State of Disaster
State of Disaster
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Dispatches from the front lines and behind the scenes of the emergency and disaster management field. Every week, we’ll bring you the most important disaster news, learn from professionals in the field, and dive into emerging issues.
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The podcast delves into critical themes such as local disaster management, risk mitigation, emergency preparedness, and community resilience. Episodes feature topics like funding needs for local emergency operations, collaboration among emergency management professionals, and empowering local managers through the Local Emergency Managers Alliance. Specific episodes discuss emerging issues like capability assessments and marketing strategies for public understanding.
Dispatches from the front lines and behind the scenes of the emergency and disaster management field. Every week, we’ll bring you the most important disaster news, learn from professionals in the field, and dive into emerging issues.
Dan Stoneking is the Vice President and Founder of the Emergency Management External Affairs Association with more than 35 years of private and public external affairs and crisis communications experience. He held the position of Regional External Affairs Director at FEMA and preceding that role, he served as Director of Private Sector and Deputy and Acting Director within FEMA’s Office of Public Affairs.
Dan’s experience includes his pivotal roles during crises including the 9/11 attack at the Pentagon; serving as lead spokesperson for the National Guard in Louisiana during Hurricane Katrina; establishing the first-ever international joint information center in response to the catastrophic 2010 earthquake in Haiti, as spokesperson during response and recovery efforts after Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, and creating a coalition with the private sector to implement the first national business emergency operations center.
Dan is the owner and principal of Dan Stoneking Strategic Communications LLC, author of Cultivate Your Garden: Crisis Communications From 30,000 Feet to Three Feet, a Columnist for Homeland Security Today, and an Adjunct Professor at West Chester University, PA.
Dan recently joined the Disaster Discourse book club where we engage emergency management authors with their readers. Click here to join the conversation with over 190 international emergency managers.
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State of Disaster is created and produced by Matt Green and Green Emergency Management Services
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