All Hazards
100 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 months ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsInterviews with California and national emergency response leaders who talk about what they've learned from the most challenging moments of their careers.
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Cal OES Fire and Rescue Chief Brian Marshall Details Preparations for Fire Season
July 28, 2023 19:42 - 26 minutes - 36.2 MBIn this episode (#97) we talk with Cal OES Fire and Rescue Chief Brian Marshall. With an impressive 30 plus year background in emergency management, Chief Marshall has been serving with Cal OES since 2019. With California heading into its peak fire season, our discussion with Chief Marshall couldn't have come at a more relevant time. He provided us with valuable insights into how Cal OES is meticulously preparing to ensure a safe and secure fire season for everyone in the state. The epi...
Cal OES Chief Counsel Jennifer Bollinger’s Pleasantly Relentless Demeanor Helps Gets Things Done
August 09, 2022 15:52 - 40 minutes - 65.7 MBThis episode (#96) of All Hazards gives us a view of Cal OES’s mission through a legal lens. We sit down with Cal OES Chief Counsel Jennifer Bollinger. She covers everything from how she became an attorney, and how she came to Cal OES and why she’s here for the long term. Daily life as a lawyer for state government is one thing - life at Cal OES is another; it’s fast paced, exciting and very challenging. Jennifer goes over all of it, from the time she joined the agency as a staff attorney t...
Massive Wildfire Recovery Operation in Greenville, California, is Nearing the Finish Line
May 12, 2022 14:00 - 22 minutes - 30.7 MBThis episode (#95) takes us to Greenville, California, where efforts to recover from the Dixie and Beckwourth Complex fires are accelerating as the finish lines comes into view. We talk with Cole Glenwright, Cal OES Recovery Operations Section Chief, who gives us some hopeful news about the final stretch in the marathon that is recovery in Plumas and Lassen Counties. The Dixie Fire erupted near Dixie Road in Butte County. It grew to an enormous wildfire that also burned in Plumas, Lassen,...
EPISODE 94: New Cal OES Law Chief Don O’Keefe Settles-in after Changes in Cop Culture, Capture of Bay Area Arsonist and with Plans for Growth
March 24, 2022 18:37 - 33 minutes - 46.2 MBIn this episode (#94) we talk with the new Cal OES Law Branch chief Donald O’Keefe. Governor Gavin Newsom appointed O’Keefe in December 2021, building on a distinguished career in law enforcement at both the local and federal level. In 2012, O’Keefe was nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as the United States Marshal for the Northern District of California. In this capacity, O’Keefe has been responsible for the management, administration, and direction of U.S. Marshal Servic...
PODCAST (#92): Alex Cabassa and Dr. Lawrence Heiskell discuss the California Specialized Training Institute and the impact it has made for California
February 17, 2022 00:09 - 24 minutes - 33.1 MBCalifornia experiences numerous unique disasters that first responders and emergency managers must be ready to respond to at any moment. Training is a critical part of that process in which the California Specialized Training Institute (CSTI) builds confidence in their ability to respond to whatever comes their way. Over the last 50 years CSTI has trained thousands of emergency responders not only in California but nationwide. In this episode (#92), we sit down with CSTI Superinten...
Roseville 911
December 16, 2021 17:15 - 19 minutes - 26.4 MBLa Oficina de Servicios de Emergencia, o Cal OES por sus siglas en inglés, ha implementado cambios en la tecnología, transformando el sistema 9-1-1 de análogo a digital, y permitiendo con ello, un mejor proceso de comunicación y asistencia a emergencias. Y aunque el cambio no será identificado por el público en general, la diferencia será enorme para todos los elementos que diariamente trabajan en pro de resguardar el orden y la seguridad de la comunidad. En el departamento de policía de ...
Cal OES, PSC Lead Nation to Go Live with NextGen 911 in Tuolumne County, California
December 07, 2021 20:32 - 40 minutes - 64.1 MBThis episode (#90) brings us up to speed on Next Generation 911 in California. 911.gov explains: “Because most 911 systems were originally built using analog rather than digital technologies, public safety answering points (PSAPs) across the country need to be upgraded to a digital or Internet Protocol (IP)-based 911 system, commonly referred to as Next Generation 911 (NG911). A variety of non-technical resources are available to help explain what NG911 is and how it will help public ...
