Podcasts

Commentary DomesticPreparedness Publisher Martin Masiuk met with Marion Cain III, Director of the DHS (Department of Homeland Security) Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) and Dr. Martha Lavender, the CDP’s Associate Director for Training and Education.DomesticPreparedness has divided the 14 minute interview into two segments.Download full audio interview to your MP3 player.Listen to

Domestic Preparedness Prep’s John F. Morton met with Thomas J. Lockwood, Director, Office of National Capital Region (NCR) Coordination, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to discuss Lockwood’s views on the need to work in close coordination with the Washington, D.C., Council of Governments, the prioritization of all-hazards security plans, integrated

Domestic Preparedness’ John F. Morton met with Admiral Thad W. Allen, USCG, Commandant, U. S. Coast Guard. The Coast Guard Commandant, probably best known for his role as the federal coordinator for the 2005 Katrina and Rita recovery operations, discusses the Coast Guard’s interagency and intergovernmental linkages that serve and

In most fields, basic training is part of the learning process. Fire, law enforcement, the military, and other disciplines have training academies for building competencies and testing new recruits. An exception to these types of requirements is the field of emergency management. This new training academy will ensure that all

Full Commentary Audio Segment OneImplementation of the National Guard’s Joint Force Headquarters-State that enables a governor to coordinate military units in support of first responders. How it is built from the bottom up and serves as an interagency, intergovernmental task force under the incident command system (ICS) and the National

Full Commentary DomPrep’s John Morton met with Dr. Denis Onieal, Superintendent, FEMA’s National Fire AcademyDomPrep has divided the 25 minute interview into four segments.Audio Segment One: The National Fire Academy’s (NFA’s) Emergency Response to Terrorism CurriculumDr. Onieal discusses professional development of skills for terrorist-incident response in the context of development of