All Hazards Emergency Network podcast: Recent Episodes
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The All Hazards Emergency Network was created as a fully integrated shared learning platform. This includes the newsletter, website, webcasts and live events to encourage better communication and cooperation between the entire community of public, private and non-governmental stakeholders that are seeking to make our nation safer, and more resilient in the wake of major disasters.
Tom Moran and Tim Karney of the All Hazards Consortium explore future trends in Disaster Resilience and Business Continuity.
Lee Williams of Plum Laboratories discusses new approaches to ensuring continuity of communications during outages or enabling access to remote teams in areas where cellular communications are limited.
Dr. Nicole Lurie, the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services discusses the challenges of preventing, responding to, and recovering from adverse health effects caused by disasters and widespread diseases.
Sean Murphy, the CEO of Lootok, LTD discusses new approaches to risk management and how to develop an effective approach to business continuity.
John Murphy, the Chief Operating Officer of the National Weather Service explains the new Weather Ready Nation Initiative which is designed to help citizens, communities, and businesses prepare for, and mitigate weather related disasters.
Karen Duham-Aguilera, the Director of Contingency Operations and Office of Homeland Security, Headquarters, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers explains the Corps' efforts to assist Federal, state and local emergency management and response organizations with mitigation, planning, training, and exercises necessary, to provide capabilities to respond to any emergency or disaster.
Dr. Mark Keim of DisasterDoc explains why rescue efforts in disasters are almost always "too little, too late," and presents ways that individuals and communities can reduce fatalities in disasters.
Tony Bardo of Hughes Network Systems explains the role of satellites in ensuring availability and mobility of disaster communications
Jennifer Helgeson, an economist in the Applied Economics Office of the Engineering Laboratory at NIST explains the Community Resilience Economic Decision Guide for Buildings and Infrastructure Systems.
Harriet Tregoning, the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Community Planning and Development at HUD discusses the recent $1Billion awards from the National Disaster Resilience Competition.
Stephen Cauffman, a research engineer with the Community Resilience Program at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) explains the the Community Resilience Planning Guide for Buildings and Infrastructure Systems, and the Community Resilience Economic Decision Support Guide for Buildings and Infrastructure Systems.
Christopher Tarentino, the CEO of Epicenter Media & Training explains the important role played by social media in disaster communications.
Tom Moran of the All Hazards Consortium and Tim Karney, Editor, All Hazards Emergency Network give their perspectives on some of the key issues in Disaster Resilience.
Reese May, the National Recovery Director for the Saint Bernard Project and its Disaster Resilience and Recovery Lab explains how they help communities and individuals prepare to mitigate the impact of a major disaster.
Dave Bailey, 911 Coordinator for Morgan County, Ohio discusses the deployment of their Next Generation 911 system and how it has provided new capabilities and greater dependability.
Ron Hosko, former Assistant Director of the FBI, discusses the increased frequency of domestic terrorist incidents and the factors that contribute to this threat.
Tom Moran, Executive Director of the All Hazards Consortium explains how the organization built a circle of trust that enables public and private sector stakeholders to share sensitive operational information to expedite disaster recovery.
Mike Ambrosia of Wakefern Foods discusses the impact of SuperStorm Sandy on the Food Sector and how the industry is working to improve resilience.
Bill Murtagh, the Assistant Director for Space Weather at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy discusses the potential impact of a massive space weather incident on the global electrical grid and explains the National Space Weather Strategy and National Space Weather Action Plan.
Bo Mitchell, the President of 911 Consulting discusses the increasing frequency of workplace violence and how organizations can prepare and train their employees to survive these types of situations.
Doctor Rob Thieler of the U.S. Geological Survey explains the potential impact on coastal critical infrastructure as a result of rising sea levels. He discusses some of the areas such as the Chesapeake Bay and the Carolinas that are at the highest risk of flooding from storm surges, erosion, and other factors.
Dave Jones, the CEO, President and Founder of StormCenter Communications explains their new approach to sharing data for improved situational awareness.
