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• November 23, 2018Podcast

  How People and Events Shape Responders

  Many things influence how we change over the course of our careers as responders and disaster healthcare providers. Some of them are good, and some bad, but they all shape us as we continue onward. Today on the show, co-hosts Sam Bradley and Jamie Davis are joined by Dr. Joe Holley, and our disaster weather expert, Kyle Nelson.

• November 16, 2018Podcast

  Wildfires, Winter Storms, and Weathering Disaster Response

  In this episode, we have our regular podcast team on the show without a special guest so we can look at a string of current disasters facing the U.S. at this time. These include the first winter storm of the season for the Ohio Valley and the Northeastern U.S., as well as the deadly wildfires facing California responders.

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  November 2, 2018Podcast

  International Disaster Response Systems with Christopher Chapman

  In this episode, we have UK disaster response expert Christopher Chapman on the show. Chris is a member of the Disaster Podcast community in our Facebook group who proposed we look at disaster response systems in other countries. He comes on to talk with us about the UK's disaster response systems, the types of disasters commonly faced in Great Britain, and international mutual aid response systems.

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  October 25, 2018Podcast

  Nebraska Ebola Response Team Impacting Public Health in Uganda

  In this episode, we get our final update from Tennessee Task Force One USAR team who deployed to Mexico Beach, Florida following the impact of Hurricane Michael. Dr. Joe Holley is now home with his USAR team from deployment. Joe relates what the team found on arrival at the devastated community, their medical relief efforts for the community in addition to their USAR duties, and the aftermath of the team's efforts now that they're home.

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  October 24, 2018Podcast

  Final USAR Hurricane Michael Update from Dr. Joe Holley

  In this episode, we get our final update from Tennessee Task Force One USAR team who deployed to Mexico Beach, Florida following the impact of Hurricane Michael. Dr. Joe Holley is now home with his USAR team from deployment. Joe relates what the team found on arrival at the devastated community, their medical relief efforts for the community in addition to their USAR duties, and the aftermath of the team's efforts now that they're home.

• October 18, 2018Uncategorized

  USAR Team Operations In Mexico Beach After Hurricane Michael

  In this episode, we get an update from Mexico Beach on the USAR team deployed there. We were lucky enough to catch up with Dr. Joe Holley, deployed with Tennessee Task Force One USAR team in Mexico Beach. Joe relates what the team found on arrival at the devastated community, their medical relief efforts for the community in addition to their USAR duties, and the ongoing team efforts for search and recovery following the impact of Hurricane Michael.

• October 10, 2018Podcast

  Hurricane Michael Field and Weather Update

  In this episode, we get a last-minute update from our disaster weather expert Kyle Nelson on the status of Hurricane Michael. The category 4 (nearly 5) hurricane made landfall at 1 PM CT in the area of Mexico Beach, Florida in the western panhandle area of the state. Areas to the east stretching around towards Tampa are calling for up to fourteen feet of storm surge above mean high tide. 

• October 4, 2018Podcast

  A New Way Of Looking at Critical Incident Stress with Dan McGuire

  In this episode of the Disaster Podcast, we bring back Dan Maguire from CISM Perspectives to talk about updates to the ways work-related stress for first responders is handled. The biggest change Dan noted was a focus on building resiliency into initial first responder education and ongoing training before the critical incident occurs.

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  September 20, 2018Podcast

  Hurricane Florence Responder Report One Week Later

  A look at the impact of Hurricane Florence one week after the storm hit the east coast of the U.S. With flood waters still rising, we bring you reports from the field with Dr. Joe Holley in North Carolina with the IST (Incident Support Team) and Dr. Ben Abo in South Carolina with Florida Task Force 1 USAR team. Both of them spell out what they've been doing in the past week and what they anticipate for the future of the deployment.

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  September 16, 2018Podcast

  Hurricane Florence Update 4 with Dr. Joe Holley in the Field

  Dr. Joe Holley checks in from the field after a few days spent in North Carolina with the Federal IST (Incident Support Team). He details the challenges faced by responders in the face of continued heavy rainfall and rising flood waters. Joe, and hosts Jamie Davis and Sam Bradley chat about some of the rescue situations as well as the resiliency of the local responders in the face of the continuous multi-day response.