Episodes

  • Updating and Improving Training Processes for Disaster Preparedness

    Updating and Improving Training Processes for Disaster Preparedness
    May 3 2024
    we bring in Kyle Nelson to talk about responder education and our needs to continue to increase and bolster our skill sets through training opportunities. Local and state responders are increasingly called on to be proficient in communications and collaboration with other teams including Federal or even international teams who respond to local needs.
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    38 mins
  • Pediatric Patient Care During WMD Situations

    Pediatric Patient Care During WMD Situations
    Apr 19 2024
    Dr. Matthew Smith joins the show tonight to talk about WMD response and the management of pediatric patients exposed to chemical, biological, or radiological agents. Matt is a former US Navy Medical Corps Lieutenant Commander, and served with the Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, where he qualified as a weapons of mass destruction medical specialist.
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    34 mins
  • A Look Behind the Long Range Hurricane Season Forecasts

    A Look Behind the Long Range Hurricane Season Forecasts
    Apr 5 2024
    we jump into an in depth look at what goes into a long range hurricane forecast. With such a distant outlook, how do forecasters make their decisions about the whole season this far ahead of time. Our meteorologist, Dan DePodwin, joins us to share his expertise about distant forecasting.
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    34 mins
  • Hurricane Forecast and Bridge Collapse

    Hurricane Forecast and Bridge Collapse
    Mar 29 2024
    On the Disaster Podcast this week, co-hosts Sam Bradley and Jamie Davis are joined by disaster emergency management expert Becky DePodwin to look at the upcoming Hurricane Season Forecast. Accuweather released their predictions for the 2024 hurricane season, set to officially begin on June first.
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    35 mins
  • Tornados, Training, and Incident Command Structure

    Tornados, Training, and Incident Command Structure
    Mar 22 2024
    We welcome meteorologist and disaster incident command system expert Kyle Nelson on the show. He checks in from Florida where he's traveling to a training event to help him in his roles with his county incident command system, especially when they deploy to other states during distant events.
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    32 mins
  • Fallout in EMS From Elijah McClain Homicide Trial

    Fallout in EMS From Elijah McClain Homicide Trial
    Mar 1 2024
    Dr. Joe Holley examines some of the key take aways from the verdict against two EMS providers in the Elijah McClain homicide trial. The team goes over lessons that can be learned from this case.
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    51 mins
  • NHERI and Its Impact On Geohazard Mitigation with Dan Zehner

    NHERI and Its Impact On Geohazard Mitigation with Dan Zehner
    Feb 23 2024
    This week features a rare follow-up episode where we looked back at last week's episode on Geohazard Mitigation with Colby Barrett from GeoStabilization International. This week we brought back Dan Zehner from The Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI).
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    32 mins
  • Geohazard Mitigation with Colby Barrett

    Geohazard Mitigation with Colby Barrett
    Feb 9 2024
    Colby Barrett is our guest this week on the Disaster Podcast. He is the son of the one of the founders of GeoStabilization International and currently is the vice chair of the Board of Directors for the company. He's a Marine Corps veteran, lawyer, engineer, and describes himself as a philanthro-capitalist.
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    44 mins