The term active shooter has been in the news a lot lately, unfortunately. Whether it’s Parkland, Florida, Marshall County, Kentucky, or Yountville, California, armed attacks often leave a trail of dead and injured and shock the communities in which they happen. It’s... Read MoreRead more about Podcast #41: Active Shooter Incidents and Leaving the Patches on the Table
The inferno unleashed on Sonoma, Napa, and Mendocino Counties, as well as several other northern California counties, left behind the kind of devastation many have only read about in the history books. Thousands of structures and homes were destroyed, entire... Read MoreRead more about Podcast #39: Leaders React to Major Milestone After October 2017 Wildfires in Sonoma County
Being a dispatcher is stressful enough, but imagine being one when your entire county must evacuate? In this episode, Cal OES Public Information Officers Robb Mayberry and Monica Vargas chat with two dispatchers from the Butte County Sheriff’s Office about what it was... Read MoreRead more about Podcast #36: Butte County Dispatchers Evacuate but Continue to Answer-the-Call During Oroville Spillway Incident