Brock Long: Answering the Challenges that Face FEMA

This week we kick off the new year with a discussion with FEMA's Administrator Brock Long. Last year was one of the most active disasters seasons in history worldwide. California had over 8,500 wildland fires and of course, Hurricane Florence slamming the Carolinas and Michael the 3rd strongest hurricane to make landfall in history leveling the City of Mexico Beach in Florida. Administrator Long has been called up to Capitol Hill a few times in 2018 and he did a good job handling the heat. Administrator Long joins EM Weekly and Todd DeVoe to discuss what 2019 is going to look like. Guest Bio Brock Long was confirmed by the U.S. Senate and began his service as the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in June 2017. Mr. Long has more than 18 years of experience assisting and supporting local, state, and Federal Governments with building robust emergency management and public health preparedness programs. Since 2011, he had worked as Executive Vice President at Hagerty Consulting, where he provided strategic direction and leadership to the firm's full complement of emergency management programs and professionals. Mr. Long has served as Project Executive for more than 50 projects in all parts of the United States, ranging from complex attack scenario exercises to designing multi-jurisdictional, all-hazard evacuation plans for major Urban Area Security Initiative designated jurisdictions. From 2008-2011, Mr. Long served as Director of Alabama's Emergency Management Agency (AEMA) under Governor Bob Riley. As Director, he served as the State Coordinating Officer for 14 disasters, including eight presidentially-declared events. Mr. Long also served as an on-scene State Incident Commander for the Alabama Unified Command during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Prior to his position as Director at AEMA, Mr. Long was a FEMA Regional Hurricane Program Manager, FEMA Hurricane and Evacuation Liaison Team Leader, and statewide school safety coordinator for the Georgia Emergency Management Agency. Mr. Long also served as the private sector chairman for the National Emergency Management Association (NEMA), and as a board member of the Central United States Earthquake Consortium. He is a graduate of the prestigious Executive Leadership Program offered by the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School/Center for Homeland Defense and Security. He attended Appalachian State University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master of Public Health degree. Related Shows Insights of a FEMA Administrator With Craig Fugate The Direction of FEMA with Brock Long Launching FEMA's Innovative Strategic Plan with Dr. Daniel Kaniewski Links LinkedIn: Twitter: Facebook: Instagram: Website: EM Weekly Information EM Weekly Resources Advertisers Titan HST

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This episode was published on Jan 3, 2019.

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