Our first Episode of Season 2 covers the Columbia Space Shuttle Disaster on the 20 year anniversary. We had the opportunity to interview Irish Hancock, EM Administrator for the Arlington Fire Department, Office of Emergency Management. Irish was in his final semester at the University of North Texas when the disaster happened and was given the opportunity to intern with the Texas Division of Emergency Management in response to the disaster. Irish shares his experience being and intern on a national disaster and tragedy and discusses how that event still impacts his career 20 years later.
This episode is sponsored by DragonForce, a mobile team collaboration platform that delivers mission-critical command and control and incident management capabilities. Visit dragonforce.us for more information. Use discount code 'CEM' for 50% off your initial setup fee.
Reference Articles:
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/columbia-mission-ends-in-disaster
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