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September 2, 2026Episode 100035 min

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 McNulty, co-author of You’re It: Crisis, Change, and How to Lead When It Matters Most , for a conversation about character, meta-leadership, and the human side of emergency management. They explore the new edition’s emphasis on character, balancing workforce expectations with disaster demands, and creating teams where people can speak honestly and support one another. The conversation also tackles one of the profession’s toughest challenges: making consequential decisions with incomplete information while maintaining public trust. From protecting downtime on blue-sky days to explaining evacuation decisions, this episode examines the everyday leadership practices that prepare people to perform when their communities need them most. Show Notes Podcast: Emergency Management Network Host: Todd DeVoe Guest: Eric McNulty, co-author of You’re It: Crisis, Change, and How to Lead When It Matters Most In This Episode Todd and Eric discuss why effective crisis leadership begins long before an emergency. Character, honest communication, and relationships shape whether teams and communities will trust a leader when decisions become difficult. Their conversation explores: * Character before crisis: Integrity, listening, and putting the mission and people first. * Leading across generations: Setting clear expectations while respecting boundaries, family responsibilities, and time away. * Team resilience: Creating a workplace where colleagues support each other and can ask for help. * Hearing truth to power: Why leaders need to welcome difficult information to avoid operational blind spots. * Perspective and shared understanding: Bringing together what agencies, frontline personnel, and community members see. * Public trust and transparency: Explaining what is known, what remains uncertain, and why decisions are being made. * Evacuation decisions: Balancing competing risks and documenting the information available at the time. * Community engagement: Building relationships and understanding public expectations before disaster strikes. Episode Chapters 00:00 — Welcome to the EMN Podcast00:21 — Introducing Eric McNulty and You’re It 01:47 — The new edition’s focus on character04:01 — Workforce expectations, boundaries, and the mission09:02 — Supporting team well-being and resilience11:25 — Truth, trust, and listening as a leader15:58 — Transparency and the Boston Marathon bombing response17:11 — Different perspectives and a shared understanding20:04 — Deepwater Horizon: uncertainty and response decisions21:21 — Evacuations, public criticism, and leadership23:56 — Explaining and documenting decisions under uncertainty26:16 — Community participation in emergency planning27:30 — Evacuation behavior and competing risks29:11 — How people interpret emergency messages31:30 — The new edition and supporting future emergency managers33:00 — A closing message of appreciation for the profession Key Takeaway The work of crisis leadership starts on ordinary days: earn trust, welcome difficult conversations, care for your team, and help the community understand how decisions are made. Featured Resource (this is not associated with any affiliate program) You’re It: Crisis, Change, and How to Lead When It Matters Most — book information This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emnetwork.substack.com/subscribe

August 31, 202637 min

Nepal’s Flood Disaster:

