What the LA Fires Taught Us About Disaster Recovery
The Los Angeles fires will likely be the costliest natural disaster in our history. While they started as wildfire, they changed into an urban conflagration. Thousands of homes were destroyed along wi...
10 Juni 202547min
An Overview of The Disaster Community in Europe
In this podcast we will be learning about disaster community in Europe and more specifically in Switzerland. That will be in the first half of the podcast. In the second half, we will be talking about...
4 Juni 202558min
Predicting Damages Before a Disaster
In this podcast we look at a new technology being developed and fielded to help people and organizations, public and private better understand climate risks of all types. From wildfires to floods, cli...
19 Maj 202554min
When Projects Implode and Cause Financial Disasters
There are all sorts of projects, large and small. I’ve advocated that all work is usually done in the form of a project. Really large projects require a huge investment in time and other resources to ...
1 Maj 20251h 2min
Volunteers Assets or Liabilities
Disaster volunteers come in many shapes and sizes. They can be individual citizens but typically are aligned with an organization that is offering aid to their fellow citizens. However, sometimes emer...
22 Apr 202551min
Self-Imposed Barriers to Technology Adoption
Technology is a driving force in public safety today. There are multiple challenges that come with considering which technologies should be adopted and fielded within an organization. Before that can ...
15 Apr 202559min
Examining the Changes at FEMA with Craig Fugate
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has been predominantly in the news for many months. Most recently as both President Trump and the Secretary of Homeland Security have made remarks that F...
3 Apr 20251h
Handling Layoffs with Empathy
Personally, I have had to inform employees that their jobs were being eliminated. Sometimes because of a budget cut, sometimes due to their performance. How we handle these events is important to the ...
27 Mars 202545min
