In Episode 98 of the podcast Rob interviews Erik Endress of Share911. Erik discusses the importance of receiving timely and accurate information during those first few seconds of an emergency. Erik also provided an insight in the the types of scenarios that require an immediate response as well as the importance of alerting those that…
Decision making is easy in a predictable and slow-changing world, but we are a long way from that right now. In episode 97 of the PreparedEx podcast, Chris Paton discusses what effects decision making, how our biases and heuristics influence us, and the impact this has on tempo. Chris will also touch on some simple…
In episode 96 Tony Kaufman walks us through his personal experience with managing the Diamond Princess Cruise COVID-19 crisis. Tony, who was a member of the senior leadership at the time of the crisis managed the response from the moment of the outbreak through to recovery. Tony goes into detail about how they managed the…
In Episode 95 Rob interviews Matt Kershner who is the Chief at the Special Operations Forces Training Support Branch at DTRA the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. The discussion during the podcast was centered around exercises. Matt has vast amounts of experience within the exercise design, delivery and evaluation of exercises and shares his stories during…
In episode 94 Rob discusses active shooter and violent intruder events and preparedness with Hector Delgado founder and CEO of ASR Alert Systems, Navy SEAL (ret) and HSI Special Agent (ret). Hector spoke about what schools, businesses, sporting arenas, music festivals and other locations can do to try and mitigate a mass shooting or violent…
In episode 93 of the podcast, John Petrozzelli discusses preparation for incident response, crisis response during an incident, and post incident response through the lens of his experience FBI analyst and investigator during the Boston Marathon Bombings. He discusses steps a company can take to prepare for incidents, respond to them, and adapt for the…
In Episode 92 of the podcast, Rob spoke with Lucy Dickson of the Wakefield West Yorkshire, UK council about a fire that happened in their city in 2020. Lucy shares her personal background and what her role was on the day of the fire. Lucy also went into detail about the fire and the multi-agency…
In Episode 91 of our podcast, we interviewed Dave Rogers and discussed his career within the Navy SEALS, his time spent in politics as well as his journey through life. The interview goes into some of the lessons he learned during BUD/S training and especially Hell Week, which, if you are aware, is one of…
In episode 90 of the PreparedEx podcast, Rob discusses the Family Leason Officer (FLO) role with Moose Mutlow. Moose provides insight into search and rescue emergencies as a trained and experienced FLO. Moose discusses his career so far and goes into detail about the role of the FLO as well as some of the most…
In episode 89, we interviewed Rob Doran of Black Dog Crisis Management Ltd. Rob discussed the current state of COVID in the UK and the impact it’s having on businesses and society. Rob also spoke about some of the lessons that organizations should have learned from the last two years and why they should be…