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 unfolding humanitarian emergency, and the operational challenges facing responders. Preliminary USGS findings describe a rapid slope failure involving a glacier that sent destructive debris and floodwaters nearly 100 kilometers downstream. USGS Amid the destruction, a last-minute warning helped a school leader evacuate more than 900 students—a powerful starting point for discussing warning systems, decision authority, and protective action. Reuters We explore the immediate response priorities, the consequences of damaged infrastructure, and the responsibilities that continue long after the initial flood. For emergency management professionals, this episode asks: What does this disaster reveal about our own readiness, and what should we do with those lessons? Show Notes Briefing Script — Situation as of August 31, 2026 Nepal is confronting a major flash-flood and debris-flow disaster along its northern border with Tibet. The event began on August 26, when a rapid slope failure involving a glacier in Langtang National Park likely sent rock, mud, ice, and water into the Lende Khola and Trishuli river systems. The destructive flow traveled nearly 100 kilometers downstream. The precise initiating mechanism remains preliminary and requires continued scientific assessment. USGS The humanitarian consequences are severe. According to the cited reporting, Nepalese authorities have reported more than 900 deaths, over 4,200 people missing—including hundreds of foreign nationals—and more than 10,000 rescues. The Nepal Red Cross estimates that more than 90,000 people have been affected. These figures are provisional; access constraints, debris burial, displacement, and disrupted communications complicate accountability. NBC News This is a compound mountain disaster, with flooding, debris movement, isolation, and infrastructure failures creating overlapping response challenges. Buildings and a vital highway connecting Nepal and China have reportedly been buried or destroyed. USGS Reports also indicate that hundreds of workers may be trapped or unaccounted for at damaged hydropower projects in Rasuwa and Nuwakot. Associated Press So What? Now What for the Emergency Management Professional? The following priorities frame our operational discussion: * Sustain lifesaving operations. Support search and rescue, missing-person accounting, and family reunification, particularly in isolated valleys and at damaged hydropower sites. * Restore safe access. Assess and establish ground and air access to communities isolated by road and bridge failures, while accounting for responder safety and changing conditions. * Meet immediate humanitarian needs. Coordinate emergency shelter, safe water, food, trauma care, and continuity of essential health services. * Rebuild situational awareness. Restore communications and conduct rapid damage, needs, and infrastructure assessments. * Monitor secondary hazards. Maintain downstream monitoring and public warning while assessing unstable slopes, river blockages, rainfall, and glacial hazards. * Plan for sustained displacement and recovery. Incorporate education, protection, psychosocial support, and safer reconstruction into early recovery discussions. According to the cited UN report, the United Nations has released an initial $2 million in emergency funding, while WHO has deployed emergency health supplies sufficient to support basic health services for up to 10,000 people. UNICEF reports that at least 17,000 children have been affected, facing risks associated with disease, malnutrition, disrupted education, violence, and exploitation. UN News Nepal’s emergency requires simultaneous attention to immediate life safety and prolonged needs involving access, shelter, health, infrastructure, and recovery. Our discussion considers how government-led coordination, local capacity, and international support can address those demands while continuing to monitor cascading hazards. Lifesaving Warnings: The School Evacuation Reuters reports that a last-minute warning helped save more than 900 students at Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School. We use that account to examine the connection between receiving information and initiating protective action. Reuters Discussion questions include: * Who can authorize an immediate evacuation without waiting for additional approval? * Can warnings reach schools through multiple, trusted communication channels? * Do evacuation plans address arriving buses, accessible transportation, accountability, and family reunification? * How do local emergency managers receive information about threats originating upstream or across borders? * How can recovery decisions reduce exposure to future disasters? Additional Reading NPR: Nepal floods, climate change, and the Himalayas Information reflects reporting available as of August 31, 2026. Casualty figures, missing-person totals, humanitarian estimates, and scientific findings are provisional and should be checked before recording or publication. Nepal Flash Flood: Top-Rated Charities Providing Relief https://blog.charitywatch.org/nepal-flash-flood-top-rated-charities-providing-relief/ This is a public episode. 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August 24, 202633 min

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 control, grocery stores, banking, transportation, emergency operations, and even our ability to receive warnings depend in some way on reliable power. In this episode of the Emergency Management Network Podcast , we examine the vulnerability of the American electrical grid following major storms and extreme weather events. The problem is bigger than a few downed power lines. Hurricanes, tornadoes, derechos, ice storms, flooding, wildfires, and extreme temperatures can damage generation, transmission, substations, and local distribution systems simultaneously. More importantly, we explore what happens next. What does a 24-hour outage mean for a community? What changes at 72 hours? What happens when backup generators begin running low on fuel, cellular sites lose power, medically vulnerable residents need assistance, grocery stores cannot refrigerate food, traffic signals stop working, and public safety agencies are operating on emergency power? For emergency managers, the electrical grid isn’t simply another piece of critical infrastructure. It is the infrastructure upon which much of the rest of our response system depends. We discuss where the vulnerabilities exist, why severe storms continue to expose them, and what emergency managers should be doing now to prepare for prolonged and cascading power failures. The question isn’t simply whether the lights will come back on. The question is: What can your community continue to do until they do? Show Notes This episode explores the intersection between extreme weather, electrical-grid reliability, critical infrastructure, and emergency management . We examine how severe storms can damage transmission and distribution infrastructure and why the consequences extend far beyond homes losing electricity. Major outages can quickly become cascading incidents affecting communications, healthcare, transportation, water systems, fuel supplies, businesses, food distribution, and government operations. Topics include: * Why severe weather remains one of the greatest threats to electrical reliability * The difference between generation, transmission, and distribution failures * How damaged substations, transmission lines, poles, transformers, and vegetation can complicate restoration * Why undergrounding electrical lines can help in some circumstances but is not a universal solution * The growing importance of microgrids, distributed generation, battery storage, and backup power * Generator dependence and the challenge of maintaining fuel supplies during prolonged outages * Telecommunications and cellular-system vulnerabilities when commercial power fails * The consequences of simultaneous power and communications failures * Impacts on hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, pharmacies, dialysis centers, and medically dependent populations * Water and wastewater system dependencies on electricity * Traffic signals, transportation networks, fuel stations, and supply-chain disruptions * The role of utilities inside the Emergency Operations Center * Identifying critical facilities and prioritizing restoration * Community Lifelines and cascading infrastructure failures * Planning for outages lasting 24, 48, 72 hours—or longer * Why continuity planning must assume that commercial electricity may not be immediately available after a major disaster The Emergency Management Question Emergency managers cannot rebuild the nation’s electrical grid, but we can understand our dependencies on it. Every jurisdiction should be asking: What stops working when the power goes out? Then: What stops working when it stays out for three days? Those two questions can reveal vulnerabilities that may never appear in a traditional hazard assessment. Electrical resilience isn’t simply a utility problem. It is a community resilience problem . This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emnetwork.substack.com/subscribe

