FAAT by the Fire - Unfiltered!

How much of what we do on a daily basis actually supports the mission that we are trying to accomplish, and how many of your daily tasks are just to check a box? From completing a plan or a report, to be able to remain eligible to apply for a grant, to go back and and hire a contractor to write that plan... To sitting in on a training class because it was the only option for the topic you wanted to learn more about, only to find that it was not the material, the topic or the instructor that y...

Gotta love those acronyms... Join us as we talk about Joint Operations Center, or Emergency Operations/Coordination Center Management. We share or thoughts and experiences and talk about some of the challenges and areas that we feel current training misses the mark...

9/11

Come see where the journey takes us tonight...

Tonight we're going to get back to the emergency manager roots a little bit. We're going to talk about emergency managers - born or made? The discussion that's out there - what is the background that allows for success in emergency management? Does it come from years as a traditional first responders? A business background? Do you learn all you need to know in one of the new university emergency management and/or homeland security degree programs? Come hear our t...