnel all over the world. Being recognized as a weapon of mass destruction expert, six months after 9/11 occurred David was recalled to active duty. He spent the next 22 months in the Middle East traveling to 16 different countries conducting vuln...

Drew and I talk about the home of the world's tallest geyser, Yellowstone. Besides geysers and majestic mountain views, there lays beneath the surface a super caldera, or volcano. Listen in on our discussion of the history, the threats, and what it may look like if it erupted. Guest Links LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drewbumbak/ Website: https://www.the-eclectic-em.com/ Civil Defense Radi...

Could a pandemic influenza hit the United States again? The US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is concerned that one could happen in the near future. They report "Pandemics happen when new (novel) influenza A viruses emerge which are able to infect people easily and spread from person to person in an efficient and sustained way." Guest Links LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drewbumbak/ Webs...

The Cascadia Subduction Zone is a 600-mile fault that runs from northern California up to British Columbia and is about 70-100 miles off the Pacific coast shoreline. There have been 41 earthquakes in the last 10,000 years within this fault that have occurred as few as 190 years or as much as 1200 years apart. Guest Links LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drewbumbak/ Website: https://www.the-ec...

We discuss the various and many emerging and reemerging diseases that could affect you and your family. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have been ramping up the warnings of potential pandemics from emerging and reemerging diseases. Links LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drewbumbak/ Website: https://www.the-eclectic-em.com/ Civil Defense Radio Info...

In what was long held as a dormant fault zone, the Garlock fault had two significant quakes in July 2019, a 6-4 and 7.1. Experts are wondering what this east-west fault zone brings to the area where more than four other faults also connect to Garlock, which connects to the San Andreas Fault line north of Los Angeles. Could this mean more activity in the near future as stress builds on Garlock? Lin...

Merry Christmas! This episode we visit with Jonathan & Kylene Jones, The Provident Preppers, and discuss developing community preparedness. It takes a community to survive almost any type of disaster and your community may be your biggest asset. Guest Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/PrepperPro Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProvidentPrepper/?ref=br_rs YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channe...

In this episode, we discuss a 90-day Challenge Highlights with Jonathan and Kylene of Provident Prepper. Jonathan is a licensed civil engineer and an avid enthusiast of alternative energy sources; especially solar and wind power. He has served on the advisory board and on the board of directors as vice president for The American Civil Defense Association (TACDA), as secretary/treasurer for a local...

This week Drew and I talk about a really unique "megastorm" phenomena to California and the Central Valley there. An ARkStorm is an atmospheric river of water that, given the proper circumstances, could flood much of the central valley and cause economic disaster for the state of California and American produce availability. The last one was in 1861, and they historically occur every 100 to 200 ye...

On this episode, I speak with Drew Bumbak, who also attended day 2 of the NDRC Summit in Wash. DC. At the beginning of the second day of the summit, I interviewed Oregon State University geology Professor Adam Schultz. The two-day event was filled with discussions about threats, responses and remedies to attacks from cyber and electromagnetic spectrum vectors, some of which like Professor Schultz...

Jonathan is a licensed civil engineer and an avid enthusiast of alternative energy sources; especially solar and wind power making him a great guest to discuss emergency cooking without power. Kylene has an educational background in business management as well as in family studies. She has also served on the advisory board and on the board of directors for TACDA and was the editor for the Journal...

Drew Bumbak is an experienced emergency manager with extensive experience in emergency response at both the local and national levels in EMS, fire and rescue, law enforcement, and emergency management. Links Website: https://civildefenseradio.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CivilDefenseRadio Twitter: https://twitter.com/Civil_Def_Radio Resources Google Search resource: https://www.google.c...

This week we have Drew Bumbak back on the show discussing the New Madrid Seismic Zone. Drew Bumbak is an experienced emergency manager with extensive experience in emergency response at both the local and national levels in EMS, fire and rescue, law enforcement, and emergency management. He has more than 20 years of direct experience in public safety, planning for and responding to emergencies and...