Tom Moran, the Executive Director of the All Hazards Consortium discusses the recent activities of the organization and outlines new initiatives for Disaster Resilience stakeholders.
Brad Gair, the Vice President of Emergency Management & Enterprise Resilience at NYU Langone Medical Center explains how that organization worked together with FEMA to recover from flood damage caused by SuperStorm Sandy. NYU Langone undertook comprehensive mitigation efforts to prevent this type of flooding in the future. He also makes a compelling case for "integrated Investment" by regional stakeholders to maximize the effectiveness of mitigation efforts.
Denise Anderson, the Executive Director of the National Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (NH-ISAC) discusses threats to sensitive healthcare data and how the NH-ISAC brings together a wide variety of stakeholders to protect this data.
Dick Price, former Chief Business Continuity Officer, for Verizon Corporate explains the challenges of restoring telecommunication services during a disaster.
Mike Sprayberry, Director of the North Carolina Department of Emergency Management discusses the recent floods created by historic levels of rainfall.
Jamie Turner, the recently retired Director of the Delaware Emergency Management Agency discusses the lessons learned from SuperStorm Sandy and other major events.
Dave Gruber, the Texas State Department of State Health Services Assistant Commissioner for Regional and Local Health Services, discusses lessons learned from the Ebola outbreak in Texas.
Aaron Strickland, the Emergency Operations Director for Georgia Power explains how Regional Mutual Assistance Groups (RMAGS) coordinate the efforts of utility companies across the nation to restore power after a major outage.
Eric Epley, the Executive Director of the Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council explains how regional organizations of healthcare providers cooperate to improve handling mass casualties in any sort of disaster.
Chris Reade, the President of Carrollton Enterprise Services explains lessons learned from Hurricane Sandy in improving the complex process of Disaster Recovery Compensation.
Ron Cassoni, CEO of PointStream explains how the company is helping to monitor 20 million displaced people around the world.
Guy Beougher, the Executive Director of Operations in DLA’s Logistics Operations explains how the agency supports responders is a wide variety of disaster situations.
Adam Thiel, Deputy Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security for the Commonwealth of Virginia discusses the development of programs, policies and partnerships to enhance economic resilience.
MaryGrace Parker of the I-95 Corridor Coalition explains the importance of I-95 to the nation's economic resilience and how the organization works to improve transportation systems performance.
Ralph Basham, Former Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection discusses the complex problem of border security, and outlines realistic approaches to protecting our nation's borders.
Tom Moran of the All Hazards Consortium explains how public sector, private sector, and non-governmental stakeholders depend on each other in responding to major disasters.
John Shaner, Chair of the Multi-State Fleet Response Working Group, explains improvements in the ways lifeline sector response fleets are being coordinated for disaster response.
Bill Cossoff of Unmanned Experts explains how Unmanned Aerial Vehicles can be used for Disaster Response and what organizations should consider in operating them.
Bo Mitchell of 911 Consulting explains what organizations need to do to ensure their Emergency Action Plans are OSHA Compliant.
Greg Carbin of NOAA's Storm Prediction Center explains the process of monitoring and predicting severe weather across the nation.
Tom O'Reilly, Director of The Police Institute at the School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University discusses the Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative (NSI) and other information sharing programs for law enforcement and homeland security.
Colonel Richard Neely, the Chief of Current Operations Division of the National Guard Bureau explains the Guard's unique role in support of civil authorities during major disasters.
Tom Moran, the Executive Director of the All Hazards Consortium explains the organization's role in facilitating cooperation between the public and private sector for disaster response.
Ira Tannenbaum, Assistant Commissioner for Public/Private Initiatives at New York City Emergency Management (NYCEM) explains how the City coordinates the integration of private sector concerns, interests, and resources to support New York City’s emergency planning, preparedness, response, and recovery activities.
Theresa McCallister of NIST explains the Community Disaster Resilience Planning Guide and how listeners can provide input.
Robert Salesses, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense Integration and Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA) explains how the DoD provides support for civil authorities in response to major disasters.
