#11 Interview with Public Safety and Professional Communications President at L3Harris Nino DiCosmo
L3Harris is a major Department of Defense and First Responder technology provider. Their President of Public Safety and Professional Communications, Nino DiCosmo, talks COVID-19, Hurricane Season and leadership in our latest episode.
L3Harris has almost 50,000 employees and does 18 billion dollars in revenue, annually. Nino DiCosmo joined the company as the President of Public Safety and Professional Communications at L3Harris nearly 4 years ago. He has ample experiences leading large teams and major contracts with the Department of Defense and First Responder agencies by providing technologies like our favorite radio app, BeOn PPT. We ask Nino about his expertise in leadership, responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic, preparing for Hurricane Season and ask him questions about the contracting process to help emergency managers work better with vendors like L3Harris.
#10 Response, PTSD, and Prevention with Human Trafficking Expert - Mary Kent
There are all kinds of disasters in the world, one of the most gruesome is the societal disaster of human trafficking. Mary Kent is and expert with ample field experience helping children and adults as a victim advocate.
In this episode we talk with Mary Kent. A professor, public speaker, victim advocate responder, and intelligence asset to help identify human trafficking and provide disruption assistance. She talks about her experiences in the field and provides emergency managers the insights required to find, address, and help survivors of forced servitude and sexual exploitation.
#9 Tactical Level Disaster Drones!
Small drones provide numerous capabilities for emergency managers. The creator of FEMA's first internal drone team in response, John Scardena talks about use cases for this new tool. We also provide a statement about civil unrest.
We talk about the inaugural use of sUAS drones from the federal disaster perspective. Our Host, while serving on the National Strike Team developed the first tactical level team in response and provides numerous applications for this asset. While talking about providing situational awareness, John talks about civil unrest, George Flyod, and reform. This is the official statement of Doberman Emergency Management Group llc and the Disaster Tough Podcast.
#8 Hurricane Season and the Emergency Management Need to Knows
The episode highlights the major components of a hurricane, how to better communicate and understand the numerous complexities in with a hurricane response. Good luck this Season- it's likely going to be a busy one!
#7 Catastrophic Dam Failures in Michigan
10,000 people were evacuated on May 18th, 2020. This episode explores the emergency management perspective.
During this episode we talk about the Michigan Dam Failures. We talk about how to work with leadership or partners who don't want to spend the time or money to mitigate issues, a constant battle for emergency managers to climb, and we talk about how to create a proper emergency plan for Dams.
Disclaimer: Our host, John Scardena, is from Ohio- he does his best to hold back feelings on the Buckeyes vs the Wolverines, though the jokes do spill over now and then. Please note, this has no reflection on how we feel about helping people in the State of Michigan, this is only a sports related banter between the States.
#6 Lessons in leadership with the expert emergency manager Rodney Melsek
Lessons in Leadership from the very distinguished guest, Rodney Melsek. We present this episode as a Q&A about what it takes to become a true leader an expert strategic level emergency manager.
Mr. Rodney Melsek has served over 20 years as a Type 1 Planning Section Chief on the National Strike Team, planning for and responding to the most catastrophic disasters in modern U.S. history. Rodney's experience goes beyond the federal emergency response official experience, as he also served for 15 years in international humanitarian aid, including The Balkans, Asia, and Africa. Rodney's unique perspective has provided him opportunity to train and lead countless emergency managers who have, through his guidance, prepared for and responded to chaos. He is a subject matter expert and a great friend to Doberman Emergency Management. He currently advises the organization to ensure best practice. Come check out the episode in order to hear how he lead throughout his career.
#5 PART 2- The Peace Corps & Cornavirus Emergency Evac , Interview with Cam Starrett
Part 2- Cam Starrett shares his experience as a Peace Corps Member in Panama. He talks about the people, his projects, the living conditions, and the lessons learned during his deployment. We dive into the details of the blog post he wrote for Doberman Emergency Management and the struggle to get back to the states while countries were shutting down due to the Coronavirus.
#4 PART 1 The Humanitarian Life, Interview with Cam Starrett
What drives someone towards service and what keeps you going when things become difficult? In this 2 part episode, Cameron Starrett shares his experiences with multiple volunteer based or organizations. We talk about disasters and lessons learned working in the US together, and his journey of volunteering over the past several years. Come listen to Part 1 The Humanitarian Life with Cam.
#3 COVID 19 Situational Awareness
It's time to look ahead. We talk about how to apply situational awareness to emergency planning in a pandemic.
We address situational awareness. We look at emergency management and pandemics in the lens of what is coming up- hurricane season and recovery operations. During this episode, we talk about how to apply FEMA's seven community lifelines to creating an all hazards recovery plan- using an emergency manager at a university as our example. How does safety and security, food shelter clothing, health and medical, energy, communications, transportation, and hazardous material apply to your specific organization? Join us to find out!
#2 Disaster Data, There's No Such Thing As The Boy Who Cried Wolf
News broke that all deaths that could be related to the Coronavirus Pandemic, are considered a COVID19 Death. I explain why this isn’t bad, but actually really good for emergency response and research. I compare this collection to how to rise our confidence with flood impact numbers and how to avoid the infamous, “Brownie, you’re doing a heck of a job!”
#1 Pandemic, Earthquakes, Tornadoes! Oh my!
For our first episode- I share experiences from past disasters and lessons learned to help fight back against disaster. There's a lot going on in the World right now. This episode talks about solutions and why eating a bowl of cereal is really important. Let’s talk!
How does eating a bowl of cereal relate to large scale disasters? Episode 1 dives into the world of emergencies with the perspective of disaster response experience. Looking for what to do next with this Pandemic? Come chat with us.