Disaster Tough Podcast

Listen, Watch, & Support DTP: www.thereadinesslab.com/dtp-links #emergencymanagement #disastertough #leadership #mentorship #education #emergencyservices #L3Harris #Hurricane #HurricanResponder Albert Einstein once said, "The measure of intelligence is the ability to change." Over the years, the field of Emergency Management continues to evolve and learn lessons from previous successes and set...

Listen, Watch, & Support DTP: www.thereadinesslab.com/dtp-links #emergencymanagement #disastertough #leadership #mentorship #education #emergencyservices #ASPCA #animalrescue One of the main purposes of Emergency Management is to protect life, property, and continuity of operations in time of disaster. When it comes to protecting life, that purpose isn’t limited to people, but animals as well,...

Listen, Watch, & Support DTP: www.thereadinesslab.com/dtp-links #emergencymanagement #disastertough #leadership #mentorship #education #emergencyservices John Scardena introduces Prescott Nadeua as our newest pocaster on The Readiness Lab. His show will be entitled, “Life, Fire, Layout.” Zack Borst from EM Weekly joins us on the show to catch up and chat all things podcasting and emergency man...

Listen, Watch, & Support DTP: www.thereadinesslab.com/dtp-links #emergencymanagement #disastertough #leadership #mentorship #emergencyservices --- The podcast episode begins by acknowledging the flooding in Vermont and encouraging support for the affected communities. Exciting announcements are made, including an upcoming webinar on emerging technologies and hurricane response, emphasizing the...

Listen, Watch, & Support DTP: www.thereadinesslab.com/dtp-links #emergencymanagement #disastertough #leadership #mentorship #education #risinggeneration #emergencyservices --- To avoid burnout and ensure effective emergency management, it is crucial to prioritize innovation, branding and messaging, and additional support. Embracing innovative technologies and mitigation strategies within emerg...

Listen, Watch, & Support DTP: www.thereadinesslab.com/dtp-links #emergencymanagement #disastertough #leadership #mentorship #education #risinggeneration #emergencyservices --- From racehorses to Wildcats, the Emergency Management journey of Sarah Razor has been a unique one. After starting her career with internships in government and higher education, Sarah changed course and headed over to o...

Listen, Watch, & Support DTP: www.thereadinesslab.com/dtp-links #emergencymanagement #disastertough #leadership #mentorship #education #risinggeneration #emergencyservices --- In this episode of the Disaster Tough Podcast, I shared valuable insights and advice on how to improve your chances of getting hired in the emergency management field. Drawing from my own experiences and conversations wi...

Support our podcast: www.thereadinesslab.com.dtp-links Sign up for Emergency Management Response for Dynamic Populations: www.thereadinesslab.com/dynamic-populations Jake, who works in AMR (American Medical Response) in Portland, shares his perspective on the integration of emergency medicine and emergency management. He emphasizes the importance of transportation in emergencies and the need for b...

What is the DHE Safety Act? What does it do? Why is it important? All of these questions are answered in this week's episode of the Disaster Tough Podcast. This week's guest, Latasha Thompson, Director of the Office of Safety Act Implementation, goes into more detail on the legal liability protections offered for providers of Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technologies. Thompson also talks about the imp...

Albert Einstein once said, “The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.” This principle has been put to the test in the era of seemingly constant updates in technology. While many are slow to accept and implement said changes, others are quick to adapt. The same is true in the world of Emergency Management and Response. In this episode of the Disaster Tough Podcast, host John Scardena we...

John Scardena, Host, just returned from the University of California - Irvine. He and his team at Doberman Emergency Management support school safety programs around the county. In order to foster best practice and idea generation for you, the emergency managers, he shares how to ehance readiness by discussing the tasks, organizaiton, and approach need to protect life, property, and continuity of...

Support our podcast: www.thereadinesslab.com/dtp-links Miscalculations in mass messaging / mass notifications communications in Florida due to an erroneous 4am test emergency alert caused more problems for public relations between emergency management and the general public. To make matters worse, instead of owning the issue, the blame game spun up between public and private entities about what ha...

