This weekly program, brought to you through a partnership with Paragon Medical Education Group, is your connection to tips, news, information and field interviews on major disasters. The show will cover all major response incidents both natural and man-made in nature, providing you the information you need to better prepare for future responses with your Local, State, and Federal response agencies like FEMA. Join our show each week with hosts Jamie Davis, the Podmedic and paramedic/educator Sam Bradley as they bring you this unique program for first responders, paramedics, nurses, doctors, public health officials and more!
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Disaster Response Training – Paragon Medical Group Style
In this special episode, we talk about what it takes to create a customized, large-scale drill for training first responders and you community health services in the event of a disaster, man-made or natural.
The Pending Demise of Many Rural EMS Services
On this episode we invited Andy Gienapp, MS, NRP, Manager of the Office of Emergency Medical Services, Health Readiness and Response Section, Public Health Division, Wyoming Department of Health. We invited Andy on to discuss the potential demise of ma...
Revisiting the Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure and Design SAFE-CI Program
We got a lot of response from our recent episode with Daniel Zehner from the Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) on Hurricane Dorian and construction resilience in the face of powerful storms like that. In light of that,
Cold Weather Preparedness and Emergencies Revisited
With the jet stream dipping down from the arctic again this week, it's time to review our cold weather preparedness and emergency management and treatment so let's catch up with an episode on that for you. We have Dr.
Weather and Causes of Fast-Moving Wildfires in California
On the show this week are Disaster Podcast host, Jamie Davis, Dr. Joe Holley, and our two disaster weather experts, Becky DePodwin and Kyle Nelson. We discuss the raging wildfires in California and the weather conditions that fuel [...]
Hurricane’s Florence and Dorian Planning with Onslow County’s Dave Grovdahl
Dave Grovdahl, EMS Division Head, Onslow County EMS in North Carolina, joins the Disaster Podcast team to talk about his recent presentation findings surrounding his system’s preparations and response to Hurricane’s Florence and Dorian.
Structural Construction Lessons Learned with Dan Zehner from NHERI
Daniel Zehner from the DesignSafe Radio podcast joins us on the Disaster Podcast this week. He highlights the research from NHERI (Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure) that looked at the damage from Hurricane Dorian.
Florida Search and Rescue Dorian Response with Michael McGill
Florida Search and Rescue Incident Commander Michael McGill talks about his organization’s response to help get rescuers to victims during and after the impact of Hurricane Dorian. He focuses on their use of internet-based radio functionality and other...
Volunteer Search and Rescue Organizations in Disaster Response
Florida Search and Rescue Incident Commander Michael McGill comes on the Disaster Podcast to talk about management of volunteer search and rescue groups during disaster response. Florida SAR is an all-volunteer organization that holds itself to a high ...
After Action Report from Storm Area 51 Event with Sam Scheller
Area 51 event after action report Everyone thought the “Storm Area 51 Viral Meme” was a joke until officials in Lincoln county contemplated what might happen if all those people actually showed up. In this episode of the Disaster Podcast,