Episodios

  • AEDs In Public Spaces with DiPietro and Associates

    AEDs In Public Spaces with DiPietro and Associates
    May 16 2025
    David DiPietro was a former Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer and eventually an instructor for community operations and personnel. He later founded DiPietro and Associates, a medical equipment business, including the distribution of AEDs. Kelsey Treat, David's daughter, now runs the company's sales and operations while Dave focuses on new business opportunities.
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    41 m
  • Disaster Medical Solutions with Vincent Johnson

    Disaster Medical Solutions with Vincent Johnson
    May 9 2025
    We are joined this week by former FDNY firefighter/paramedic Vincent Johnson. Vinnie comes to us from Disaster Medical Solutions and a former FEMA USAR team in New York. He and Dr. Joe Holley share information about USAR medical specialist operations training for USAR docs and paramedics.
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    33 m
  • Emergency Management Professionals Gather

    Emergency Management Professionals Gather
    May 5 2025
    In this episode we talk about a conference a few months back that was attended by both Becky DePodwin and Kyle Nelson. Becky is our Emergency Management disaster expert and Kyle has experience in meteorological issues and is also an educator for emergency managers on social media use and information management during disasters and major events.
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    39 m
  • Training and Deployment of USAR Dogs with Kimberly Holley

    Training and Deployment of USAR Dogs with Kimberly Holley
    Apr 18 2025
    This week we take a look at what it takes to train and deploy with USAR dogs during disasters. Dr. Joe Holley's better half, Kimberly comes by to talk about her work with the FEMA team from Memphis, Tennessee. She currently had two trained dogs (one live find dog and a human remains detection dog), Kimberly is currently training a third for live search and rescue.
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    39 m
  • More Severe Weather Strikes Midwest and Southeast

    More Severe Weather Strikes Midwest and Southeast
    Apr 11 2025
    Our resident meteorologist and disaster emergency management expert, Becky DePodwin, shares her take on the preparedness challenges when a broad weather front crosses the nation. Many states are dealing with severe rain, winds, and flooding that have caused more than a dozen deaths. In fact, the month of March was the windiest on record.
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    34 m
  • Bright Harbor On Recovery After Disasters

    Bright Harbor On Recovery After Disasters
    Apr 5 2025
    Gavin Blair, COO of Bright Harbor, joins the rest of the podcast team tonight. He discusses the unique challenges people face in the aftermath of disaster. Whether it's knowing the best way to file with your insurance company, or how to navigate the FEMA bureaucracy, having an advocate in your corner can be a game-changer.
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    35 m
  • Ready Northwest Builds Disaster Resilient Businesses

    Ready Northwest Builds Disaster Resilient Businesses
    Mar 14 2025
    Edward Coulson from Ready Northwest returns to the Disaster Podcast to share ways businesses can build resiliency plans for disasters and major adverse events. Often overlooked in the community resilience discussion, local and regional businesses are anchors for the financial well being of a community. Including them while planning drills and events can improve the overall community response to a disaster.
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    44 m
  • Telling the Stories of Historical Disasters with Beth Livingston

    Telling the Stories of Historical Disasters with Beth Livingston
    Mar 8 2025
    Author Beth Livingston joins the team in this episode to share her accounts of two past disasters here in the United States. First she recounts the personal stories of resilience in The Dayton Flood of 1913. Then she tells the stories of the survivors of The Charleston Earthquake of 1886.
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    47 m
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