Episodes

  • Connecting Public-Private Sector Partnerships with Healthcare Ready

    Connecting Public-Private Sector Partnerships with Healthcare Ready
    Nov 22 2024
    Tom Cotter, MPH, serves as executive director of Healthcare Ready, bringing more than a decade of global health readiness and response expertise to expand nonprofit’s mission-driven work addressing health equity. Healthcare Ready is a nonprofit organization established in 2007 to help strengthen the US healthcare system and assist all communities in planning for, responding to, and recovering from disasters and disease pandemics.
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    36 mins
  • NHERI Deploys Resources in Advance of Hurricanes with Dan Zehner

    NHERI Deploys Resources in Advance of Hurricanes with Dan Zehner
    Nov 15 2024
    The National Science Foundation NHERI (Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure) organization had teams out in advance of the recent hurricanes to strike Florida. They set up for the Sentinel Program from the University of Florida to use sensor platforms to detect all the various forces from incoming storms. This was the first full deployment of the Sentinel system.
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    43 mins
  • Zeroeyes Active Shooter Detection/Prevention Software

    Zeroeyes Active Shooter Detection/Prevention Software
    Nov 1 2024
    ZeroEyes technology delivers a proactive, human-verified visual gun detection and situational awareness solution. It integrates into existing digital security cameras on a site to stop mass shootings and gun-related violence. Jonathan Norton, VP of Commercial Sales for ZeroEyes comes on the show to talk about their ground-breaking software and human verification service that completes the process to eliminate false positives causing needless lockdowns.
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    40 mins
  • Citizen Cardiac Arrest Response with Pulsepoint

    Citizen Cardiac Arrest Response with Pulsepoint
    Oct 25 2024
    Former San Ramon Valley Fire Chief Richard Price was having lunch one day when he saw one of his engines stopping in front of the restaurant. Someone in an adjacent business had suffered a cardiac arrest. What really bothered him was that he, a trained responder was only yards away and he had an AED in his vehicle. Had he been alerted, he could have provided care much sooner than waiting for the responding professionals.
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    37 mins
  • Med Global’s Ukraine Mission

    Med Global’s Ukraine Mission
    Oct 18 2024
    Tim Conley and Dr. Kateryna Riabko from Med Global to talk about the training mission they worked on together in Ukraine. Med Global provides surgical and nursing training along with equipment training with things like ultrasound devices. They also work to train medical staff on chemical weapons that might be released during the war there.
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    53 mins
  • Helene Response Update with Dr. Joe Holley in the Field

    Helene Response Update with Dr. Joe Holley in the Field
    Oct 9 2024
    Disaster Podcast host Sam Bradley reached out and connected with Dr. Joe Holley while deployed in the field. Joe has been hard at work with the FEMA IST (Federal Emergency Management Agency Incident Support Team) while they supported teams in the field for Hurricane Helene. He and his wife Kimberly are currently in North Carolina finishing up the immediate search and rescue support for that region.
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    18 mins
  • Hurricane Milton 2024 Potential Impacts and Predictions

    Hurricane Milton 2024 Potential Impacts and Predictions
    Oct 7 2024
    On this episode of the Disaster Podcast, host Sam Bradley takes the helm to lead a discussion with our team about the impending impacts of Hurricane Milton on the central Florida Gulf Coast. Disaster Meteorologists Dan DePodwin and Kyle Nelson jump in with their expertise on the current track predictions. Disaster emergency management expert Becky DePowin shares her takes on preparedness messaging leading up to the storm as well.
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    31 mins
  • Helping First Responders in Need

    Helping First Responders in Need
    Oct 4 2024
    This week we look at the needs of first responders who have fallen on hard times. The Primum Non Nocere Foundation (pnnf.net) provides short term resources to help out our brothers and sisters who need a bit of help in a time of need. Founder Louis Cazzetta comes on the show with co-hosts Sam Bradley and Jamie Davis to discuss the important work he's doing.
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    45 mins