Saving Fire Stations, Lives and Guitars After the Northridge Earthquake: Fire Chief Jim Hone
Download this episode (right click and save)In this episode retired fire chief Jim Hone reflects on the Northridge Earthquake and the challenges that kept hitting them, one after another. Whether it was the need to evacuate a major hospital, an...
Mona Lisa Bontty – A Comforting Smile Behind Disaster Response in SoCal
Download this episode (right click and save)Mona Lisa Bontty serves as the Southern Regional Administrator, which includes managing emergency management and response operations in a region that spans 11 Counties, nearly 65,000 miles and serves a...
Overcoming Major Medical Challenges at Stadium Shelter for 2007 San Diego Fire Siege
Download this episode (right click and save) More than 350,000 households were evacuated at the height of the siege, meaning the evacuation could have included more than 900,000 people. Qualcomm Stadium, home of the NFL’s San Diego Chargers, became...
The Erskine Fire: Beyond the Lines
Download this episode (right click and save)As of this publishing, crews continue to get a handle on the Erskine Fire in the Lake Isabella area of Kern County. But as they do there are still concerns and challenges facing them -- hot, dry and windy...
Chargers’ Stadium Became Home to Thousands of Fire Evacuees
Download this episode (right click and save)In late October 2007, Southern California experienced an unusually severe fire weather event characterized by intense, dry, gusty Santa Ana winds. This weather event drove a series of destructive...
Jerry Haleva on The Dude & The Dictator
Download this episode (right click and save)Jerry was born Jerome Michael Haleva in May of 1946. He served as chief of staff for Senator Bill Campbell (namesake for the Cal OES HQ building) from 1975-1990. But he’s more recognizable as an actor in...
Easter Quake Took Lives, Rattled Nerves, Challenged New Fire Chief
At 3:40 in the afternoon on Easter Sunday, April 4, 2010, the Baja California earthquake struck, registering a 7.2 magnitude on the moment magnitude scale. It's epicenter was 16 miles south of Guadalupe Victoria, Baja California, Mexico. It's said...
Sheriff James Mele: Big Role in a Small County
James Mele was elected as Tuolumne County Sheriff in 2006. He comes from a family of law enforcement professionals. His father spent 35 years with the LAPD. Mele is says while he’s a sheriff in a small county he still often finds himself in...
Oklahoma City Bombing: California Sent its Best to Midwest Terror Response
On April 19, 1995, a yellow moving truck parked in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building; at 9:02 AM, it exploded. The death and devastation it left in its wake was like nothing ever seen in the U.S. The blast killed 168 people and injured...
Eric Lamoureux: Managing Disasters Face to Face
Eric Lamoureux has served the State of California in multiple communications assignments. He’s served in his current position of Inland Region Administrator at the Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) since August, 2013. As...
Shot in the Sun: Jerry Sanders Orders Sniper to Take Out Shooter in McDonald’s Massacre
Join us for the first ever episode of All Hazards: Stories from Emergency Managers.