Lunch & Learn: How to Prepare Your Critical EMS Comms for Disasters Response and Recovery

Thursday, September 21, 2023

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CT

Location: 243/244

Speaker(s)

Tommy Smith, BS

Lead Strategist
FirstNet, built with AT&T
Charleston, South Carolina
Ronny Caluda, BS

Regional Sales Manager
FirstNet, built with AT&T
New Orleans, Louisiana
Frederick Scalera, Fire Chief (ret.) (he/him/his)

Director, Response Operations
FirstNet, Built with AT&T
Bedminster, New Jersey

Disclosure(s):

Tommy Smith, BS: No financial relationships to disclose

Ronny Caluda, BS: No financial relationships to disclose

Frederick Scalera, Fire Chief (ret.): No financial relationships to disclose

When disaster strikes, EMS agencies need to be prepared to respond quickly and efficiently. EMS agencies need the right tools to connect and communicate. During this 60-minute presentation, disaster communication experts will review the lessons learned from recent disasters, including the communications response to Hurricane Ian in the Fall of 2022. The webinar will outline the essential steps EMS agencies need to take to ensure they have the necessary communications capabilities in place and the resources and solutions that will be most effective during disaster response and recovery.

Learning Objectives:

Understand the benefits of planning for disaster communications in EMS.
Assess lessons learned from recent disasters that impacted critical EMS communications, and the resources and solutions utilized to combat those challenges.
Identify best practices in preparing your EMS agency’s critical communications for disaster response and recovery.
Determine the critical EMS communication policies and capabilities for developing or updating your EMS agency’s disaster plan.