Episodes

  • Maintaining Communications In Difficult Response Situations with GoTenna

    Maintaining Communications In Difficult Response Situations with GoTenna
    Aug 30 2024
    In this episode, we chat with Jameson Morgan, Director of Partnerships for goTenna. GoTenna is a company that provides critical network communications solutions for military, government, and emergency services personnel. It enables them to maintain contact in rough environments where standard communications methods experience difficulties.
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    29 mins
  • Hurricanes Debby and Ernesto Aftermath

    Hurricanes Debby and Ernesto Aftermath
    Aug 18 2024
    Our disaster meteorologist, Dan DePodwin, joins us this week to talk about Hurricanes Debby and Ernesto. Debby caused widespread flooding from Florida to upstate New York. Dan and Becky DePodwin share an experience driving during the passage of Debby's remnants in the Catskill Mountains of New York.
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    33 mins
  • Educating Ukrainian Medical Personnel

    Educating Ukrainian Medical Personnel
    Aug 9 2024
    In this episode of the Disaster Podcast we talk with nurse Alicia Bean who is preparing for a return trip with IDMC to Ukraine where she works educating medical personnel on trauma and other best practices. Interstate Disaster Medical Collaborative (IDMC) provides a forum for collaboration, cooperation and coordination of disaster medical experts, assets and systems. The teams are comprised of state and regional providers of mass gathering and disaster medical care.
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    34 mins
  • Wildfires and Disaster Resilient Construction

    Wildfires and Disaster Resilient Construction
    Aug 2 2024
    Dan Zehner from NHERI rejoins us for today's episode. The Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure, NHERI, is a shared-use network funded by multiple grants from the National Science Foundation. They conduct studies of natural hazards and their effects on manmade infrastructure elements to determine safer and more resilient construction methods and materials.
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    39 mins
  • Hurricane Beryl Aftermath and Lessons Learned

    Hurricane Beryl Aftermath and Lessons Learned
    Jul 12 2024
    Our Meteorologist Dan Depodwin joins Dr. Joe Holley and our cohosts Sam Bradley and Jamie Davis on this episode. The team looks at the early major hurricane named Beryl that caused a revision of the current seasonal hurricane forecast to reflect an even more active season this year.
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    34 mins
  • Dr. Genie Burnett on Mental Health Resilience for First Responders

    Dr. Genie Burnett on Mental Health Resilience for First Responders
    Jun 28 2024
    This episode Dr. Genie Burnett joins us to discuss mental health for first responders dealing with trauma. Genie has had the dream that one day, everyone would have access to resources that would help improve your mental health. This program has been in development since 2018. Because of her RIM technology partners, it has become a reality.
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    37 mins
  • EMS Eagles Conference Revisit with Dr. Joe Holley

    EMS Eagles Conference Revisit with Dr. Joe Holley
    Jun 22 2024
    In this episode Dr. Joe returns from several weeks of travel for education and conferences around disaster and emergency medical care. We also discussed the increased activity in the tropics with the first tropical storm of the year on the Atlantic side and two more systems under scrutiny for possible development. There's also a look at the extreme heat affecting much of the nation and the severe fire hazards in the New Mexico region.
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    30 mins
  • Hurricane preparedness with Becky DePodwin

    Hurricane preparedness with Becky DePodwin
    Jun 14 2024
    Disaster Emergency Management expert Becky DePodwin goes through the necessary steps for a family prepping for hurricane season. The U.S. National Weather Service has a collection of preparedness pages for hurricanes including before, during, and after the weather event hits. Below are a few great resources to use when creating your family plan.
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    44 mins