PODCAST #89: Teams Race Rain to Mitigate Toxic Debris Flows, Advance Dixie Fire Recovery
October 22, 2021 22:21 - 15 minutes - 24.6 MBIn this episode (#89) we talk with Jerry Sipe, recovery manger for Dixie and Beckwourth Complex Fires in Plumas County. He talks about how the utter devastation in Greenville, a town of about 1,100 in Plumas County, has left a debris field from one end to the other, as well as destroyed homes scattered throughout the area. While crews are making good progress debris cleanup and removal of hazardous waste caused by the fire, there’s still a large number of homeowners who have not signed ...
A Phoenix Rising in Greenville After the Dixie Fire Destroys Town, Fire Station, Truck
October 12, 2021 18:57 - 22 minutes - 30.6 MBThe Dixie Fire was a tough one. It started on July 13, 2021, and is still burning (as of this post on Oct. 12) on the Plumas National Forest, Lassen National Forest, Lassen Volcanic National Park, and in five counties: Butte, Lassen, Plumas, Shasta and Tehama. It has burned 963,309 acres and is currently 94% contained. The town of Greenville, population just over 1100, suffered catastrophic damage due to the Dixie; most buildings and many homes were destroyed. In this episode (#88) we met...
California and Japan Share a History of Natural Disaster Assistance, Research Collaboration to Save Lives
September 16, 2021 00:05 - 44 minutes - 61.6 MBIn this episode (#87) we talk with an expert on disaster mitigation. He is Professor Satoru Nishikawa, Disaster Mitigation Research Center, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan. We had the opportunity to chat with Dr. Nishikawa about the topics that connect Japan and California - natural disasters. We each have a long history of disasters and as such, we each acknowledge we are disaster-prone. However, we don’t just accept that fact; we are both actively involved in research and the development...
Come Along with Us on Our Walking Tour of Damage and Recovery of Big Basin Redwoods State Park
June 18, 2021 21:11 - 59 minutes - 108 MBThis episode of All Hazards (#86) takes you on a walking tour of Big Basin Redwoods State Park. The CZU Complex fire burned nearly all of the 18,000-acre park beginning in August, 2020, a significant portion of the 86,000 acres that burned in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The good news is most of the massive redwoods survived; however, the park’s infrastructure is gone. Our guide, Joanne Kerbavaz, is a senior environmental scientist with California State Parks. Learn about the damage done, and ...
Cal OES Leads Covid19-Safe Radiological Exercise Sentinel Response 2021
April 20, 2021 23:15 - 29 minutes - 54.5 MBIn the words of our guest for this episode, “Table top is one thing. Getting your knuckles dirty is another.” Cal OES Assistant Fire Joe Gear takes a few minutes to sit down and talk with us about his role as incident commander, and that of Cal OES’s role, as well as the overall operations for Sentinel Response 2021. This is a detailed, complex all-of-government exercise that puts local, state, federal and military responders through the ringer during a two-day, hands-on training drill. Thi...
Covid-19 Vaccinations on a Mega Scale: Figuring Out What Right Looks Like
March 09, 2021 18:42 - 56 minutes - 104 MBThis episode of All Hazards (#84) takes us to the front lines of the fight against Covid-19, the vaccination super site located at Cal State Los Angeles. We sit down with some of the top leadership there: David Stone, Cal OES Fire & Rescue Branch Jack Nelson, FEMA Major LeRoy Cisneros, California Army National Guard Lt. Col. Andy Olson, Active Duty Army All four have their own areas of responsibility and face unique and similar challenges. How are they meeting those challenges, and wha...
Meteorologist Michelle Mead Faces Wildest Weather of Career in California, Godzilla Storms and Atmospheric Rivers Among Them
February 23, 2021 22:31 - 35 minutes - 65.5 MBIn this episode (#83) we talk with Michelle Mead, Meteorologist In Charge - at the National Weather Service in Sacramento. We talk about the role the meteorologist plays during the response and recovery efforts for a disaster. Ms. Mead graduated in 1994 with a BS degree in Earth Science with an emphasis in Meteorology from St. Cloud State University. She has been with the NWS since 1994, and has worked across the country in her 27 year career. Sacramento, California, is her current and 6th...
