The Current of Emergency Management

Cody Powell and Dr. Maribel Martinez-Mejia
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. 

  1. 8 AVR.

    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 crucial in maintaining a strong relationship. They continue the conversation with discussing how their faith helps them avoid burnout and deal with the stress of the job. Support the show

    1 h 39 min

  2. 3 MARS

    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 background in civil air patrol and ham radio and discusses the recent wildfires in the Texas Panhandle. The importance of redundancies in communications and the need for radio caches are also highlighted. The conversation concludes with a discussion on the balan...

    1 h 42 min

  3. 5 FÉVR.

    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 management in Texas, including realignment and the introduction of new positions. They highlight the importance of productive busyness, discuss using ChatGPT for writing letters, the potential of AI, the Enhanced Incident and Unified Management course, u...

    1 h 9 min

  4. 28/08/2023

    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 discussing the summer heat wave and wildfires that have created so many problems here in Texas this summer. Support the show

    1 h 19 min

  5. 02/06/2023

    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 lessons we could learn from someone who served at the highest level about leadership and training. However, to prepare for the interview, Master Guns Aiken spent weeks listening to all our podcast and doing independent research about the EM profession as a whole. We...

    1 h 5 min

  6. 30/05/2023

    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 lessons we could learn from someone who served at the highest level about leadership and training. However, to prepare for the interview, Master Guns Aiken spent weeks listening to all our podcast and doing independent research about the EM profession as a whole. We ...

    1 h 37 min

  7. 30/04/2023

    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 Emergency Management; Moved to partner: A case study of faith-based congregations in disaster response. Julie was first a field practitioner as the Emergency Management Coordinator for the University of North Texas before becoming a PhD Candidate at the Univers...

    1 h 16 min

  8. 31/03/2023

    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. Of course, we dive into the coordination between NWS and local Emergency Management. We also discuss topics such as being colorblind and being able to interpret weather data, NWS products useful for more than just predicting weather, and the future ...

    1 h 40 min
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À propos

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. 

Informations

  • Création
    Cody Powell and Dr. Maribel Martinez-Mejia
  • Années d’activité
    2022 - 2024
  • Épisodes
    25
  • Classification
    Tous publics
  • Copyright
    © 2024 The Current of Emergency Management
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