All Hazards Emergency Network Podcast

Tom Moran and Tim Karney of the All Hazards Consortium explore future trends in Disaster Resilience and Business Continuity.

Lee Williams of Plum Laboratories discusses new approaches to ensuring continuity of communications during outages or enabling access to remote teams in areas where cellular communications are limited.

Dr. Nicole Lurie, the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services discusses the challenges of preventing, responding to, and recovering from adverse health effects caused by disasters and widespread diseases.

Sean Murphy, the CEO of Lootok, LTD discusses new approaches to risk management and how to develop an effective approach to business continuity.

John Murphy, the Chief Operating Officer of the National Weather Service explains the new Weather Ready Nation Initiative which is designed to help citizens, communities, and businesses prepare for, and mitigate weather related disasters.

Karen Duham-Aguilera, the Director of Contingency Operations and Office of Homeland Security, Headquarters, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers explains the Corps' efforts to assist Federal, state and local emergency management and response organizations with mitigation, planning, training, and exercises necessary, to provide capabilities to respond to any emergency or disaster.

Dr. Mark Keim of DisasterDoc explains why rescue efforts in disasters are almost always "too little, too late," and presents ways that individuals and communities can reduce fatalities in disasters.

Tony Bardo of Hughes Network Systems explains the role of satellites in ensuring availability and mobility of disaster communications

Jennifer Helgeson, an economist in the Applied Economics Office of the Engineering Laboratory at NIST explains the Community Resilience Economic Decision Guide for Buildings and Infrastructure Systems. 

Harriet Tregoning, the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Community Planning and Development at HUD discusses the recent $1Billion awards from the  National Disaster Resilience Competition.

Stephen Cauffman, a research engineer with the Community Resilience Program at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) explains the the Community Resilience Planning Guide for Buildings and Infrastructure Systems, and the Community Resilience Economic Decision Support Guide for Buildings and Infrastructure Systems.  

Christopher Tarentino, the CEO of Epicenter Media & Training explains the important role played by social media in disaster communications.

Tom Moran of the All Hazards Consortium and Tim Karney, Editor, All Hazards Emergency Network give their perspectives on some of the key issues in Disaster Resilience.

Reese May, the National Recovery Director for the Saint Bernard Project and its Disaster Resilience and Recovery Lab explains how they help communities and individuals prepare to mitigate the impact of a major disaster.

Dave Bailey, 911 Coordinator for Morgan County, Ohio discusses the deployment of their Next Generation 911 system and how it has provided new capabilities and greater dependability.

Ron Hosko, former Assistant Director of the FBI, discusses the increased frequency of domestic terrorist incidents and the factors that contribute to this threat.

Tom Moran, Executive Director of the All Hazards Consortium explains how the organization built a circle of trust that enables public and private sector stakeholders to share sensitive operational information to expedite disaster recovery.

Mike Ambrosia of Wakefern Foods discusses the impact of SuperStorm Sandy on the Food Sector and how the industry is working to improve resilience.

Bill Murtagh, the Assistant Director for Space Weather at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy discusses the potential impact of a massive space weather incident on the global electrical grid and explains the National Space Weather Strategy and National Space Weather Action Plan.

Bo Mitchell, the President of 911 Consulting discusses the increasing frequency of workplace violence and how organizations can prepare and train their employees to survive these types of situations.