The Disaster Tough Podcast is for emergency managers, by emergency managers. We share stories, lessons learned, and tips to help you make informed decisions. Our host, John Scardena is a former Federal Emergency Response Official with Type 1 response experience. He now leads Doberman Emergency Management, from which this is being recorded. Our guests are also field experts who provide their insights in our conversation based podcast. Discussions with emergency managers revolve around the entire disaster life-cycle. We provide solutions based on training and backed by data. We share experiences of emergency response and identify the lessons learned through our own version of after action reporting. This is conversation mode activated. We are known for flipping from serious to humor without warning. Try to keep up in our weekly podcasts! About Doberman Emergency Management. We provide customized plans, mitigates hazards, delivers training, and supplies emergency products to meet the unique needs of clients. We identify and solve the Nation’s most complex incidents. That’s our job.
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The Disaster Tough Podcast is for emergency managers, by emergency managers. We share stories, lessons learned, and tips to help you make informed decisions. Our host, John Scardena is a former Federal Emergency Response Official with Type 1 response experience. He now leads Doberman Emergency Management, from which this is being recorded. Our guests are also field experts who provide their insights in our conversation based podcast. Discussions with emergency managers revolve around the entire disaster life-cycle. We provide solutions based on training and backed by data. We share experiences of emergency response and identify the lessons learned through our own version of after action reporting. This is conversation mode activated. We are known for flipping from serious to humor without warning. Try to keep up in our weekly podcasts! About Doberman Emergency Management. We provide customized plans, mitigates hazards, delivers training, and supplies emergency products to meet the unique needs of clients. We identify and solve the Nation’s most complex incidents. That’s our job.
Pete Gaynor | Vice President - Hill International, Inc. | Former FEMA Administrator
Disaster Tough Podcast
36 minutes
5 months ago
Pete Gaynor | Vice President - Hill International, Inc. | Former FEMA Administrator
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The more you worry about the future, the less you enjoy the present.” Many working for federal agencies, such as FEMA, are worried about the future because of things happening in the present.
For that reason, the Disaster Tough Podcast returns with a timely conversation with former FEMA Administrator Pete Gaynor. Pete served at the highest levels of FEMA and the Department of Homeland Security during President Trump's first term.
Since then, he has been providing his expertise in the private sector, including his current role as Vice President of Resiliency and Disaster Recovery at Hill International, Inc.
In this episode, Pete shares his thoughts on the current situation at FEMA amid recent reductions in workforce within the agency.
He also discusses what employees and emergency management professionals can do to remain viable and ready in the face of uncertainty.
He and host, John Scardena, point out the difficulties that EM professionals run into when it comes to response because of bureaucracy.
He says the expectations often differ from the process and final response.
As such, he calls for systems to be put in place so that state and local agencies have more ability to respond first, and only request federal assistance when necessary.
You can learn more from Pete through his leadership materclass at www.femapete.come --------------
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Disaster Tough Podcast
The Disaster Tough Podcast is for emergency managers, by emergency managers. We share stories, lessons learned, and tips to help you make informed decisions. Our host, John Scardena is a former Federal Emergency Response Official with Type 1 response experience. He now leads Doberman Emergency Management, from which this is being recorded. Our guests are also field experts who provide their insights in our conversation based podcast. Discussions with emergency managers revolve around the entire disaster life-cycle. We provide solutions based on training and backed by data. We share experiences of emergency response and identify the lessons learned through our own version of after action reporting. This is conversation mode activated. We are known for flipping from serious to humor without warning. Try to keep up in our weekly podcasts! About Doberman Emergency Management. We provide customized plans, mitigates hazards, delivers training, and supplies emergency products to meet the unique needs of clients. We identify and solve the Nation’s most complex incidents. That’s our job.
