By PAUL GUNNELS, An Article Out Loud from the Domestic Preparedness, September 13, 2023.
This author reflects on his team’s direct mission to New York in response to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, commonly referred to as 9/11, to consider if communities are more prepared today than they were in 2001.
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Paul Gunnels
Paul Gunnels has 37 years of experience in emergency services and is currently aregionalsectionchief for the Texas Division of Emergency Management(TDEM). He retired from the College Station Fire Department as anassistantchief, formerrescueprogramdirector for Texas A&M Extension Service, and a member of Texas A&M Task Force1. He holds abachelor’s degreein Emergency Managementfrom West Texas A&M Universityanda Master of Public Administration and Policy degree from Grand Canyon University. He also isa graduate of the Executive Fire Officer Program at the National Fire Academy.
