9 episodes
Leading Las Vegas UNLV Emergency and Crisis Management Program
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Leading Las Vegas is a podcast produced by the Emergency and Crisis Management Program at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Each season, students in a Leadership, Innovation and Adaptability class interview prominent leaders, who discuss their leadership approaches, and how they prepare for, respond to, and recover from shocks and stresses faced by the community.
Las Vegas is known for being the entertainment capital of the world. However, it is also a complex environment, with a highly diverse community living in densely populated urban and suburban areas. It is situated near rugged and desolate land, with an arid climate and extreme temperatures in summer months. This unique nature of the city and its location create dynamic challenges for leaders.
Each season, the Leading Las Vegas podcast will focus on specific issues relevant to emergencies and crises, as well as community resilience. It’s a must-listen for emergency managers, leaders, community members, and students interested in the field of emergency crisis management.
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Season 1 of Leading Las Vegas focuses on Tourist Safety. Tourism is an integral part of Las Vegas, with over 42 million people visiting the city every year. Large-scale events from shows at hotel properties, to music festivals, to high-profile sporting events, occur on a nightly basis, along with conventions that can draw well over 100,000 attendees. Different agencies work together in the community to plan for these events, and respond when safety threats occur.
In this season, we discuss issues of event planning, current and future threats, as well as community resilience. Las Vegas was also the site of the October 1, 2017 Route 91 Music Festival shooting, the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. The season contains an episode focused on the shooting, and conversations with the leaders involved with the security planning and response to the attack, and an interview with Las Vegas mayor, Carolyn Goodman, who discusses the city’s resilience.
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“Las Vegas Never Closes, Never”: COVID-19 and the Las Vegas Tourism Industry
Casinos in Las Vegas are meant to never close. However, COVID-19 led to a shut-down of this most vital sector of the region’s economy. This episode of Leading Las Vegas focuses on the impact of COVID on the tourism industry in Las Vegas. Our guest is Lindsey Bartlett, the Assistant Director for Emergency Management at the Venetian Resort, one of the premier hotel and convention properties in Las Vegas.
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Illuminating Inequities: Caring for Vulnerable Populations During COVID
How can we best serve our vulnerable populations? Through conversations with Carlito Rayos, the Hazardous Materials and Critical Infrastructure Coordinator for the Clark County Fire Department, and Arash Ghafoori, the Executive Director Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth, we explore the impact COVID-19 has had on underserved individuals.
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Regional Response: How Las Vegas Public Health Agencies Managed a Highly Vulnerable Community During the Pandemic
Clark County, Nevada, where Las Vegas is located, was identified as one of the most vulnerable regions for the COVID-19 pandemic. The Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD) led response efforts in this region. In this episode of Leading Las Vegas, we interview the SNHD Office of Public Health Preparedness Manager, Jeff Quinn, and SNHD Public Health Preparedness Supervisor, Misty Robinson.
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State of Crisis: Nevada Leaders Use the National Guard to Combat COVID-19
Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic required the coordination of resources at both the municipal and state level. In this episode of Leading Las Vegas, we focus on the state of Nevada’s efforts to combat the virus. We interview Caleb Cage, Director of Nevada’s COVID-19 response, and Colonel Justin Galli, who served as the liaison from Governor Sisolak’s office to the National Guard in Nevada.
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City Solutions: The Las Vegas Response to COVID-19
In this episode of Leading Las Vegas, Mason Van Howling, Chief Executive Officer of the University Medical Center, and Carolyn Levering, Emergency Management Administrator of the City of Las Vegas, discuss ways that the city and the medical community responded to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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S1E4 - Bouncing Back from Crisis: How Communities Build Resilience
What creates a resilient community? We explore the issue of community resilience with Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman, Tom Perrigo, the Chief Sustainability Officer for the City of Las Vegas, and Jonathan Ullman, President of the Mob Museum, as well as several other city leaders. Based on their experiences managing responses to emergencies and crises in Las Vegas, they discuss how leadership can help a community recover from a crisis, and renew itself as it moves forward.