Podcast

• March 14, 2025Podcast

  Ready Northwest Builds Disaster Resilient Businesses

  Edward Coulson from Ready Northwest returns to the Disaster Podcast to share ways businesses can build resiliency plans for disasters and major adverse events. Often overlooked in the community resilience discussion, local and regional businesses are anchors for the financial well being of a community. Including them while planning drills and events can improve the overall community response to a disaster.

• March 8, 2025Podcast

  Telling the Stories of Historical Disasters with Beth Livingston

  Author Beth Livingston joins the team in this episode to share her accounts of two past disasters here in the United States. First she recounts the personal stories of resilience in The Dayton Flood of 1913. Then she tells the stories of the survivors of The Charleston Earthquake of 1886.

• February 28, 2025Podcast

  Management of USAR Entrapped Trauma Patients

  In this episode we look at the variable patient presentations USAR docs and paramedics encounter when rescuing individuals from a collapsed structure. Joe points out that these patients vary based on the amount of time that has passed since the initial disaster situation. If you're responding to the early hours after a collapse, your approach is more immediate life threats such as hemorrhage management or opening and maintaining an airway.

• February 21, 2025Podcast

  Dr. Joe Holley on Training and Recent EMS Conferences

  Dr. Joe Holley comes back after being off the show for a few months due to extensive travel for training and conference attendance. We discuss the inflow of respiratory illness to our nation's hospitals and the difficulties finding rooms and beds for patients who need them.

• February 7, 2025Podcast

  Major Event Planning During Winter XGames with Kyle Nelson

  Kyle Nelson, our disaster meteorologist and ski patroller, joins us this week in his role as Planning Section Chief with the Winter XGames Aspen Incident Management Team. He shares his experiences planning and helping with operations for medical and response management during the games this year.

• February 2, 2025Podcast

  Investigating Airline Disasters with Edward Colson of Ready Northwest

  This week on the Disaster Podcast we look at some of the root causes of airline crash disasters and what kinds of things pilots do to avoid midair collisions. Becky DePodwin helped us bring in an Emergency Management colleague, Edward Colson. He's a former commercial helicopter pilot, currently and emergency manager and owner of a consulting firm, Ready Northwest.

• January 24, 2025Podcast

  Exploring the Future of Wildfire Research with NHERI: This Week on the Disaster Podcast

  Welcome back to the Disaster Podcast, your go-to resource for medical professionals, first responders, and disaster rescue experts. This week’s episode features a returning guest, Dan Zehner, from the Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI), alongside our cohosts Sam Bradley (retired firefighter and paramedic) and Jamie Davis (nurse and retired paramedic).

• January 10, 2025Podcast

  California Wildfires and Disaster Messaging

  On this week's episode, Dan DePodwin joins us to discuss the unique weather implications surrounding the widespread wildfires hitting the Los Angeles area this week. We discuss Santa Ana winds and the source in the mountain deserts around the Four Corners region of the Southwest.

• January 4, 2025Podcast

  2024 on the Disaster Podcast Episode Retrospective

  Our amazing Disaster Podcast team got together this week to share their favorite episodes from 2024. We covered a lot of topics and disaster responses over the previous year but there were a few standouts for each of us.

• December 20, 2024Podcast

  Holiday and Winter Weather Travel Preparedness Update

  With the approaching holidays here at the end of December, along with the accompanying winter storms tracking across the midwest and into the northeast, it's important to review preparedness and travel warnings for your region. Becky DePodwin, our disaster emergency management expert, joins us to cover some of the weather and preparedness concerns.