When a disaster strikes, the first question everyone asks is, "When will the power be restored?" Chris Eisenbrey of the Edison Electric Institute explains the new processes being used by electric utilities to expedite power restoration.
Harvey Johnson, the Executive Director for Recovery Operations for the American Red Cross explains how they respond to over 70,000 incidents a year.
Dr. Douglas Maughan, the Division Director, Cyber Security Division of the Department of Homeland Security, Science & Technology Directorate discusses recent research into enhancing cybersecurity in both the public and private sectors.
Chris Geldart, Director of Washington, DC Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency discusses the unique challenges of protecting the nation's Capitol.
Chris Kuryak, the Chief Operating Officer of Recovers.org explains their approach to Community Driven Disaster Response which supports residents with their needs in any type of disaster.
Joe Bruno, the former Commissioner of the New York City Office of Emergency Management discusses how the city coped with the massive destruction caused by Superstorm Sandy. He details their processes for mobilizing a wide variety of city agencies, state & local governments, federal agencies and private sector partners to meet the needs of the regions's citizens.
Matt Morrison, the CEO of the Pacific Northwest Economic Region discusses the unique approach his organization takes to promote resilience on both sides of the U.S. and Canada border.
Joe Picciano, former Deputy Regional Director at FEMA explains the importance of Integrated Planning between public sector stakeholders and private sector operators of critical infrastructure to ensure disaster resilience. Drawing on lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina and the World Trade Center recovery effort, he discusses best practices in integrated planning for disaster resilience.
Brian Tishuk, the Executive Director of ChicagoFIRST, a coalition of financial and other institutions discusses their initiatives to foster economic resilience.
Tom Moran, the Executive Director of the All Hazards Consortium explains the applicability of the new Open/Closed Business App for disaster response. The app provides information for responders to find open businesses that can provide lodging, gas, food and other needs during an extended power outage.
Bob Crouch, former Assistant to the Governor for Commonwealth Preparedness in Virginia, discusses the challenges of forming effective public/private sector partnerships for emergency response.
Harriet Tregoning, the Director of the Office of Economic Resilience at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development explains the $1Billion National Disaster Resilience Competition. This interview previously aired on Disaster Resilience for America on Federal News Radio.
Bob Kolasky, the Director of Strategy and Policy for the DHS Office of Infrastructure Protection discusses best practices in making public and private sector critical infrastructure more secure and resilient in the event of a major disaster. This interview previously aired on Disaster Resilience for America on Federal News Radio.
Kevin Gambold, CEO of Unmanned Experts and Tom Moran of the All Hazards Consortium discuss the use of drones for Homeland Security and Emergency Response.
Desi Matel-Anderson interviews Sean Scott, the author of The Red Guide to Recovery and a winner of the Field Innovation Team Innovation in Emergency Management Challenge for the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) 2014 Conference.
Desi Matel-Anderson interviews James BW, the CEO of Noggin that developed the Register, Find, Reunite Project in Australia which was one of the winners of the Innovation in Emergency Management Challenge for theInternational Association of Emergency Managers 2014.
Steve Detweiler, the Editor of the Emergency Managers Weekly Report discusses how he delivers valuable content and insights to a global audience through his email newsletter and social media presence.
John Hamilton the Director of Civil Defense and Emergency Management discusses the unique challenges of preparing for possible disasters on a remote island in an earthquake prone area.
Tom Moran and Dennis Schrader of the All Hazards Consortium discuss an operational approach to the policy of a Whole Community response.
Brian David Johnson, Intel's Futurist discusses the future of disasters with Desi Matel-Anderson of the Global Disaster Innovation Group
Desi Matel-Anderson reports on Field Innovation Team activities during the response to the Washington State Mudslides.
Desiree Matel-Anderson, CEO and Founder of the Global Disaster Innovation Group explains how Field Innovation Teams innovate during a disaster
Tom Moran, Executive Director, All Hazards Consortium improved coordination of power restoration. Release of the Annual Report of the Multi-State Fleet Working Group.