by Shawn Boyd | Jan 16, 2017 | Podcast
In this, the 23rd, episode we sit down with Luis “Vance” Taylor, who is the Chief of the Office of Access and Functional Needs at the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services. He is a person who has not let his limited mobility slow him down in his personal or...
by Shawn Boyd | Dec 13, 2016 | Podcast
This episode brings us to the topic of homeland security in California. The State Threat Assessment System (STAS) describes its mission as Protecting society through shared information and communication. It fosters a collaborative effort to enhance the reporting,...
by Shawn Boyd | Dec 6, 2016 | Podcast, Video Packages
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...
by Shawn Boyd | Oct 25, 2016 | Podcast, Video Packages
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...
by Shawn Boyd | Oct 11, 2016 | Podcast
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...
by Shawn Boyd | Oct 4, 2016 | Podcast
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...
by Shawn Boyd | Sep 20, 2016 | Podcast
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...
by Shawn Boyd | Sep 6, 2016 | Podcast
Download this episode (right click and save) In this episode Cal OES Coastal Region Administrator talks about the merging of data science and technology and how emergency managers and responders get surprisingly effective help from free phone apps. She also talks...
by Shawn Boyd | Aug 23, 2016 | Podcast
Click here to subscribe to this podcast. Download this episode (right click and save) In this episode we sit down with Andrew Lockman, Tulare County Emergency Manager. Lockman has been on the front line in the drought battle, with California now enduring its...
by Shawn Boyd | Aug 9, 2016 | Podcast
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 incident command that...
by Shawn Boyd | Jul 25, 2016 | Podcast
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 population of over...
by Shawn Boyd | Jul 12, 2016 | Podcast
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 evacuation...
by Shawn Boyd | Jun 28, 2016 | Podcast
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 weather;...
by Shawn Boyd | Jun 14, 2016 | Podcast
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 wildfires that took a...
by Shawn Boyd | May 31, 2016 | Podcast
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 his comedic roles as...
by Shawn Boyd | May 3, 2016 | Podcast
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 to have...
by Shawn Boyd | Apr 26, 2016 | Podcast
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 meetings with the governor,...
by Shawn Boyd | Apr 21, 2016 | Podcast
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 more than 600...
by Shawn Boyd | Apr 5, 2016 | Podcast
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 administrator he leads...
by Shawn Boyd | Jan 26, 2016 | Podcast
Join us for the first-ever episode of All Hazards: Stories from Emergency Response Leaders. In this episode, former San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders talks about his experience during the McDonald’s Massacre.
