The Emergency Management Network Podcast
by Todd T. De Voe
Emergency Management's Trusted Voice™. Expert analysis and conversations with the practitioners, scholars and leaders shaping emergency management. emnetwork.substack.com
Episodes
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AI, Emergency Management, and the AIDE Initiative
EMN Media Podcast | Featuring Jeremy Greenberg Artificial intelligence is changing how we prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters. But with all the excitement surrounding AI, one important question remains: Are we solving real emergency management problems, or are we simply chasing…
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How Everyday Places Solve Big Social Challenges
Episode Description What if the key to building stronger, safer, and more resilient communities isn’t another seawall, a bigger emergency operations center, or more concrete, but the relationships we build in everyday places? In this episode of EMM Hope, hosts Todd DeVoe and Andrew Boyarsky…
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Flood watches across Texas and Oklahoma; FY27 starts on a CR
THE EMN DAILY NEWS | Thursday, 1 October 2026 The Overview Flood watches across Texas and Oklahoma; FY27 starts on a CR Flood watches cover southern Oklahoma and much of north and central Texas today as the remnants of Hurricane Polo move across the region, with flash flood warnings overnight...
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Assistance caps rise to $44,800 as FEMA redefines the field
FEMA has issued a formal definition of emergency management, calling it the strategic coordination of emergency services to protect life, property, and continuity of operations, and paired it with 12 coordination responsibilities that every FEMA component must now align its doctrine, training and...
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Hawaii shifts to damage assessment; Northeast power restored
THE EMN NEWS DAILY BRIEF | Tuesday, 29 September 2026 Hawaii County has shifted from response to damage assessment after Hurricane Nolo and is asking residents and businesses to file damage reports through separate residential and commercial forms. Governor Josh Green has identified roughly $686...
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Federal declaration for Hawaii as Nolo passes; deadly nor'easter floods the Northeast
Hurricane Nolo passed farther south than forecast and spared Hawaii Island the worst case, but flooded roads on the Big Island, prompted five high-water rescues Sunday and knocked out power on Oahu and Maui. A pre-landfall Presidential Emergency Declaration approved Friday covers four counties at…
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Hurricane Nolo nears Hawaii Island; nor'easter warnings from Virginia to Massachusetts
THE EMN DAILY NEWS BRIEF | Friday, 25 September 2026 Nolo became a hurricane Thursday night and is closing on Hawaii Island with 80-mile-per-hour winds, a tropical storm warning and hurricane watch for Hawaii County, a tropical storm watch for Maui County, and forecast rainfall of 15 to 30 inches...
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Hurricane watch for Hawaii Island; nor'easter floods the East Coast
THE EMN NEWS DAILY BRIEF | Thursday, 24 September 2026 Tropical Storm Nolo formed south of Hawaii on Wednesday, and a hurricane watch is in effect for Hawaii County, with a flood watch covering the Big Island and Maui County through Saturday evening. Forecast rainfall is 15 to 20 inches on Hawaii...
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Two pilots killed on the Dome fire; Hawaii flood watch
THE EMN NEWS DAILY BRIEF | Wednesday, 23 September 2026 Two pilots were killed Sunday when a helicopter under contract to the Forest Service crashed on the Dome fire in Yosemite National Park. The national preparedness level dropped to 2 with 92 incidents, 31 uncontained large fires and 9,701...
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THE EMN DAILY NEWS | Monday, 21 September 2026
THE EMN DAILY NEWS | Monday, 21 September 2026 Tropical Storm Fay peaked at 70 miles per hour overnight, just short of hurricane strength, and is now weakening about 405 miles southwest of the Azores with no hazards to land. The Central Pacific Hurricane Center gives the remnants of Tropical...
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THE EMN NEWS DAILY BRIEF | Tuesday, 22 September 2026
THE EMN NEWS DAILY | Tuesday, 22 September 2026 The remnants of Tropical Depression Fifteen-E southeast of Hawaii are now likely to become a tropical depression within a day or two, up from a medium chance over the weekend. In the eastern Pacific, Hurricane Polo reached Category 4 overnight with...
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September 11: The Recovery That Never Really Ended
Episode Description September 11: The Recovery That Never Really Ended Twenty-five years after the attacks of September 11, 2001, the skyline of Lower Manhattan has been rebuilt—but recovery is about far more than buildings. In this episode of Emergency Management Network, Todd DeVoe examines the...
