In this episode, Dr Samantha Montana discusses the key ideas and strategies for effective emergency management and the value of taking an all-hazards approach to disasters, which means that the response system is built on common principles that apply across events. Key principles here include coordination, communication, collaboration, cooperation, leadership, and trust with the public.
Dr Montana highlights the limitations of the emergency management system in the US and the need for a more proactive approach to disaster prevention and preparedness. She emphasizes the importance of taking climate change into account when preparing for and responding to disasters. She notes that it may take some time for a full understanding of what climate change means for emergency management to take hold within FEMA and other agencies.
Dr Montano is an assistant professor of emergency management at Massachusetts Maritime Academy. She teaches courses on disaster preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation, vulnerable populations in disaster amongst other topics. Her research interests cut across areas of interest to emergency management. She primarily studies nonprofits, volunteerism, and informal aid efforts in disaster. She is a co-founder of Disaster Researchers for Justice and the Center for Climate Adaptation Research. She is the author of Disasterology: Dispatches from The Frontlines of The Climate Crisispublished in 2021 by Park Row.
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