Support our podcast, click here: https://www.thereadinesslab.com/dtp-links A philosopher once said, "Those who have knowledge don't predict." This principle of readiness could be applied to the exercise that happened on the campus of Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo in 2022. At that time, the Emergency Management Department held a training exercise to emphasize readiness for a potential atmospheric river...

Support our podcast, click here: https://www.thereadinesslab.com/dtp-links It was once said that the best time to fix the roof is when the sun is still shining. - President Kennedy John led a group of subject matter experts from Doberman Emergency Management, FuturityIT, and Nuharbor Security to look at physical security and cybersecurity access at the Univeristy of California - Irvine. This, "Wol...

Support our podcast, click here: https://www.thereadinesslab.com/dtp-links It was once said that, "Design is what makes the world beautiful. It is what makes the world understood." - Author Unknown Landon and CJ are the co founders of Noble Creative Collective co. They are experts in the field of graphic design and are the "go-to" for all things related to The Readiness Lab. In this episode we tal...

Support our podcast, click here: https://www.thereadinesslab.com/dtp-links Drawing in the Media with Valuable Information “Be brief, be brilliant, be gone.” This quote has been attributed to a handful of famous public speakers in history including the likes of Presidents Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt. No matter who first introduced the principle, the lesson it teaches still applies to t...

Support our podcast, click here: https://www.thereadinesslab.com/dtp-links Picking Up the “Slack” in EM Communications A philosopher once said made the case for the importance of experience when he said, “Life can only be understood backward, but must be lived forwards.” In this episode of the Disaster Tough Podcast, guest Mark “Whit” Whittington shares how his multiple decades of experience with...

Support our podcast, click here: https://www.thereadinesslab.com/dtp-links Benjamin Franklin once said, “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” Corporal Haley Evans of the Bella Vista Police Department in Arkansas has been putting this idea into practice since attending the Emergency Management Response for Dynamic Populations Course (DyPop) last year. In this...

Support our podcast, click here: https://www.thereadinesslab.com/dtp-links On February 3, 2023, 38 cars from a Norfolk Southern freight train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed in the small town of East Palestine, Ohio near the border with Pennsylvania. Several of the derailed cars burst into flames, releasing the hazardous chemicals such as hydrogen chloride and phosgene into the air. More che...

Support our podcast, click here: https://www.thereadinesslab.com/dtp-links Forty-five years ago, this week, a train derailment and explosion in the small town of Waverly, Tennessee set in motion a chain of events that would change the way emergencies are managed in the United States forever. Today’s guest on the Disaster Tough Podcast, Yasmine S. Ali, M.D. grew up in the area and knows the details...

Support our podcast, click here: https://www.thereadinesslab.com/dtp-links It’s been said that good communication is the bridge between confusion and clarity. While bridges run above the ground, this week’s guest on the Disaster Tough Podcast is working to take this concept underground to the world of pipelines. Lindsay Sander is the CEO and Creator of Buxus, an app designed to improve two-way com...

Support our podcast, click here: https://www.thereadinesslab.com/dtp-links Famous TV scientist, Bill Nye once said, “Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don’t.” This was the idea motivating the efforts of this week’s guest on the Disaster Tough Podcast, Lt. Martin Killion. Lt. KIllion has been a Public Safety Instructor for Marshall County Schools in Guntersville, Alabama for the past...

Support our podcast, click here: https://www.thereadinesslab.com/dtp-links When describing the role or job description of an Emergency Manager, "Ambassador" or "Diplomat" might be the right terms, after all. Those are the words that come to mind for this week's guest on the Disaster Tough Podcast, Dillon Taylor. Dillon wears many professional hats. For the past four years, he has been working for...

Support our podcast, click here: https://www.thereadinesslab.com/dtp-links For the past 10 years, the best and brightest of Florida Hazmat have come together for networking, training and more. In this episode of the Disaster Tough Podcast, host John Scardena gives us an inside look at the festivities in Daytona, Florida. It starts with a walking tour of the symposium featuring Executive Director,...

Support our show by wearing our swag! Check out the shop here: www.thereadinesslab.com/shop/merch How to build an Enhanced Next Level SitRep: 1. Sources – this is how you justify decision making. The more you have to follow your gut, the less information you have. Do not create chaos through guess work. With an atmospheric river… we know where the wind will blow and where the water with run. Sourc...