August 21, 202632 min

Island Math: What Hawai’i’ 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 on preparedness, logistics, resilience, and the power of community. The conversation begins in Hawaii, where geography changes nearly every assumption emergency managers make about mutual aid and logistics. When help, equipment, food, and personnel may be thousands of miles away, “leaning forward” isn’t simply good practice—it can be essential. Todd and Andrew then turn to the severe storms, flooding, and tornadoes affecting Indiana and other parts of the country. Different hazards. Different geography. But many of the same lessons. Emergency managers cannot afford to plan only for what happened last time. Wildfires can create tomorrow’s debris-flow problem. Extreme rainfall can overwhelm places that have never flooded before. And communities that wait until disaster strikes to build relationships have already lost valuable time. The most important lesson may also be the simplest: preparedness begins with people. From involving residents in emergency planning to knowing the people who live next door, resilience is built long before the EOC activates. Government can facilitate the process, but it cannot create resilient communities by itself. Two storms. Two very different places. One lesson: know your community, understand your vulnerabilities, build relationships before the disaster, and prepare for the events everyone says could never happen here. Two Storms, One Lesson Community, Preparedness, and the Paradox of Paradise Hosts: Todd DeVoe and Andrew Boyarsky Podcast: Emergency Management Network Podcast In This Episode Todd and Andrew reflect on their time at the IAEM Region 9 Symposium in Honolulu and the lessons that Hawaii offers emergency managers everywhere. Hawaii’s beauty comes with significant vulnerabilities. Distance from the mainland, separation between islands, limited transportation routes, and dependence on imported resources mean emergency managers must think differently about logistics and mutual aid. The discussion then moves to severe weather affecting Indiana and other parts of the United States, including flooding, tornadoes, high winds, and the challenge of preparing for hazards in places where people may believe, “That doesn’t happen here.” Todd and Andrew explore what these events mean for emergency managers preparing for the next disaster—and why yesterday’s assumptions may no longer be enough. Topics Discussed * Lessons from the IAEM Region 9 Symposium in Honolulu * Hawaii’s unique emergency management challenges * The logistics of supporting remote and island communities * The importance of pre-positioning resources and leaning forward * Severe storms, tornadoes, flooding, and changing hazard conditions * Wildfires and the secondary threat of debris flows and land movement * Normalcy bias and the danger of saying, “That never happens here” * Thinking about the unthinkable * Community Lifelines and community preparedness * Bringing residents into the emergency planning process * Building relationships before disaster strikes * Knowing your neighbors as a preparedness strategy * CERT, VOAD, COAD, nonprofits, and volunteer organizations as force multipliers * Government’s role as a facilitator rather than the sole source of solutions * Hawaii’s “paradox of paradise” * The spirit of Ohana and what it can teach emergency managers about resilience Two Storms, One Lesson The hazards may be different, but the lesson is remarkably similar. Emergency managers must understand the communities they serve—not simply their hazards, infrastructure, and response capabilities, but their people, relationships, vulnerabilities, strengths, and culture. Preparedness cannot begin when the warning is issued. It begins when neighbors meet one another. It happens when residents participate in emergency planning. It grows when government, nonprofits, volunteers, businesses, and community organizations build relationships before anyone needs them. As Todd observes in the episode, government doesn’t always have the answer to every problem. But it can help create the conversations, partnerships, and conditions that allow a community to become stronger. Key Takeaway Understand where you live. Know your vulnerabilities. Listen to your community. Build relationships before the emergency. Because when disaster strikes, resilience isn’t something we suddenly create. It’s something we discover we have already built. Stay safe. Stay hydrated. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emnetwork.substack.com/subscribe

