Seat at the Table

In this SPECIAL 25 minute episode host Justin Schorr talks with Lisa Larres, Jim Brasiel and Katie Amatruda about resources, dealing with PTSD as a first responder and addressing it.

Host/ Paramedic Captain Justin Schorr has a candid conversation with Lisa Larres (Emergency Management Coordinator/ Public Health), Sean OConner (Colma Fire District Firefighter/Paramedic) and Jeff Zolferelli (Retired Deputy Fire Chief Livermore Pleasanton Fire) about what does it take to be prepared for a disaster, Are you prepared?

This isn’t another gloss over of S130-S190, but a chance to hear from the experts what they have in mind when responding so you can be better prepared the next time you get toned out for a large grass fire.

Hosts Justin Schorr and Mark Glencorse seek to learn how EMS proviers can have more of a positive impact on their communities before they call 911.  Joining the discussion are Bill Sugiyama EMS Chief for Oakland and Alameda County’s Mike Taigman shares with our audience how he has developed personalized care for the citizens in [...]

First Responders are instinctively taking the role of coming to the aid, but in the case of MCI or natural disasters it is important to register with a group and go through the process before you respond.

It can’t be done at the administrative level, each first responder needs to reach out to others in the community to learn each other’s expectations and abilities.

On September 9th, 2010 just after 6PM a large fireball erupted in the City of San Bruno, just south of San Francisco.  Initial reports were of an airplane crash from the nearby San Francisco International Airport.  An entire neighborhood was on fire and others were evacuated.  We would soon learn the explosion was the result [...]