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FEMA’s Kelly Hudson: Facilitating Unity Between the States and the Feds
Kelly Hudson is an external affairs officers with FEMA, and is based in Region IX, Oakland, California. She’s worked for FEMA for 12 years, with ten of those in Region IX. In this episode (#21) she reflects on the many major disasters she’s worked and talks about the...
The Challenge is People, The Reward is People
This episode (#18) Cal OES Deputy Chief Paul Tassone sits down at the mic with us. Chief Tassone is going on his 34th year in law enforcement, and his 6th with Cal OES. His career began with a tour of duty in Air Force when he got out of high school. While in he...
Cal OES Cyber Guys’ Protection Advice for October as Cyber Security Awareness Month
From Left to Right in Photo: ELI OWEN, Deputy Commander, California State Threat Assessment Center THOR EDENS, California Cyber Security Integration Center MICHAEL CREWS, Cal OES Information Security Officer For this episode we brought three of California’s cyber...
Bringing Order to Chaos for 9/11, Katrina and Sandy
Imagine this situation — the first time you visit New York City it just happens to be on 9/11. The second time you visit is during Hurricane Sandy, and the third time, would you even go back? The man we’re going to talk to today experienced that string of disasters...
From WWII to the Northridge Earthquake: Retired LA Battalion Chief Remembers Moments of His Storied Career
Retired Los Angeles City Fire Battalion Chief Larry Schneider's long and storied career began during World War II. He didn't retire until 2007, just shy of his 80th birthday; he says he could have performed his job well for another five years but felt it was time for...