August 10, 202612 min

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 has waited two years to hear. On Friday, August 7, the Senate confirmed Cameron Hamilton as Administrator of FEMA, part of a block of 74 nominations. After two years of acting titles and senior officials performing the duties of, there is a name on the door that stays there. Todd DeVoe uses the occasion for something other than policy analysis. This one is a thank you. Not the conference kind. The real one. He works through the profession person by person. The one-person department that also serves as the planning section, the logistics section, and the PIO. The planner who has read the same evacuation annex forty times, looking for the change that will matter, and who will never be told it worked. The duty officer at two in the morning, with the full picture assembled by four. The recovery specialist is still sitting at a kitchen table over a three-year-old declaration. The exercise designer who wrote a scenario meant enough to embarrass people, because an exercise that everybody passes taught nobody anything. The FEMA staff who stayed through the uncertainty. And the twenty-six-year-old, at their first activation, convinced everyone else in the room that they knew something they did not. They do not. Everybody is reading the same situation report. Then the harder part. This profession’s best work is invisible by design. The evacuation goes smoothly, and there is no story. The warning goes out early and the numbers stay low. Success is indistinguishable from a quiet Tuesday. Todd reaches for Marcus Aurelius on the vine that produces grapes and does not go looking for applause, and lands on what Awareness Month is actually for: not asking for credit, but explaining what the quiet costs and who pays for it, so the October budget conversation goes a little easier. The last thank you goes to the families. The empty chair at dinner. The eleven-word activation text that reorganizes a week. The skill of falling back asleep after the duty phone rings at three. And the thing most people miss entirely is being the first responder to the responder who came home from a bad one and could not yet talk about it. There is no ICS position for that. Maybe there should be. CHAPTERS 00:51 The Senate confirms Cameron Hamilton as FEMA Administrator 02:56 Doc, welcome back. Why a permanent name on the door matters 03:07 Awareness Month, year two, and the traction it has built 04:08 Thank you, department by department 06:13 To the ones who are new: stay 06:40 When you do your best work, nothing happens 07:05 Marcus Aurelius and the business of manufacturing quiet Tuesdays 07:58 To the spouses, partners, and kids 09:26 A wildland firefighter son, and both sides of that door 09:42 Not a profession in decline. A profession that took a hit and stayed on its feet 10:52 Your assignment for the rest of August YOUR ASSIGNMENT It takes about four minutes. Find one person in this field whose work you have benefited from and tell them. Not on social media. Call them, and name the specific thing they did. Then find one family member, yours or someone else’s, and thank them for the hours that got taken from them. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE IAEM launched National Emergency Management Awareness Month in August 2025. Auburn, Washington signed its proclamation on August 3. San Bernardino County is running a campaign called Behind the Ready. Senate confirmation of Cameron Hamilton, August 7, 2026, in a block of 74 nominations, 51 to 47. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emnetwork.substack.com/subscribe

July 27, 202640 min

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 emergency management. From educating elected officials and building partnerships to securing resources and strengthening community resilience, advocacy isn’t about politics—it’s about ensuring emergency managers have a seat at the table before decisions are made. Todd and Andrew share practical ways emergency managers at every level can become advocates, explain the difference between advocacy and lobbying, and discuss how small conversations can lead to meaningful change. Whether you’re a student, practitioner, volunteer, or executive, this episode will inspire you to help advance the profession and better prepare the communities you serve. Show Notes In This Episode Emergency management has never been more important, yet many people—including policymakers—still don’t fully understand what emergency managers do. National Emergency Management Advocacy Month provides an opportunity to change that. Todd and Andrew discuss: * What National Emergency Management Advocacy Month is and why it exists * Why advocacy is a professional responsibility * The difference between advocacy and lobbying * How emergency managers can educate elected officials and community leaders * Why relationships built before disasters matter * The importance of telling the emergency management story * How advocacy can improve funding, staffing, planning, and preparedness * The role of professional organizations like IAEM and NEMA * Practical advocacy ideas for emergency managers at the local, state, tribal, territorial, federal, private-sector, and nonprofit levels * How every emergency manager can make a difference—even without holding a leadership position Key Takeaways * Advocacy is about education, not politics. * Emergency management deserves a voice wherever public policy is discussed. * Strong relationships built today strengthen disaster response tomorrow. * Every emergency manager is an ambassador for the profession. * Advocacy helps build safer, more resilient communities. Challenge for Listeners During National Emergency Management Advocacy Month: * Schedule a meeting with a local elected official. * Invite community leaders to tour your Emergency Operations Center. * Share your emergency management story on social media. * Mentor someone entering the profession. * Participate in advocacy efforts through your professional association. * Take time to explain what emergency management really does to someone outside the field. Quote of the Episode “Advocacy isn’t about asking for more. It’s about helping people understand the value emergency management brings before, during, and after disaster.” Connect With Us Follow the Emergency Management Network for more conversations with leaders from across the emergency management profession. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and share this episode with a colleague who is passionate about building more resilient communities. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emnetwork.substack.com/subscribe