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You’re It: Character, Trust, and Leading When It Matters Most
Show Description A crisis reveals the character of the people leading through it. Have they earned trust? Can they hear uncomfortable truths? Have they taken care of the team they are about to ask everything of? In this episode of the Emergency Management Network Podcast, Todd DeVoe welcomes Eric...
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Nepal’s Flood Disaster: Cascading Hazards and the Emergency Management Issues
Show Description When a disaster begins high in the mountains, its consequences can reach communities far downstream before people understand what is coming. In this episode of the Emergency Management Network podcast, we examine Nepal’s devastating August 26 flash flood and debris flow, the...
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Grid Vulnerabilities
Episode Description The storm passes. The rain stops. The winds die down. And sometimes, that is when the real emergency begins. Electricity is the backbone of nearly every system modern communities depend upon. Communications, water and wastewater systems, hospitals, fuel distribution, traffic...
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Island Math: What Hawai’i’s Storm Season Teaches Every Emergency Manager
Episode Description What can emergency managers learn when disasters strike very different communities at nearly the same time? In this episode of the Emergency Management Network Podcast, Todd DeVoe and Andrew Boyarsky return from the IAEM Region 9 Symposium in Honolulu with a fresh perspective…
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Manufacturing Quiet Tuesdays
Manufacturing Quiet Tuesdays National Emergency Management Awareness Month, and a Confirmed Administrator at Last Host: Todd T. DeVoe, CEM Runtime: 11:45 Recorded: August 8, 2026 SHOW NOTES August is National Emergency Management Awareness Month, and this year it arrives alongside news the field...
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National Emergency Management Advocacy Month: Why Our Voice Matters
Episode Description August is National Emergency Management Advocacy Month, a time to recognize the importance of speaking up for the emergency management profession and the communities we serve. In this episode, Todd DeVoe and Andrew Boyarsky discuss why advocacy is essential to the future of...
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The Most Beautiful Game: Managing the FIFA World Cup 2026 from the JTOC
EMN Podcast Episode Description The Most Beautiful Game: Managing the FIFA World Cup 2026 from the JTOC What does it take to keep one of the largest sporting events in history running safely behind the scenes? In this special episode of the Emergency Management Network Podcast, host Todd DeVoe...
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Magnitude 7.8 Philippines quake triggers tsunami advisory for Guam and the CNMI; NIFC holds at PL 2 with ten uncontained large fires and evacuations near Chelan
Today’s brief leads with a magnitude 7.8 earthquake off the southern Philippines that prompted a Pacific Tsunami Warning Center advisory for Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, with no threat to Hawaii or the U.S. West Coast. We cover national wildfire operations at Preparedness Level 2,...
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Seven Cabins Fire evacuations rescinded at 64% containment; central Plains brace for severe weather
Today’s brief leads with Orange County, where Garden Grove’s GKN Aerospace hazmat emergency de-escalates and all evacuation orders lift, returning the final 16,000 residents home with no injuries. New Mexico’s Seven Cabins Fire reaches 64 percent containment and Lincoln County rescinds all...
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Kilauea Episode 48 ends after nine hours; Seven Cabins Fire grows to 29,531 acres in New Mexico
The Atlantic hurricane season officially opened June 1 as FEMA reaffirmed readiness and the National Hurricane Center continued to watch a high-probability disturbance in the Eastern Pacific. In New Mexico, the Seven Cabins Fire pushed past 29,000 acres with evacuations in Lincoln County and a…
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Chemical Reality Check: Garden Grove’s 50,000-Person Evacuation
Episode Description What happens when a single industrial chemical tank threatens an entire community? In this episode of the Emergency Management Network Podcast, Todd DeVoe and Andrew Boyarsky examine the Garden Grove hazardous materials incident that led to the evacuation of approximately…
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The 48 Laws of Emergency Management: The Rules That Shape the Profession
Episode Description In this episode of the Emergency Management Network Podcast, Todd DeVoe and Andrew Boyarsky introduce a new long-form series, The 48 Laws of Emergency Management. This series explores the hard-earned lessons, leadership principles, operational realities, and unwritten rules…
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FEMA Review Council: Reform, Reality, and the Future of Emergency Management
Episode Description This week on the Emergency Management Network Podcast, we take a deep dive into the FEMA Review Council and what its work could mean for the future of emergency management in the United States. As conversations continue around disaster response, federal coordination…
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The New Architecture of Resilience
Episode SummaryWhat if the future of emergency management is already here, just not where we’ve traditionally looked? In this episode, Todd DeVoe sits down with Marcus T. Coleman Jr., Vice President for Community Resilience Strategy at United Way Worldwide, for a candid, practitioner-level...
