Oregon State Office of Emergency Management
Oregon Emergency Management is undergoing a major transition from being a division of the Oregon National Guard to now being a Department of Emergency Management reporting directly to the Governor of ...
26 Heinä 202249min
The Future of EMI, Training or Education?
Dr. Jeff Stern is the Superintendent of the Emergency Management Institute (EMI), located at Emmitsburg Maryland. EMI is the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) center for the development and...
19 Heinä 202255min
Predicting the Weather and Issuing Warnings
One of the aspects of our environment that impacts us on a daily basis is the weather. When it comes to disasters, the weather can be the cause of the disaster and even if it isn’t, weather conditions...
12 Heinä 20221h
T-Mobile's Emergency Response Team
When asked, emergency managers will unfailingly say that the first critical infrastructure that needs to be restored after a disaster is communications. In this podcast I interview two T-Mobile subjec...
5 Heinä 20221h 4min
Integrating Technology into Rapid Damage Assessment and Recovery
Melanie Spring has over 18 years of experience in engineering, operations, continuous improvement, organizational change management, and business transformation, primarily in power and utilities. Hav...
28 Kesä 202236min
Healthcare Workforce Shortage
One of the things that the COVID Pandemic has highlighted is the growing shortage of healthcare workers. This is especially true in rural areas of the United States. Erin J. McLaughlin An employment...
21 Kesä 202232min
Adapting MS Teams for Crisis Information Management
One of the innovations coming out of the response to the COVID Pandemic is the use of Microsoft Teams as a platform for managing a remote response to the event. MS Teams can combine with the power of ...
14 Kesä 202247min
Plans Vs. Play Books
Planning is one of the major tasks that all emergency managers undertake. We have all manner of plans that need to be written, from general all-hazard plans to those that encompass special hazards lik...
7 Kesä 202244min