July 13, 202642 min

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 takes listeners inside the Joint Tournament Operations Center (JTOC) during the FIFA World Cup 2026 , offering a rare, first-hand look at the emergency management professionals who worked around the clock to support one of the world’s most complex events. While billions of fans watched the action unfold on the pitch, another team was monitoring weather, coordinating intelligence, tracking team movements, managing rumors, preparing for protests, supporting public safety, and solving problems before the public ever knew they existed. From the Planning Section to logistics, communications, technology, and multi-agency coordination, this episode explores what it really means to operate at the center of a global event. Todd shares stories from more than a month inside the JTOC, lessons learned from building an interagency team under pressure, and the leadership principles that transformed a room full of professionals into a family. You’ll hear about the challenges no one saw, the victories no one celebrated on television, and why success in emergency management is often measured by what doesn’t happen. Whether you’re an emergency manager, first responder, public safety professional, or simply curious about what happens behind the curtain of a mega-event, this episode provides an inside look at the planning, coordination, and resilience required to support the most beautiful game . In this episode, you’ll learn: * How a Joint Tournament Operations Center functions during a global sporting event. * The role of emergency management in supporting FIFA World Cup operations. * Lessons in leadership, planning, and multi-agency coordination. * How situational awareness, information sharing, and decision-making work in real time. * Why relationships—not technology—remain the most important resource during complex incidents. Join us as we pull back the curtain on one of the most ambitious emergency management operations ever undertaken and discover how thousands of hours of preparation made the extraordinary look effortless. The FIFA Tournament Operations Center serves as the central hub connecting host cities, venue operations, security, communications, and tournament leadership to ensure seamless coordination across the competition. Because in emergency management, the best stories are often the ones the public never hears. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emnetwork.substack.com/subscribe

June 8, 2026Episode 1877 min

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, including active fires threatening structures and infrastructure in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California, New Mexico, Florida, North Carolina, and Alaska, plus a multi-day Storm Prediction Center severe weather threat, two Pacific tropical depressions, a paused Kilauea eruption, and approaching FEMA assistance deadlines in Washington and Hawaii. EM Morning Brief is your concise daily update on national and state-by-state emergency management news. Produced by Sitch Radio, an EOC Voices podcast. Key Takeaways · Tsunami advisory (Guam and CNMI): A magnitude 7.8 Philippines earthquake prompted a Pacific Tsunami Warning Center advisory for hazardous currents and sea level fluctuations; effects expected from about 12:45 p.m. ChST Monday, no full-scale evacuation called. · No threat to Hawaii or the West Coast: The Warning Center assessed no tsunami threat to Hawaii or the U.S. mainland Pacific coast. · Wildfire posture: NIFC remains at Preparedness Level 2 with ten uncontained large fires; the Chestnut Fire near Chelan, Washington has evacuations in effect, and the Michaud Creek Fire near Pocatello, Idaho shows extreme behavior threatening structures and energy infrastructure. · Seven Cabins Fire (New Mexico): Largest active incident at 31,870 acres, now 90 percent contained, with closures still in effect. · Severe weather: A multi-day SPC threat spans the Northern High Plains, Central Plains, Mississippi and Ohio Valleys, Mid-Atlantic, and Northeast, with damaging wind, large hail, and isolated tornadoes possible. · FEMA deadlines: Washington December-storm applicants have until June 10; Maui and Honolulu Kona Low applicants have until June 14. · Kilauea: Summit eruption paused at ADVISORY; next fountaining episode forecast June 12 to 15. Sponsors The NIMS Store - https://thenimsstore.com/ Sources Seismic and tsunami · Guam Homeland Security: Tsunami Advisory Remains in Effect for Guam and CNMI, 11:00 a.m. update, June 8, 2026 · U.S. Tsunami Warning Centers: official tsunami messaging portal · USGS: Significant earthquakes, 2026 · Hawaii News Now: M7.8 earthquake strikes Philippines, no tsunami threat to Hawaii Wildfire operations · NIFC: Incident Management Situation Report, Sunday June 7, 2026, 0730 MDT (source for all state fire incidents and acreage) · NIFC: National Fire News Severe weather · NWS Storm Prediction Center: Day 1 Convective Outlook · The Watchers: SPC issues Enhanced Risk for severe thunderstorms across Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, and South Dakota Tropical weather · NHC: Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook · NOAA: NOAA predicts below-normal 2026 Atlantic hurricane season Volcano · USGS: Kilauea volcano updates FEMA assistance deadlines · FEMA: One month remains to apply for FEMA assistance in Washington (deadline June 10) · FEMA: Deadline to apply for FEMA assistance extended to June 14 for Maui, Hawaii, and Honolulu counties This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emnetwork.substack.com/subscribe