In this episode of Civil Defense Radio, we speak with Drew Bumbak who is an experienced emergency manager with extensive experience in emergency response at both the local and national levels about a Grid Down situation due to the Sun. Civil Defense Radio online Website: https://civildefenseradio.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CivilDefenseRadio Twitter: https://twitter.com/Civil_Def_Radio...

Preston talks with Jonathan Hollerman about the psychology behind human desperation, starvation, and living without Rule-of-Law all of which will happen in a long term Grid Down scenario. Links Twitter: @GridDownPrepper Facebook: @JonathanHollerman Instagram: griddownprepper YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Jonathan+Hollerman Website: https://www.griddownconsulting.com/ Grid D...

Preston talks with Jonathan Hollerman about the psychology behind human desperation, starvation, and living without Rule-of-Law all of which will happen in a long term Grid Down scenario. Links Twitter: @GridDownPrepper Facebook: @JonathanHollerman Instagram: griddownprepper YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Jonathan+Hollerman Website: https://www.griddownconsulting.com/ Grid D...

Chuck is an experienced emergency manager and instructor with over 12 years of experience in emergency management and healthcare. Chuck holds a bachelor’s degree in Emergency Management from Waldorf University as well as the Certified Hospital Emergency Coordinator (CHEC) certification from Augusta University’s Center of Operational Medicine and the Certified Emergency and Disaster Professional (C...

Mary is the Chairman of the InfraGard National Disaster Resilience Council (NDRC). She is the lead editor and author of “Powering Through: From Fragile Infrastructure to Community Resilience” an action guide on being prepared if there is grid failure. Mary Lasky is a Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP). She is on the Foundation for Resilient Societies Board of Directors. Links Linked...

In this episode, we talk about cooking in a grid down the situation with Jonathan and Kylene Jones from the Provident Prepper. Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/PrepperPro Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProvidentPrepper/?ref=br_rs YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsehkdEMPHIy_PIBZZs3VRg Website: https://theprovidentprepper.org/ Email: The Provident Prepper Pinterest: https://www.pint...

The Civil Defense Radio podcast turns 25! We invite Todd DeVoe of EM Weekly back to the show. Todd was been instrumental in the launch of this show and we wanted to celebrate it with him. Links https://www.facebook.com/emweekly/ Website: https://sitchradio.com/our-shows/em-weekly/ Civil Defense Radio Information Website: https://civildefenseradio.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CivilDefens...

Jonathan has written numerous articles published in the Journal of Civil Defense on emergency preparedness topics. He co-authored, The Provident Prepper—A Common-Sense Guide to Preparing for Emergencies with his wife. He is the co-owner of Your Family Ark, LLC, an educational and consulting business designed to assist individuals and families in preparing for an uncertain future. Kylene has an edu...

Chris Wahoski, is one of the three founders for CERT Responder Magazine. Our company goal is to help others and spread informational stories to help surrounding communities who want to help when a natural disaster or man-made events happen. Links Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/certresponder/ Website: https://www.certresponder.com/ Civil Defense Radio Information Website: https://civildefensera...

Andrea Forte, as Director of Operations, is a founding member of CenTex DART. She is a certified Incident Command System and CERT Instructor. Her training includes All-Hazards Incident Commander and Planning Section Chief positions for an IMT-3 team along with being a Skywarn Spotter, debris manager, and an exercise planner. Guest Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/CenTexDART Facebook: https://www...

Tommy Waller is Vice President for Special Projects at the Center for Security Policy. The Secure the Grid Coalition is an ad hoc group of policy, energy, and national security experts, legislators, and industry insiders who are dedicated to strengthening the resilience of America’s most critical infrastructure - the electrical grid. Links You can learn more about The Center for Security Policy he...

Matthew received his B.A. in American Studies from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 2002 and received his M.A. in Homeland Security (with honors) from American Military University in 2013. He holds a Master Peace Officer certification for the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement and is a TCOLE certified instructor. Links LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-west-9b496821/ Twitter:...