Crisis Lab

FEMA's workforce is being cut. The primary federal mitigation grant has been canceled. State disaster reimbursements have been frozen. Track these separately and they look like the usual policy disputes and budget fights. Track them together and the si...

In this episode of the Crisis Lab Podcast, host Kyle King opens with a question most emergency managers haven't been asked: what if someone is actively working to make your disaster worse? Not by intensifying the physical impact, but by flooding the in...

In this episode of the Crisis Lab Podcast, host Kyle King opens with a scenario every emergency manager recognizes: an evacuation order goes out, every protocol is followed, every system is activated, and people don't move. What it reveals: trust is in...

In the Season 5 premiere, host Kyle King asks one question: what should we have been paying attention to? A blackout in Berlin, a fatal train collision in Spain, and the systematic destruction of Ukraine's power grid all point to the same pattern. The ...

In this episode of the Crisis Lab Podcast, host Kyle King speaks with Tom Sivak, Chief Emergency Manager at Emergency Management One, about the fundamental shift in the crisis management profession from a knowledge economy to an allocation economy. Wha...

In this episode of the Crisis Lab Podcast, host Kyle King sits down with Brenden Winder (Christchurch City Council). They dissect the fourteen year recovery journey following the Christchurch earthquakes. What it reveals: the dangerous illusion of shor...

In this episode of the Crisis Lab Podcast, host Kyle King examines Sweden's transformation from traditional emergency management to integrated security governance. What it reveals: the gray zone reality facing emergency management professionals across ...

In this episode of the Crisis Lab Podcast, host Kyle King examines how gray zone operations are fundamentally reshaping civilian crisis management across Europe. Kyle walks through Russian drone incursions over Poland, GPS jamming affecting hundreds of...

In this episode of the Crisis Lab Podcast, host Kyle King takes a hard look at the internal fractures forming within the emergency management community. Kyle reflects on how recent disasters and public criticism have brought long-standing issues to the...

In this episode of the Crisis Lab Podcast, host Kyle King sits down with emergency preparedness leader Toni Hauser to examine how the future of emergency management is being shaped by shifting influence, community leadership, and professional developme...