Podcast

July 25, 2019Podcast

Preparedness Lessons Applied in Hurricane Barry Response

After the response to Hurricane Barry last week, Dr. Joe Holley is back from his deployment with the federal Incident Support Team (IST). He took some time for a short call with host Jamie Davis to talk about the response and some of the lessons learned. Joe also recounts what he saw first hand in the field that has him hopeful that preparedness lessons a being taken seriously by people in storm-prone areas.
July 18, 2019Podcast

Disaster Response and Training Impacts from Lessons Learned Part 2

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July 11, 2019Podcast

Disaster Response and Training Impacts from Lessons Learned Part 1

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July 4, 2019Podcast

Trek Medics Improve Emergency Response in Emerging Nations and Disasters (Part 2 of 2)

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June 29, 2019Podcast

Trek Medics Improve Emergency Response in Emerging Nations and Disasters (Part 1 of 2)

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June 14, 2019Podcast

Heat Injury and Stress Effect on Disaster and Wilderness Rescuers

A look at heat and hot weather health effects on responders and disaster rescuers. We have Wilderness PA, a.k.a. James Corbin on the show today to talk about preparing for hot weather rescue operations as summer approaches here in the northern hemisphere.
June 6, 2019Podcast

USAR Dog Wellness with Dr. Lori Gordon

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May 31, 2019Podcast

Physical Aptitude Testing for Disaster Responders with Dave Bremson

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May 24, 2019Podcast

Volunteers in Disaster Response and Recovery Efforts

We tackle the importance of volunteers in disaster response and recovery on this week's episode of the Disaster Podcast. In some communities, volunteers from the backbone of the first responder force. How does this dynamic affect response to disasters and what does it mean for overall community resilience?
May 9, 2019Podcast

Emergency Dispatchers, The Forgotten First Responders

On this week's episode, we take a look into the lives of emergency dispatchers. Our disaster weather expert and emergency dispatcher, Kyle Nelson, is the featured guest this week. Kyle talks about the challenges of being a dispatcher and urges all first responders to keep their dispatch center staff in mind when putting together debriefings and after-action discussions for all events, large or small. It's important to remember these forgotten members of the emergency chain of survival and include them whenever we talk about our first responder community.