My guest today is William Johnson the owner and CEO of Point Technologies Inc. (https://pointtechinc.com/). He has two legal updates for us this episode. The new OSHA rules regulating fire equipment and training. That new OSHA rule could impact rural communities and fire districts disproportionately. Also, Mr. Johnson talks about the new Missouri law that makes it easer for first responders to receive mental health care.
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2024 SEMA Conference
Behind the scenes of the 2024 State of Missouri SEMA conference. Join us as we speak with colleagues and friends about Missouri emergency management.
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Preparedness Against Terrorism
My guest is Diogenes Ayala, the Director of Madison County Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency. He has over two decades of experience in the public and private sector managing crisis and emergency situations.
In this episode Diogenes talks with us about the local EM’s responsibility in terrorism analysis and local preparedness. Drawing inspiration from his education and some great resources (The Next Civil War: Dispatches from the American Future by Stephen Marche and How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them by Barbara F. Walter)
Follow Mr. Ayala on LinkedIn for more information https://www.linkedin.com/in/diogenesayala/
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AT&T Communications Outage
In this episode your host, Nicholas Tietsort, talks about the AT&T outage that affected the nation on Thursday, February 22, 2024 and how local emergency managers communicated.
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Emergency Management in Higher Education
In this episode we meet the Director of Emergency Management for University of Missouri System Mark Diedrich. He discusses career and experiences in EM.
This is a podcast about how local emergency management professionals deal with crisis and disasters. As we all know, disasters start local and end local.
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