Disaster Podcast

Disaster Podcast


Latest Episodes

Trek Medics Improve Emergency Response in Emerging Nations and Disasters (Part 1 of 2)
June 29, 2019

This week on the show we bring you part one of the two-part episode with Jason Friesen from TrekMedics.org. Trek Medics International is a 501c3-registered nonprofit organization dedicated to improving emergency medical systems in communities without r...

Heat Injury and Stress Effect on Disaster and Wilderness Rescuers
June 14, 2019

A look at heat and hot weather health effects on responders and disaster rescuers. We have Wilderness PA, a.k.a. James Corbin on the show today to talk about preparing for hot weather rescue operations as summer approaches here in the northern hemisphere.

USAR Dog Wellness with Dr. Lori Gordon
June 06, 2019

USAR Dogs are an essential part of many disaster recovery and rescue operations. Often, though, their needs are not well understood by other responders and incident commanders. This week on the show, we invited veterinarian Dr.

Physical Aptitude Testing for Disaster Responders with Dave Bremson
May 31, 2019

We look at training for personal preparedness and testing for physical aptitude with Dave Bremson from Safe Mind, LLC. We talk about the annual re-certification testing for physical aptitude he helped create for the Central Arizona Mountain Rescue Asso...

Volunteers in Disaster Response and Recovery Efforts
May 24, 2019

We tackle the importance of volunteers in disaster response and recovery on this week's episode of the Disaster Podcast. In some communities, volunteers from the backbone of the first responder force. How does this dynamic affect response to disasters ...

Emergency Dispatchers, The Forgotten First Responders
May 09, 2019

On this week's episode, we take a look into the lives of emergency dispatchers. Our disaster weather expert and emergency dispatcher, Kyle Nelson, is the featured guest this week. Kyle talks about the challenges of being a dispatcher and urges all firs...

Pet Preparedness and Evacuation for Owners and Responders
May 02, 2019

Protecting our pets is important to all of us. So why do we not include them in our preparedness planning for our families? In this episode of the Disaster Podcast we look at pet preparedness in the face of disasters,

Cumulative Stress in Responders with Dan McGuire
April 25, 2019

After a friend of the show checked in to report on some personal cumulative stress issues as a paramedic, we decided to tackle this issue head on with the expert himself. We brought back Dan McGuire from CISM Perspectives to talk about updates to the w...

Paragon in Bangkok Talking CPR and Resuscitation
April 11, 2019

Teaching about CPR and ventilation effectiveness in resuscitation with Paragon Medical Education Group. Dr. Joe Holley and paramedic Jim Logan traveled to Bangkok, Thailand recently to teach medical professionals from all over southeastern Asia and the...

Disaster Response Careers Questions Answered, Part 2
March 31, 2016

In this episode of the Disaster Podcast we bring back listener LN (pronounced “ellen”) with part two of her series of questions sent in to the team here at the podcast. LN asked about how she could find a job in the disaster response space and what tra...