EM Weekly Podcast

The use of Incident Management Teams in Law Enforcement is growing and being embraced. In the past, it was a common practice at an incident for fire and EMS first responders to stage at safe distances while law enforcement handled the incident on their own. As a result of several high-profile incidents, fire and law enforcement agencies have been re-examining the strategies and tactics used at sig...

A private-public partnership (P3) is any type of mutually beneficial cooperative arrangement, informal or formal, between two or more organizations of private industry and the public sector to enhance the life safety, economic security, and resilience of jurisdictions. To highlight the value of the private sector, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and other stakeholders. Activities to establis...

Emergency managers make time-sensitive decisions in order to protect the public from threats both natural and human-caused. Decision-making models can be used to develop better decision support tools, improve training, and understand how innovative, data and critical information affect the emergency managers’ role in protecting the public. Disaster Tech’s Decision science Integrated Collaboration...

Have you ever wondered what it is like to work for the President of the United States? Leadership is the core of Emergency Management. Todd De Voe, Craig Fugate, and Pete Gaynor take center stage at the Natural Disaster and Emergency Management Expo for a captivating conversation on what it is like to work for the President of the United States. Both speakers will share eye-opening experiences fro...

As emergency managers, we need to keep ourselves up to date on the trends and new information that is out there. In addition, we need to read about leadership, policy, economics, past disasters, and more. So, what are the books that emergency managers should have read in 2021, and what do they need to read in 2022? Join us as we explore our list and what the emergency managers have voted on for 20...

Individual citizen involvement and ad hoc organization are increasingly being used in urban disaster prevention and management, taking advantage of new ubiquitous and collaborative technologies. Today there is a unique opportunity to leverage the work of crowds of volunteers. Are crowdsourcing approaches for disaster prevention and management something we ought to explore more? Emily Martuscello w...

We are seeing an expansion of professional emergency management in the private industry. Carlos Francisco an expert in corporate security and podcast host joins EM Weekly to discuss how emergency management is fitting into the corporate safety landscape. Carlos Francisco The Corporate Security Translator podcast - https://thecstpodcast.buzzsprout.com/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlosf...

While Data science is used to extract insights from the data after performing data preparation activities, decision science helps make the decision based on the insights with an aim to solve complex problems. Decision science integrates analytical and behavioral approaches to decision making. Decision science depends on data science to extract insights from the data. The decision science field int...

Creating the antifragile emergency manager has many challenges. We must open the conversation about resiliency with an eye on how modern disasters are increasingly complex. Today we are facing unknown risks as new types of disasters and crises appear on the world stage. The emergency manager must approach climate change and climate variability as they do for any other disaster. We must face both t...

FEMA’s Incident Management Assistance Teams (IMAT) are rapidly deployable assets that provide the federal government’s initial coordination and response capability prior to and in the immediate hours following a serious incident. IMATs are response-oriented and deploy in support of the state, local, tribal and territorial government efforts to save lives, protect property, and provide life-sustain...

The Sounds of IAEM 2021, Join Todd and hear from the IAEM members who attended the 2021 Conference and Expo. We hope to see you in Savannah Georgia in 2022.

This ISE-SAR Functional Standard is designed to support the sharing, throughout the Information Sharing Environment (ISE), of information about suspicious activity, incidents, or behavior that have a potential terrorism nexus. The ISE includes State and major urban area fusion centers and their law enforcement, 2 homeland security, 3 or other information-sharing partners at the Federal, State, loc...

Emergency Managers must help communities prepare for and recover from a disaster. Post-disaster, they can use their knowledge of local resources and programs to help residents navigate the complexities of disaster recovery resources and programs. Mark O’Mara serves as Hagerty’s Director of Recovery. Mark is an experienced Disaster Recovery Project Manager with a demonstrated history in the recover...

Staffing during a disaster can become critical, this is where a company such as Krucial Staffing comes in. Krucial Staffing specializes in high volume, rapid response staffing, driven by a mission to serve others at their greatest time of need. With their pool of over 250,000 clinical and non-clinical reservists, Krucial can staff any disaster with speed and quality at a 100% fill rate within 48 h...

As a former weatherman and reporter, George Siegal covered countless stories about people who lost everything in natural disasters. George Siegal produced and directed the documentary The Last House Standing. The title of the film was inspired by the single home that survived a direct hit from Hurricane in Mexico Beach Florida. In addition to exploring hurricanes, the film looks as fires, tornados...

International ShakeOut Day is always the third Thursday of October (this year: October 21). While COVID-19 has brought many uncertainties and challenges, one thing's for sure: ShakeOut is still happening this year! As always, you can hold your #ShakeOut drill when and where you want. You can choose another date or several dates, and include people in multiple locations (home, work, or school), per...

Disaster resilience is the ability of individuals, communities, organizations, and states to adapt to and recover from hazards, shocks, or stresses without compromising long-term prospects for development. According to the Hyogo Framework for Action, disaster resilience is determined by the degree to which individuals, communities, and public and private organizations can organize themselves to le...

Tactivate brings practices and experts from these spheres with these capabilities to new venture launch and consultancy services. From the rapid activation of a project in a disaster-stricken environment or a neighborhood in an emerging market, our team’s design process, methodologies, and approach to rapid community building and project execution have been applied to a diverse range of challenges...

The importance of leadership in emergency management is widely acknowledged Popular culture reinforces this focus. It is common for movies to portray charismatic leaders who “save the day” by simultaneously handling information, resources, and wild authority. It is also common for real situations to be compared to these idealized images and for individuals to be hailed as heroes. But it is not eno...

The Natural Disaster & Emergency Management (NDEM) Expo, powered by global events leader, Reed Exhibitions, is a comprehensive trade event and online resource dedicated to the preparation, response, and recovery of physical and human assets of public and private organizations. NDEM will help your organization gain the knowledge, discover the tools, and connect with the individuals necessary to mak...

We are joined by Steve Thomas from the Orange County’s Dale Carnegie office. Steve works with proven training techniques that give organizations real transformation. By providing tailored professional development and training solutions in the core areas of Leadership, Presentations, Interpersonal Skills, Team Building, Sales and Customer Service, Steve and the team at Dale Carnegie are able to ali...

In its 17th year, Crisis Response Journal is the global information resource covering all aspects of human-induced disasters or natural hazards, spanning response, disaster risk reduction, resilience, business continuity, and security. CRJ is about bringing agencies, disciplines, nations, and the private and public sectors together to understand their different roles and perspectives, thereby impr...

This week we are talking to Franzi Economy the host of the EM Weekly show to discuss her journey in emergency management education, why she decided to pursue a post-graduate certificate in emergency management, what she is exploring with the EM Student Podcast, and how she sees the next generation of emergency managers taking on new threats and issues. Franzi, comes to EM Weekly with a background...

Consistent with past practice, Urban Areas began a collaborative process to establish All-Hazards Incident Management Teams (AHIMT) . Today we are taking a deep dive into the AHIMT process and seeks to identify challenges and obstacles to collaboration with FDNY BC Rich DePrima. There is minimal agreement about how much collaboration has taken place in developing the AHIMT programs. The benefits o...

IAEM Student Chapters offer experiences that cannot be had in a classroom environment, and offer students the opportunity to grow, both personally and professionally. IAEM Student Chapters also give students the opportunity to network within specific employer markets and with other students of similar interests. The experience gained through IAEM Student Chapters can help focus career aspirations...