June 5, 2026Episode 1865 min

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 evacuations. CISA adds an actively exploited vulnerability to its KEV catalog, the central United States faces a multi-day severe-weather threat, Kilauea holds at ADVISORY, and FEMA assistance deadlines approach in Washington and Hawaii. EM Morning Brief is your concise daily update on national and state-by-state emergency management news. Produced by Sitch Radio, an EOC Voices podcast. Key Takeaways • California hazmat: All Garden Grove GKN Aerospace evacuation orders lifted June 4; about 16,000 residents returned, no injuries, but tank cleanup remains delayed. • New Mexico wildfire: Seven Cabins Fire at ~31,867 acres and 64% contained; all evacuations rescinded June 4; Capitan Mountain forest closure still in effect. • Cyber / CISA: CISA added CVE-2026-45247 (Mirasvit) to the KEV catalog June 3 with an active-exploitation flag and a federal remediation deadline. • Severe weather: NWS and SPC flag a multi-day large-hail, wind, tornado, and flash-flood threat across the central Plains and mid-Mississippi Valley through the weekend. • Volcano: Kilauea remains at ADVISORY / Aviation Color Code YELLOW; eruption paused, episode 49 possible within ~10 to 15 days of June 1. • FEMA deadlines: Washington December-storm applications close June 10; Hawaii Kona Low Individual Assistance closes June 14. • Lifelines: City of Aiken, SC water main break June 4 affected ~60 connections; precautionary boil-water advisory to follow restoration. Sponsors The NIMS Store - https://thenimsstore.com/ Sources NIFC / Wildfire • NIFC Incident Management Situation Report — National daily wildfire situation report and preparedness level • NIFC National Fire News — National wildland fire activity summary CISA • CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog (June 3, 2026) — CVE-2026-45247 Mirasvit deserialization flaw added to KEV • CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog — Authoritative KEV catalog and remediation deadlines USGS — Volcano • USGS Kilauea Volcano Updates — Hawaiian Volcano Observatory status and alert level for Kilauea Severe Weather • NWS National Forecast — National Weather Service hazards and severe-weather summary • SPC Day 1 Convective Outlook — Storm Prediction Center severe-weather outlook for the central U.S. Tropical / NHC • National Hurricane Center — Atlantic and Eastern Pacific tropical weather outlooks FEMA • FEMA — Hawaii Kona Low deadline extended to June 14 — Individual Assistance deadline for Maui and Honolulu counties • FEMA — One month remains to apply in Washington — June 10 deadline for December storms and flooding USGS — Earthquakes • USGS Significant Earthquakes — 2026 — No significant U.S. seismic events in the last 24 hours California • ABC7 — Garden Grove chemical tank updates — OCFA lifts all evacuation orders June 4; residents return • City of Garden Grove — Hazardous Materials Incident — Official municipal incident information page New Mexico • NM Fire Info — Lincoln County rescinds Seven Cabins evacuations (June 4) — Evacuation orders rescinded; acreage and containment update • Lincoln National Forest — Fire — Forest Service fire and closure information South Carolina • City of Aiken — Water Main Break Advisory (June 4) — York Street NE main break affecting ~60 connections This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emnetwork.substack.com/subscribe

