The Current of Emergency Management
The Current of Emergency Management is co-hosted by two fulltime Emergency Management Coordinators who are not only colleagues but good friends. Their hope is to talk about issues facing Emergency Managers today and discuss real world solutions, best practices, and creative ways they have been able to solve problems.
Episodes
25 episodes
S3: E3; Faith, Friendship, and Burnout (2nd Episode in Burnout Series)
In this conversation, Maribel and Cody discuss various topics, including their faith and how it keeps them grounded and helps with their work-life balance in the field of emergency management and how respecting each other's faith and family is ...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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1:38:46
S3: E2; LTE Outage and Importance of Backup Communications
In this episode, Cody and Maribel discuss the recent AT&T outage and its impact on voting sites during an election. They introduce their guest, Daniel Blount, who has extensive experience in radio communications. Daniel shares his backgroun...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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1:42:12
S3: E1; Kicking off 2024!
SummaryIn this episode, Cody and Maribel discuss their absence from the podcast and express gratitude for the continued support from listeners. They reflect on the passage of time since the COVID-19 pandemic, recent changes in emergency...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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1:09:14
S2: E6 Summer Conferences, Summer Heat, and Wildfires
On this episodes we talk about why we took a summer break which has a lot to do with summer conferences. We discuss the ones we went to, the benefits and some unconventional conferences that EMs may not go to often. We also spend time discussin...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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1:18:43
S2: E5.2 Part Two: Interview with USMC Master Gunnery Sergeant (Ret.) Justin Aiken
This is the second of two episodes with recently retired Master Gunnery Sergeant Justin Aiken who served in the United States Marine Corps for 31 years. Our initial plan was for this interview to be mostly focused around what lesso...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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1:04:59
S2: E5.1 Interview with USMC Master Gunnery Sergeant (Ret.) Justin Aiken
This is the first of two episodes with recently retired Master Gunnery Sergeant Justin Aiken who served in the United States Marine Corps for 31 years. Our initial plan was for this interview to be mostly focused around what lesson...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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1:37:28
S2: E4 Interview with Julie Elliot; The Role of Faith Based Organizations in Disasters
There were some audio quality issues on the recording for this episode... The quality improves at around the 15 minute mark. In this episode, we interview Julie Elliot about her research and recently published article in the Journal of ...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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1:15:37
S2: E3 Interview with Jennifer Dunn from NWS
On this episode, we had the opportunity to sit down with Jennifer Dunn, Warning Coordination Meteorologist from the Fort Worth Office of the National Weather Service (NWS-FW). We discuss her role within the NWS and the role of NWS as a whole. O...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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1:40:13
S2: E2 What is an EM?
On this episode, we talk about defining what an Emergency Manager is and discuss the reasons why defining out job and scope of practice is becoming a topic of conversation more and more often. Additionally, we discuss the challenges of co...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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1:33:57
S2: E1 Columbia Space Shuttle Disaster- 20 year Anniversary
Our first Episode of Season 2 covers the Columbia Space Shuttle Disaster on the 20 year anniversary. We had the opportunity to interview Irish Hancock, EM Administrator for the Arlington Fire Department, Office of Emergency Management. Irish wa...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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1:56:03
Ep. 14 Year End Review (Season 1 Finale)
This is our final episode of 2022 and the end of the first season of the Podcast. We spend time reflecting on topics we have previously discussed to see if we still feel the same way and remember the lessons learned. We also spend time discuss ...
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Episode 14
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48:31
Ep. 13 EOC Design and Operation
In this episode, we talk about EOC design and operations. We both share our experiences serving as EOC Managers in EOCs of very different sizes. We also go through the new FEMA document released this month, "Emergency Operations Center How-To Q...
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Episode 13
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1:09:56
Ep. 12 Outdoor Warning Sirens
On this episode, we discuss outdoor/ tornado/ severe weather/ air raid warning sirens. We begin with looking back in history with the development of the modern tornado warning system, the introduction of air raid sirens, and their transition to...
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Episode 12
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46:49
Ep. 11: Interview with FEMA Region 6 Administrator, Tony Robinson
In this episode we had the opportunity to sit down with FEMA Region 6 Administrator, Tony Robinson. We talk about what it means to take an All-Hazard approach to emergency management, hurricane preparedness, public assistance, lifelines, and mi...
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Episode 11
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45:23
Allowing Internships and wisdom from a recent Intern
In this episode we talk about taking on interns in the office. We discuss what they do, what they may benefit from, paying them, expectations, and why internships are valuable. We also go through the PowerPoint of a recent intern he was require...
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Episode 10
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1:22:14
Exercise Planning and quick recap of previous episodes
On this episode, we spend a few minutes recapping previous episodes before talking about planning for exercises. Specifically, we spend time talking about how to train OEM Staff and those who respond to the EOC often, and how the EMC is able to...
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Episode 9
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55:12
Interview with TDEM Chief Nim Kidd
Nim Kidd, Chief of the Texas Division of Emergency Management and Vice Chancellor of Texas A&M, sat down with us at TheConferenceTx to discuss recently announced programs in the State of Texas. The programs we discuss are the County Liaison...
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Episode 8
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1:03:17
Cognitive Bias in Emergency Management
In this episode, we discuss cognitive bias and how it could potentially affect your job as an Emergency Manager. Specifically, we spend the majority of the episode discussing 'deformation professionnelle,' translated to mean, professional defor...
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Episode 7
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59:27
EM Burnout (First Episode in the Burnout Series)
This episode is the first in what will be a several episode series where we discuss Burnout in the Emergency Management Profession and the factors that lead to it. Our discussions include why we think burnout exist and why it's an issue.
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Episode 6
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51:56
EM Credentialing, Education and Answering Questions from a Student in EM
In this episode we discuss EM education, licensing/ credentialing and answer questions from a listener who asked what we look for when hiring new EMs.
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Episode 5
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1:01:26
How Current Events on the National and Global Level Effects Local Emergency Management
In this episode we discuss how national and global events can have an effect on local Emergency Managers. The two main current events we discuss are the current conflict occurring between Russia and Ukraine as well as the trucker convoy that is...
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Episode 4
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46:20
Using Contractors to assist with EM Processes and Augment Staff
This episode was recorded from San Marcos Texas at the Emergency Management Association of Texas (EMAT) Leadership Symposium. We had the opportunity to interview Melanie Bartis; Senior Planner with Innovative Emergency Management (IEM) to discu...
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Episode 3
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55:15
The EOC in a post Covid World; Is Virtual here to Stay?
In this episode we discuss the future of the Emergency Operations Center. As Covid pushed us towards a more virtual environment, what lessons did we learn that will be useful into the future? We also discuss technology that was helpful and we w...
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Episode 2
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42:09