Big City Emergency Management

This week we are talking to Mona Curry about what it is like to be a “Big City Emergency Manager”. Los Angeles is a vast geographical are with everything from beaches, dense city population, and mountain wildland area. In addition to this size of the city, they have to plan for special events that are on the world stage. Guest Bio MONA N. CURRY is an Emergency Manager who has worked with the City of Los Angeles for over 25 years and who has lead a variety of projects which have positively Impacted many of the diverse communities within Los Angeles. Working with the City of Los Angeles where over 4 million people call home, an area that covers 472 square miles and where 86 recognized languages are spoken. Los Angeles is the 2nd largest city in the United States. Areas of Expertise Emergency Management Educational Trainer Emergency Operations Center Responder Community Liaison / Relationship Builder Professional Speaker Project Manager Working to provide quality emergency management training and exercises for EOC responders in Los Angeles. Formerly, appointed as the emergency manager for the San Fernando Valley, the largest of the four bureaus in Los Angeles covering over 2 million residents and half of the City. Manages and leads grant programs, including co‐management of the Active Shooter Program, created in 2015 and taught to over 25,000 civilians. In 2012 led the development of the award‐winning 5 Steps to Neighborhood Preparedness Program through which neighbor‐ hoods receive guidance in developing their own neighbor‐ hood emergency plans. Lead planner for LA Fleet Week Senior Leaders Seminar. Formerly designated as the City of Los Angeles Recovery Officer for the Emergency Management Department Links LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monacurry/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ReadyLA/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/readyla?lang=en Website: https://emergency.lacity.org/ Email [email protected] Advertisers https://www.titanhst.com/