San Francisco FD Drafts Rookie PIO Who Starts Career in Super Bowl 50
January 20, 2021 05:58 - 52 minutes - 95.9 MBBe sure to visit OES News for more images and podcast information. In this episode of All Hazards, he’s THE public information officer for his fire department. No, not a small hamlet in rural California. San Francisco, California. Can you believe this legendary fire department has one person handling public information request, media relations, crisis communications, public affairs, education and more? He gets support from his department but that’s a lot of work and responsibility for one ...
Supply, Demand and Other Logistical Challenges During the Cal OES Covid19 Pandemic Response
December 16, 2020 19:15 - 42 minutes - 77.3 MBIn this episode (#81) we talk with Grady Joseph, Cal OES Assistant Director for the Covid19 Logistics Task Force. Learn about the complexity inherent in the logistical response to this pandemic in California. He talks about the early challenges of PPE procurement, scams, price gouging, vaccines and their distribution, the task forces created, California Medical Stations, alternate care facilities, supply chain breakdown and building hospital system capacity. Grady Joseph is the Assistant D...
Rebuilding Communities, Lives After Disaster with Cal OES Recovery's Ryan Buras
November 10, 2020 14:00 - 34 minutes - 46.8 MBIn this episode we sit down with Cal OES Deputy Director, Recovery, Ryan Buras. Governor Gavin Newsom appointed Mr. Buras in June, 2019 (just in time for the year of disasters, 2020) to head our Recovery directorate due, in part, to his experience with disaster recovery efforts in the US and American territories. Buras has been director of the National Qualification System in the National Integration Center at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency, s...
PODCAST: Lifetime of Emergencies Nearly Sent California Fire Chief Past the Point of No Return
October 27, 2020 13:00 - 40 minutes - 55.1 MBIn episode #79 we are grateful to have CALFIRE Battalion Chief Mike Mohler as our guest. Reaching us via Zoom during this pandemic, he speaks candidly about his “implosion” on the job, which led him to seek professional help. Chief Mohler speaks of Post Traumatic Stress Injury (PTSI), intentionally differentiating his affliction from PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.) What he and other first responders endure is, in fact, an injury not a disorder. Mike also talks honestly about how h...
CZU Torches Big Basin Redwoods, We Will Make Memories Here Again
October 07, 2020 21:09 - 27 minutes - 38.3 MBIn this episode (#78) we talk with Chris Spohrer, District Superintendent, California State Parks, Santa Cruz District. He talks to us about the devastation to the Big Basin Redwoods State Park done by the CZU Lightning Complex Fire when it swept through beginning on August 16th; It wasn’t fully contained until September 22nd. The damage inflicted by the CZU was immense: 925 homes destroyed, 562 non-residential buildings destroyed, 999 people evacuated and one fatality. And the Big Basin...
Health Concerns with the Toxic Soup that is Wildfire Smoke
September 22, 2020 17:40 - 44 minutes - 60.9 MBIn this episode (#77) we talk with two experts on the dangers of exposure to wildfire smoke. Our guests are: Sumi Hoshiko is an environmental epidemiologist with the Environmental Health Investigations Branch, Center for Healthy Communities, in the California Department of Public Health. She has conducted research on health effects related to climate change, including wildfires and heat waves. Just recently her research has been cited in a New York Times online article on the California wil...
California Contact Tracing: On the Job with Brittani Peterson
August 04, 2020 20:01 - 26 minutes - 36.4 MBThis is part-2 of our conversation with contact tracer Brittani Peterson. In part-1, episode #75, Brittani was just wrapping up her training and was about to begin her work reaching out to people who had recently tested positive for coronavirus. Now, Brittani is more than a month into her job and shares with us what she’s experience so far. Contact tracing is an important step in slowing the spread of COVID-19. It’s when health workers notify you that you’ve been in contact with an inf...
