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FEMA Responds to Hurricane Helene and Milton - Guest Pete Gaynor

Disaster Zone Podcast

During his tenure in the Marines, he was assigned as the Executive Officer responsible for the security of Presidential Retreat, Camp David; assigned as the Head of Plans, Operations at the Headquarters Marine Corps during the September 11, 2001 attacks; and deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom with the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force.

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Achieving True Communications Interoperability Across Networks, Devices, Platforms and Applications

Disaster Zone Podcast

The terrorist attacks of 9/11/2001 highlighted the need to improve the ability for public agencies from different jurisdictions to communicate with one another. The terrorist attacks of 9/11/2001 highlighted the need to improve the ability for public agencies from different jurisdictions to communicate with one another.

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Best of 2023: Leading in a Crisis

Disaster Zone Podcast

This episode is sponsored by AshBritt , a national rapid-response emergency management and logistics company. This episode is sponsored by AshBritt , a national rapid-response emergency management and logistics company.

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How to Hire

Disaster Zone Podcast

This episode is sponsored by AshBritt , a national rapid-response emergency management and logistics company. This episode is sponsored by AshBritt , a national rapid-response emergency management and logistics company.

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Leading in a Crisis

Disaster Zone Podcast

Merit is a first-of-its-kind, all-hazards, digital credentialing platform that equips emergency responders with innovative tools to securely manage their personnel on-site, no matter the situation.

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Fifth Needs Assessment report shows progress and continued gaps in US fire departments’ needs and resources

National Fire Protection Association

Published every five years since 2001, the US Needs Assessment report reflects the results of a survey sent to most US fire departments. The survey includes a broad range of questions that work to identify where US fire departments are experiencing gaps in equipment, staffing, and training, among other needs and resources.

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Resilience is an illusion

Emergency Planning

Hence, public discourse and concerns could conceivably change overnight (as they did in the USA after "Nine-Eleven" in 2001). Strong trends are complemented by instabilities that could tip regional and global systems into an entirely different phase.