Episodes
7 | Inside Yukon First Nations Wildfire
The conversation on the Disaster Field Show delves into the unique role of Yukon First Nations Wildfire in emergency management, focusing on their innovative approach to wildfire response, community engagement, and the import...
6 | AJ Johansson - How TAK Is Becoming The Backbone Of Disaster Data …
Veteran fire captain and tech evangelist AJ Johansson joins Cole and Newt on The DisasterField Show to talk about the evolution of emergency response, from paper maps and radios to the evolution of the TAK platform, drones, a...
5 | Navigating Disaster Response with Matt Wallace
In this conversation, Matt Wallace, the executive director of the International Disaster Response Network (IDRN), shares his extensive experience in disaster response and the importance of local networks. He discusses the evo...
4 | Technology Fighting For It’s Place In Disaster Management
Cole and Newt dig into the hard part of modernization: adoption. They unpack why promising tools stall—siloed training, clunky handoffs, and process friction—and map out how to make technology actually useful in the chaos of ...
3 | The Big One: When Earthquakes Strike, Will We Be Ready?
Cole and Newt go deep on “The Big One” referring to the catastrophic earthquake that will shake the west coast of North America. The realities are glaring and the only way to prepare is to talk about what is being done to aug...
2 | Why Splatsin Joined the Disasterfield Network (with Shawn Tronson)
Cole and Newt sit down with Shawn Tronson , Emergency Management Coordinator for Splatsin in Enderby, BC—Canada’s first Indigenous community to join the Disasterfield Network. Shawn shares on-the-ground experiences, what’s wo...
1 | Origins of Disasterfield: Risk, Readiness, and Why We’re Here
Host Cole Fouillard (founder of VEXSL, delivering the Disasterfield Global Multi-User Coordination System), co-host Steve “Newt” Newton (40+ years in emergency management and wildfire operations), and special co-host Talia Ro...