June 2, 2026Episode 1837 min

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 Type 1 team transition. Hawaii’s Kīlauea ended Episode 48 of the Halemaʻumaʻu eruption after nine hours of fountaining, leaving the alert level at advisory. President Trump approved a Major Disaster Declaration for Delaware tied to February’s severe winter storm, and the Storm Prediction Center flagged severe thunderstorm risk across the Ozarks, Mid-South, and Central Plains. EM Morning Brief is your concise daily update on national and state-by-state emergency management news. Produced by Sitch Radio, an EOC Voices podcast. Key Takeaways • Atlantic hurricane season opens June 1: FEMA states it is prepared, with NHC expecting no Atlantic formation in seven days. Operational focus turns to readiness messaging and posture verification. • Eastern Pacific watch: A disturbance southwest of Baja California carries a 70 percent 48-hour and 90 percent 7-day formation chance; a second system is expected off Central America later this week. • NIFC June 1 IMSR: 14 large fires under suppression, two new large fires, 2,825 personnel committed, roughly 2.4 million acres burned year to date. • Seven Cabins Fire, New Mexico: 29,531 acres in Lincoln County, evacuations north of the Capitan Mountains, command transferred to Southwest Area IMT 2 on June 1. • Kīlauea Episode 48 ends: Lava fountaining stopped at 1:37 p.m. HST June 1 after nine hours; alert ADVISORY, aviation YELLOW; eruption paused. • Delaware Major Disaster Declaration: Public Assistance available statewide for the February 22 to 23 severe winter storm in Kent and Sussex counties. • Severe weather today: Slight Risk across Ozarks/Mid-South and Central Plains; severe wind gust potential in eastern Montana and western North Dakota. • FEMA deadlines: King County, Washington Individual Assistance applications close June 10; Hawaii Kona Low applications close June 14. • Alaska volcano status: Great Sitkin remains WATCH/ORANGE with slow summit lava effusion; Mount Spurr remains NORMAL/GREEN. • New Jersey, Delaney Hall: State plans protected protest zones in Newark; federal staffing posture at Newark Liberty under public dispute. Sources FEMA • FEMA: Major Disaster Declaration for Delaware (June 1, 2026) • FEMA: As Hurricane Season Begins, FEMA Stands Ready (June 1, 2026) • FEMA: New Dates and Locations Added for FEMA and SBA In-Person Support (May 28, 2026) NIFC and InciWeb • NIFC: Incident Management Situation Report, June 1, 2026 • NIFC: IMSR archive • InciWeb: Incident Information System NOAA NWS and SPC • NHC: Atlantic and Eastern Pacific Tropical Weather Outlook • SPC: Day 1 Convective Outlook • Climate Prediction Center: Probabilistic Hazards Outlook USGS • USGS HVO: Kīlauea Volcano Updates • USGS HVO: Newest Kīlauea volcano notice (June 1, 2026) • USGS AVO: Great Sitkin volcano page • USGS AVO: Mount Spurr volcano page • USGS: Latest Earthquakes map Alaska • USGS AVO: Great Sitkin status (ongoing WATCH/ORANGE) California • CAL FIRE: Incidents • CPUC: Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) Delaware • FEMA: Major Disaster Declaration for Delaware (June 1, 2026) Hawaii • USGS HVO: Newest Kīlauea volcano notice (June 1, 2026) • Spectrum News: Kīlauea kicks off 48th episode (June 1, 2026) Montana • InciWeb: Mthlf Jericho Creek incident • SPC: Day 1 Convective Outlook (eastern MT severe wind risk) New Jersey • Just Security: Early Edition, June 1, 2026 (Delaney Hall, Newark customs staffing) New Mexico • KRQE: Officials provide update on Seven Cabins Fire (May 31 to June 1, 2026) • NIFC IMSR: June 1, 2026 (Seven Cabins listed under Southwest Area) Washington • FEMA: Disaster Recovery Center Locator • FEMA: 2026 Disasters news index Travel advisories and public health • U.S. Department of State: Travel Advisories • CDC: Health Alert Network This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emnetwork.substack.com/subscribe