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FEMA major disaster declared for CNMI; CISA flags ConnectWise and Windows zero-days; Southern wildfires push the South to PL 4
Today’s brief covers the published Presidential major disaster declaration for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands following Super Typhoon Sinlaku, the FEMA Alaska recovery update on Typhoon Halong, and CISA’s addition of two actively exploited vulnerabilities (ConnectWise...
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One Voice, One Purpose: Why Emergency Management Must Speak Clearly to Matter
Episode Summary:In this episode of the Emergency Management Network Podcast, Todd DeVoe and Andrew Boyarsky take a hard look at a growing challenge within the profession: not a lack of effort or expertise, but a lack of clarity. Emergency management does extraordinary work across preparedness,...
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Brantley County wildfire doubles past 22,000 acres; Moderate Risk severe weather threat targets Mississippi Valley
Today’s EM Morning Brief covers a Storm Prediction Center Moderate Risk for severe weather across Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, and Tennessee with strong tornado potential, three large active wildfires (Highway 82 in Georgia, Hummingbird in New Mexico, and Poitrey Canyon in Colorado), Extremely...
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Trump signs CNMI Major Disaster Declaration after Super Typhoon Sinlaku; tornado emergency hits Enid and forces Vance AFB closure
On today’s EM Morning Brief for Friday, April 24, 2026: President Trump signs a Major Disaster Declaration for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands following Super Typhoon Sinlaku, unlocking federal Individual and Public Assistance for Saipan, Tinian, Rota, and the Northern Islands. A...
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Georgia declares statewide wildfire State of Emergency; CISA Cisco Catalyst KEV deadline arrives
On today’s EM Morning Brief for Thursday, April 23, 2026: Georgia’s governor declares a State of Emergency across 91 counties as the Brantley and Echols County wildfires burn more than 20,000 combined acres and destroy at least 54 homes. CISA’s April 23 federal remediation deadline hits for three...
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CNMI Sinlaku major disaster declaration on President's desk; FEMA opens Whatcom DAC; CISA adds 8 KEV entries
Wednesday’s EM Morning Brief for April 22, 2026 leads with the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands’ Super Typhoon Sinlaku major disaster declaration package now with the President; today’s opening of a FEMA Disaster Assistance Center in Whatcom County, Washington; and Federal Register...
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CISA adds Eight Vulnerabilities to KEV; FEMA Montana, Idaho, Oregon Disaster Declarations Published
On today’s EM Morning Brief, CISA adds eight actively exploited vulnerabilities to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog with a May 11 federal remediation deadline. FEMA major disaster declarations for Montana, Idaho, and Oregon tied to December 2025 storms were published in the Federal...
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The World Is Coming to Inglewood (and 16 other cities): Emergency Management at the Global Stage
Episode Description:The FIFA World Cup isn’t just coming to Los Angeles—it’s coming to Inglewood. And with it comes one of the most complex, high-visibility operational environments emergency managers will face in a generation. In this episode of the Emergency Management Network Podcast, Todd…
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Midwest Tornado and Flooding Cleanup Expands with Michigan State of Emergency; NOAA SWPC Reports G2 Geomagnetic Storm
Today’s EM Morning Brief covers the continued federal response to Super Typhoon Sinlaku in Guam and the CNMI, where U.S. Coast Guard operations press northward and ports at Saipan, Tinian, and Rota remain closed. Michigan’s statewide emergency has expanded to Ann Arbor, Kalamazoo, and 38 counties...
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Sinlaku recovery continues in CNMI and Guam; FEMA affirms Hawaii Kona-low disaster; CISA adds Apache ActiveMQ to KEV
Federal recovery operations continue across the Mariana Islands under FEMA Emergency Declarations for Guam and CNMI following Super Typhoon Sinlaku; the President affirms a Major Disaster Declaration for Hawaii tied to the March Kona-low storms; CISA adds an Apache ActiveMQ flaw to the Known...
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Super Typhoon Sinlaku Devastates Guam and CNMI; Multi-Day Tornado Outbreak
Today’s EM Morning Brief covers Super Typhoon Sinlaku’s devastating impact on Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, where winds up to 185 mph knocked out power and water and displaced more than a thousand residents. A multi-day severe weather outbreak has produced confirmed tornadoes across six...