Contact Tracing to Help Stop the Spread of the Coronavirus Pandemic
June 26, 2020 23:17 - 18 minutes - 25.2 MBIn this episode of All Hazards we take a look at “contact tracing.” We began hearing about this in earnest shortly after the coronavirus hit. Health officials are trying to find out who’s had it, where they might have gotten it and with whom they’ve been in contact. And to do that they employ the dedicated services of contract tracers. We talk with one of our Cal OES colleagues, Brittani Peterson, who was recently tasked with becoming a contact tracer and she tells us about her training a...
Legislative and External Affairs and Their Own Challenges During Emergencies
May 26, 2020 23:29 - 32 minutes - 44.9 MBThis is the return of All Hazards after a Covid19 Hiatus. We hope you’re all safe and well. We sat down with members of the Cal OES Office of Legislative and External Affairs in January 2020 with the intention of posting it asap. Then the coronavirus hit. It seemed there were more pressing issues on everyone’s minds, so we didn’t want to post this episode at that time. But it’s here now. Lori Nezhura, Patricia Utterback and Paul McGinnis bring us into the world of elected officials and ...
Mitch Medigovich: "Athleticism" is a Self-Imposed Requirement for Success in Disaster Logistics
February 18, 2020 20:06 - 26 minutes - 36.7 MBIn this episode (#73) we talk with Cal OES Deputy Director Mitch Medigovich, who oversees the Logistics Management Directorate. We concentrate on some of the more recent incidents Logistics have been challenged by including the Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS), the Camp Fire, Ridgecrest Earthquake and Hurricane Florence. Topics include disaster logistics, base camps, supply chains, personnel support, points of distribution (PODs), whole of government, Emergency Management Assistance Compa...
Helen Lopez Leads Cal OES Behind and Beyond the California Borders Via International Affairs
January 21, 2020 22:58 - 30 minutes - 42.1 MBThis episode takes a closer look at how the International Affairs Office, at the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, is the central hub for matters of international policy and guidelines, working relationships and special international projects. As the focal point of Cal OES’s engagement with the international emergency management community, International Affairs is primarily responsible for: Annually participating in the Border Governors’ Conference Coordinating and facilitating...
Cal OES Legal Chief Alex Pal Sets High Bar to Ensure a Resilient California
December 24, 2019 17:27 - 30 minutes - 41.4 MBIn this episode, Cal OES Chief Counsel Alex Pal sits down with Shawn Boyd at headquarters to talk about the role he and his office played during a few recent California emergencies, and the importance legal affairs plays as a whole. Alex was appointed to this position by Governor Brown in 2018 and was reappointed by Governor Newsom in 2019. Prior to serving as Chief Counsel, Alex served in various attorney positions at Cal OES since 2013, including Assistant Chief Counsel and Senior Counsel...
Tribal Affairs Before, During and After Disasters with Denise Shemenski
December 14, 2019 00:32 - 38 minutes - 53.4 MBDenise Shemenski is the tribal advisor for Cal OES. The purpose of the Office of Tribal Coordination is to improve and maintain communication and collaboration between California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) and all Native American Tribes in California. This office aims to create effective collaboration and informed decision-making where all parties share a goal of reaching a decision together. Our office priorities are to educate internal and external partners to bec...
Access and Functional Needs Concerns Met During Recent California Emergencies
November 13, 2019 20:04 - 37 minutes - 51.1 MBIn this episode of All Hazards (#69) we talk with Vance Taylor; he’s the chief of the Office of Access and Functional Needs at Cal OES. Topics of conversation include the importance of partnerships, issues and concerns related to AFN that come up during nearly every emergency in California, and how Taylor and his team tackle those problems before, during and after the emergency strikes. Vance is responsible for ensuring the needs of individuals with disabilities and persons with access an...
Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea Talks Camp Fire One Year Later
October 24, 2019 01:50 - 40 minutes - 56.2 MBWe caught up with Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea just about one year after the Camp Fire broke out, and about 11 months after we first sat down with him. In this episode, Sheriff Honea talks about how the recovery effort is going, the health and wellness of the community and first responders who endured the response efforts, and what his priorities are now, going forward in the future. He also admits that he and many others underestimated just how long the recovery was going to take, and w...
