Power Outage, Is Your Community Ready?

This week we are talking to Michael Cockrell about the power company’s (California) Public Safety Power Shutoff. The issue is that how do we prepare the public for these events? How do who is responsible for the losses associated with the power shutoff? What about the infirm that need power to live? Michael brings his expertise and research to this important topic. Guest BioMichael Cockrell’s public service career has included law enforcement, water conservation enforcement, and emergency management. After 35-years at San Joaquin County’s Office of Emergency Services (OES), he retired as Director in December 2017. His OES experience between 1982-2017 included a wide range of emergencies and disasters such as floods, earthquake recovery, mass-casualty incidents, train derailments, hazardous materials releases, droughts, extreme heat and cold events. His education includes Associate and Bachelor degrees in Social Science, concentrating in Administration of Justice, and, a Master’s Degree in Public Administration. He has also completed many continued-education courses on administration and emergency management. Michael is a contributor to SOUNDINGS Magazine a digital magazine reporting on issues and history concerning and involving the people of the California Delta and the Eastern San Francisco Bay, using the voices of a diverse group of journalists, photographers, videographers, guest editorialists, and a little fiction thrown in for good measure.Links LinkedIn: https: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-cockrell-291a4967/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/soundingsmag/Website: https://soundingsmag.net/Video: https://soundingsmag.net/2019/07/11/surviving-the-pge-power-shutdowns-part-1/Advertisershttps://www.titanhst.com/