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Central U.S. tornado outbreak prompts Kansas disaster emergency; Cheboygan Dam under pressure as Michigan SEOC extends; M5.7 Nevada quake rattles Lyon County
Today’s EM Morning Brief covers a multi-day severe weather outbreak across the central United States, including an EF-2 tornado in Ottawa, Kansas that triggered a state disaster emergency, and widespread wind and flood damage across Wisconsin and Michigan. We cover the Cheboygan Dam flood…
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Plains and Midwest tornado outbreak; Super Typhoon Sinlaku emergency continues for Guam and CNMI
Today’s EM Morning Brief covers an active multi-day severe weather outbreak across the Southern Plains and into the Upper Midwest, with confirmed tornadoes in Kansas and Minnesota and an enhanced threat continuing through Tuesday. Emergency operations continue in Guam and the Northern Mariana...
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The World Isn’t Falling Apart… It’s Finally Telling the Truth
EMN Podcast Description In this episode of The Emergency Management Network Podcast, Andrew Boyarsky sits down with Todd DeVoe to unpack a powerful and timely idea: the world is not falling apart; it is revealing itself. Drawing from Todd’s latest article, the conversation explores how today’s…
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Super Typhoon Sinlaku Targets Guam and CNMI with Cat 4-5 Winds; Multi-Day Tornado Outbreak Continues Across Texas and Oklahoma; FEMA Approves Disaster Declarations for Washington and Oregon
On today’s EM Morning Brief, Super Typhoon Sinlaku — a Category 5 storm with 175 to 180 mph winds — is bearing down on the Northern Mariana Islands with catastrophic conditions expected for Saipan and Tinian Monday night. Federal emergency declarations are in place for both Guam and the CNMI. On...
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Tropical Storm Sinlaku Threatens Guam as Category 3-4 Typhoon; FEMA Faces $10B Funding Backlog Ahead of Hurricane Season; CISA Warns of Iran-Linked Attacks on Critical Infrastructure
Tropical Storm Sinlaku intensifies in the western Pacific as Guam declares Condition of Readiness 3 with a potential Category 3-4 typhoon landfall projected by Monday. FEMA faces a $10 billion disaster reimbursement backlog and internal readiness concerns ahead of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane...
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The Grid Is Being Watched. The Ceasefire Is Being Tested. And Half the Country Is on Weather Alert.
Today’s EM Morning Brief leads with a joint advisory from CISA, the FBI, NSA, EPA, DOE, and U.S. Cyber Command warning that Iranian-affiliated cyber actors are actively exploiting programmable logic controllers across U.S. water, energy, and government systems. Advisory AA26-097A documents...
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Today’s Emergency Brief: Iranian Cyber Risks, National Firefighting Efforts, Severe Weather, Water Advisories, and Kilauea
Today’s emergency brief takes you through the biggest safety and emergency updates making news right now. We start with a troubling cybersecurity alert involving Iranian-affiliated threat actors and growing concerns about attacks on critical infrastructure. From there, we check in on wildfire...
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Emergency Alerts: Severe Weather Challenges in the Southern and Central United States
The predominant focus of our discourse today centers on the critical wildfire emergencies unfolding across the Southern Plains, where a confluence of red flag warnings, extreme weather conditions, and active wildfires necessitates urgent attention. Regions including Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas,...
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Energy Supply Disruption: Analyzing the Impact of the Strait of Hormuz Closure
The ongoing U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran, now in its 37th day, constitutes the most pressing national emergency management concern at present. As the self-imposed pause by President Trump on potential strikes against Iranian energy infrastructure nears its expiration, analysts describe the...
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State Emergency Declarations and Rising Natural Disasters: A Review
Today’s discourse elucidates the pressing issue of wildfire preparedness amid a backdrop of alarming statistics: 17,006 wildfires have already incinerated over 1.6 million acres this year. The National Interagency Fire Center has reported a national preparedness level of 2, with 16 significant...
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Severe Weather Warnings: A Comprehensive Overview for April 2, 2026
The current state of preparedness in the United States is critical, as evidenced by the National Interagency Fire Center’s designation of preparedness level 2, with over 51 uncontained large fires actively threatening various regions. This episode delves into the multifaceted hazards facing the...
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National Fire Preparedness Level: A Critical Overview
Severe thunderstorm activity is forecasted to traverse a broad corridor from the mid-Mississippi Valley through the Ohio Valley and into the southern Great Lakes, prompting notable concerns regarding potential hazards such as damaging wind gusts, large hail, and isolated tornadoes. As this...
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Public Health Advisory: E. Coli Outbreak Investigation
The primary focus of today’s discourse is the ongoing wildland fire activity, which currently maintains a nationally coordinated preparedness level of 2. Despite the occurrence of 342 fires and the emergence of 18 new large incidents, all fires are being managed under a comprehensive suppression...
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