Mona Pasquil Rogers and What She's Learned from Children, Governors and President Clinton
September 17, 2019 23:01 - 39 minutes - 53.6 MBGovernor Gavin Newsom appointed Mona Pasquil Rogers as senior advisor at the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services in June, 2019. Pasquil Rogers has served as appointments secretary in the Office of the Governor since 2011. • Chief of staff to Lieutenant Governor John Garamendi from 2008 to 2009 • Acting Lieutenant Governor from 2009 to 2010, upon Garamendi’s election to Congress. • Pasquil Rogers was a business development consultant at IBM from 2003 to 2006. • Deputy political direc...
Brian Ferguson Takes Helm as Deputy Director of Communications at Cal OES
September 03, 2019 22:50 - 30 minutes - 41.7 MBIn this episode (#66) we talk with Brian Ferguson, deputy director of communications at Cal OES. We’ll talk about his transition from working in the governor’s office to the world of emergency management and why he’s OK with not knowing everything about his new employer, its communications team and all the facets that it faces. He’ll also talk about the relationship between PIOs and the media, the challenges that go along with the ever rapidly changing news business and how his new team wi...
Podcast: Grocers Considered 'Initial Responders' Following Ridgecrest Earthquakes, Disasters
July 18, 2019 20:56 - 25 minutes - 34.5 MBIn this episode of All Hazards, we talk about the important relationship between Cal OES and the private sector. We sit down with two people who have forged a working relationship that exemplifies the symbiotic nature of disaster response and recovery teamwork. Abby Browning is the Chief of the Office of Private Sector/ Non-Governmental Organization Coordination at the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services; Tim James is Senior Manager, Local Government Relations, California Grocer's Assoc...
CERT Members from Around US Gather in San Diego for Notable Preparedness Milestone
June 14, 2019 22:38 - 32 minutes - 44.8 MBCalifornia Volunteers, together with the Office of the Governor, announced on May 30, 2019, they kicked off the California For All CERT and Listos Preparedness Conference during an opening ceremony in San Diego, CA on Thursday, May 30, according to their own description. CalVolunteers officially launched the volunteer teams – CERT (Community Emergency Response Teams) and Listos – who will help engage diverse and socially vulnerable Californians most at risk for wildfires and other natura...
Australian Delegation of Top Emergency Managers Visit Cal OES to Share Best Practices and More
May 22, 2019 18:08 - 17 minutes - 23.8 MBIn this episode of All Hazards we chat with three members of a delegation from a high level of Australia’s emergency management leadership. They are visiting Cal OES for strategic discussions on how both California and Australian representatives coordinate and respond to disasters including sharing best practices, gaps, and lessons learned, as well as how they work with other first responders and local, state, and government officials. Links Australian Government, Department of Home A...
Dirty Bomb Exercise Ultimate Test for Urban Search and Rescue Teams
May 02, 2019 01:01 - 16 minutes - 23 MBIn this episode (#62) of All Hazards we talk with Orange County Fire Captain Richard Ventura. He’s a member of the California Urban Search & Rescue Task Force 5 and is the director of the Southern Wind RDD US&R Full Scale Exercise. That’s the topic of conversation. This is a learning based exercise that challenges US&R task forces in an environment that’s the next best thing to a real world event. The scenario for Southern Wind 2019: During the weeks of May 1st and 9th 2019, there will b...
Podcast Episode 61: Be You Nehru
April 23, 2019 18:57 - 42 minutes - 58.6 MBIn this episode we talk with our new Cal OES Deputy Coastal Region Administrator Nehru Harper. Nehru has always led a life of service--from being a Brownie, to becoming one the first of many women to serve onboard a Pentagon sanctioned vessel in the United States Navy, to advocating for disabled veterans, and working for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (both in Boston and Oakland). Service has always been her calling. She moved to California in 2011 and fell in love with the Stat...
Podcast #60: ¿Está Listo? Consejos y Pasos Para Estar Más Preparados Ante Una Emergencia o Desastre
April 02, 2019 22:33 - 18 minutes - 24.8 MBPodcast #60: En este podcast, vamos a hablar sobre la importancia de estar listos para un desastre o emergencia. Viviendo en California, no somos extraños a las emergencias. Hablamos con Jovanna Garcia de la Agencia Federal para el Manejo de Emergencias (FEMA) y ella comparte consejos de sus experencias profesionales y personales. Estar preparado es importante y a veces empezar puede ser la parte más dificil. Pero, no es tan dificil como parece. En este podcast, compartiremos consejos para ...
On-Scene with Woolsey and Hill Fires Incident Commander Kendra Bowyer; Debris Removal Progress
March 05, 2019 20:46 - 9 minutes - 12.8 MBKendra Bowyer is the Incident Commander for the Woolsey and Hill Fire debris removal operations in Southern California. She has served in many other capacities in nearly a dozen previous debris Removal operations for the state of California since 2015. Kendra Bower was hired as an Emergency Services Coordinator with CalOES in early 2018 following six years of emergency management in the private sector. She specializes in recovery and wildfire debris removal. Kendra loves the work she does ...
Podcast #58: First Chat with New Cal OES Fire Chief Brian Marshall
February 19, 2019 20:51 - 26 minutes - 36.3 MBFebruary 4, California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) Director Mark Ghilarducci officially swore in Brian Marshall as the new Fire and Rescue Chief. He was appointed to his new position in December. Chief Marshall spent the previous six years as the fire chief and director of emergency services at the Kern County Fire Department. He served in several positions with the Kern County Fire Department since 1987, including interim fire chief and director of emergency services...
CALFIRE's Mike Mohler Indicates Paradigm Shift in the Wind for Wildland Fires in California Following Historical Disasters
January 29, 2019 18:40 - 38 minutes - 52.8 MBIn this episode (# 57) we talk with Mike Mohler, Deputy Director of Communications for CALFIRE. In his current role, as well as his prior position as Battalion Chief at Southern Region, Mike has worked many of California’s biggest wildfire disasters, historical ones at that. He talks about why there is no longer a “fire season” and how wildfires really are different from those just a few years ago. He discusses the challenges fire agencies have with the numerous factors contributing to year...
Episode 56: Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea Talks Candidly About the Camp Fire
November 29, 2018 00:39 - 33 minutes - 46.1 MBSheriff Kory L. Honea In this episode (#56) we sit down with the sheriff of Butte County, California, Kory Honea. His county, of course, was ravaged by the Camp Fire which broke out on November 8, 2018. The Town of Paradise, located within his county, was nearly completely destroyed by the fire that was stoked by 55+mile per hour gusts. Sheriff Honea is facing a death toll that could exceed 100, managing his law enforcement team as well as mutual aid and keeping his citizens safe while the...
Episode 55: Tim Walton Documents Disasters While Looking Through a Viewfinder, a Unique Perspective
November 06, 2018 15:00 - 53 minutes - 73.1 MBIn this episode (55) we talk with veteran news photojournalist Tim Walton. He gives us a unique perspective on working with first responders during disasters, especially wildfires. Tim has also works with Cal OES, donating much of his dramatic fire footage to help supplement their own images and tell important stories that benefit the public and California communities. Some of the topics of conversation include journalist access to disaster areas, California access laws, the benefits of all...
Podcast Episode 54: From the Water in Flint to the Water in Puerto Rico with FEMA's David Samaniego
October 23, 2018 15:00 - 34 minutes - 47.5 MBFEMA Region IX David Samaniego In this episode of All Hazards we sit down with the current Federal Coordinating Officer (FCO) for the California Wildfires Disaster Response David Samaniego. Large portions of the counties of Shasta and Lake in the north Bay Area of California were devastated by wildfires in late July, 2018. It was declared a major federal disaster on August 4, 2018, which brought the state and federal together to manage the response and recovery operations. Samaniego cam...
Podcast Episode 53: Cal OES Team Returns from Hurricane Florence Assistance and Shares Experiences, Part-2
October 09, 2018 15:00 - 27 minutes - 37.3 MBFront Row, L-R: Andy Langolf, Drew Hammond, Carly Landry, Megan Pappas Back Row, L-R: Anthony Zimmer, Mike Warren, Ron Williams, Mark Ackerman On September 12, 2018, Cal OES deployed emergency and incident management specialists to assist with emergency response efforts for Hurricane Florence. The team arrived in South Carolina prior to the storm’s landfall and immediately began work. The 8-person team consisted of Megan Pappas, Mike Warren, Ron Williams, Anthony Zimmer, Mark Ackerma...
Podcast Episode 52: Cal OES Team Returns from Hurricane Florence Assistance and Shares Experiences
October 03, 2018 20:00 - 34 minutes - 48.1 MBFront Row, L-R: Mike Warren, Ron Williams, Anthony Zimmer Back Row, L-R: Andy Langolf, Mark Ackerman, Megan Pappas On September 12, 2018, Cal OES deployed emergency and incident management specialists to assist with emergency response efforts for Hurricane Florence. The team arrived in South Carolina prior to the storm’s landfall and immediately began work. The 8-person team consisted of Megan Pappas, Mike Warren, Ron Williams, Anthony Zimmer, Mark Ackerman, Andy Langolf, Carl...
Podcast Episode 51: Yosemite National Park After the Ferguson Fire
October 01, 2018 22:58 - 1 hour - 86.2 MBYosemite National Park Rangers Scott Gediman and Jamie Richards According to the national Park Service, Yosemite National Park was first protected in 1864 and is best known for its waterfalls, but within its nearly 1,200 square miles, you can find deep valleys, grand meadows, ancient giant sequoias and a vast wilderness area. Recently, Yosemite is also known for its wildfires, the Rim Fire in 2013 and the Ferguson Fire in July and August of 2018. In this episode of All Hazards, Park Ra...
International Mutual Aid to California: New Zealand Shows It's a "Kiwi Thing to Do"
August 28, 2018 23:46 - 26 minutes - 36.8 MBChief Craig Cottrill: Wellington/Chatham Islands Fire and Emergency At the height of the wildfire siege across California, when 15 major fires burned, there were more than 13,000 firefighters from 18 states and two other countries battling the blazes. Those countries included Australia and New Zealand. 41 of those firefighters were deployed to the Mendocino Complex in Lake County, and 12 were assigned to the Carr Fire in Shasta County. Their roles varied and their value to the effort co...
Heat Wave is Coming to California - How Bad is It? Where at the Hottest Spots? What Can You Do?
July 24, 2018 17:43 - 11 minutes - 15.2 MBEPISIDE 49 of Cal OES All Hazards Podcast July 24, 2018 California will be blasted with heat advisories and excessive heat warnings as temperatures will be between 10 to 15 degrees above normal Tuesday through Thursday. Why is that so dangerous, and what do you need to know to stay cool and safe? In this Cal OES news update, we get answers from the National Weather Service. Public information officer Bryan May interviews National Weather Service science and operations officer and meteo...
State Fire Chief Reflects on 40-Year Career as he Prepares to Ride Code-3 into the Sunset
July 03, 2018 19:56 - 45 minutes - 62.9 MBKim Zagaris, or Chief Z as some call him, is the State Fire and Rescue Chief for the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES); he was appointed on April 1, 2001. He admits his appointment rattled cages, nerves and even a few careers. He’s not only survived the highly political position, he’s succeeded. In this episode (#48) of All Hazards Chief Z reflects on his storied career, the changes he’s seen at Cal OES and in the business of putting the wet stuff on the red stuff...
Rattlesnake Encounters and How to Avoid Them: We're Hands-on for Your Sssafety!
June 19, 2018 15:50 - 15 minutes - 21.1 MBIn this episode we tag along with professional rattlesnake wrangler Lou Fraser, and state park ranger Kerrie Launey. Fraser shows us the kind of habitat in which rattlesnakes can be found, and educates us on their some of their behavior and some of the mistakes people make that lead to bites, all while catching four of the venomous reptiles. Meanwhile, California park ranger Launey tells us about snakes in parks and what you can expect, and she gives us tips for avoiding an unwanted encount...