Physical Environment Safety
Cajun Navy Insider – Katie Pechon Interview / TRUE UNTOLD STORIES – SDP#46
PODCAST-When we think of rescuers, our thoughts default to police, fire and EMS. However, another group, much less formal, has been significantly involved in natural disaster rescue efforts across the southern US, primarily Louisiana and Texas, for the past decade. That assembly is referred to as the “Cajun Navy” and identifies ad-hoc volunteer groups comprising…
Read MoreHashtag Hurricane Rescues Are Here to Stay – Pros & Cons – SDP#44
PODCAST-Victims of hurricanes turned to Twitter and Facebook for help as floodwater rose and winds toppled structures. A combination of government and civilian rescuers answered their calls! 2017 is the demarcation line as we are officially in the social media age of natural disaster response. Dr. Perrodin explains how this new era has introduced both…
Read MoreHouston Dunkirk, Cajun Navy & Fixing FEMA – SDP#43
An abysmal government response to Hurricane Harvey exposed inadequate planning, lack of resources and confusing attempts at invoking incident command that iced potential responders such as commercial drone operators. Rescue efforts defaulted to heroic, overwhelmed local crews bolstered by the truly remarkable “Cajun Navy”. In substantial form, social media played a key role for those attempting to contact responders. This show describes the nuances of the Hurricane Harvey landfall and offers precise protocols to improve future responses to natural disasters.
Read MoreForts, Foraging, Fishing, Nostalgia & Outrage – Being a 1980’s Kid – SDP #25
Articles and studies concur that today’s children do not enjoy the freedom of previous generations – and the effects are not making kid’s safer, but are actually destroying children’s coupling with nature and that deprivation is placing them at increased risks for depression and anxiety. We’ve gone too far and have insulated children from the sun, cold, wind, spider webs, raindrops, etc.
Read MoreCo-writing/directing a School Intruder Film with an Iconic Pulitzer Prize Winner – SDP#24
In the summer of 2016, David Perrodin “The Safety Doc” and Pulitzer-Prize winning author/producer David Obst toppled the established rhetoric narrative of school intruder cinema by writing a school intruder film based upon how most school intruder situations empirically complete – without harm to self or others.
Read MoreMy Life in the Midst of a Manhunt – Navigating Armageddon – SDP#22
[podcast] David gives a vibrant inside-perspective of how he was literally at the center of what has unfolded into one of the largest manhunts in the Midwest. Working in a mile-long educational facility a mile from the fugitive’s home, Dr. Perrodin notes that the very first step is to consider the campus unsecure until facility…
Read MoreA Blind Man’s Amazing Stories about Personal Safety – Interview with David Hyde – SDP #15
As the poignant, often-humorous, stories map the intersections of blindness, safety and humanity, David’s words are threaded with introspection from a life of marked accomplishments, although humbly stated, such as creating statewide professional development programs from scratch or serving in essential roles on national organizations (not to mention the countless positive influences on colleagues and students).
Read MoreRepeal Gun-Free Schools Zones, Patriot Act Advantages; Vaccine for Mental Illness??? – SDP #11
I center this narrative on analyzing three recent school safety mass media articles to reveal how sensationalized headings fail to match the content of the articles, thus creating a disservice to readers and further eroding public trust in the mainstream media’s ability to accurately report safety news.
Read MoreFour BIG Problems Arise When “Advisory” Groups Dictate School Safety Protocols – SDP #10
School leaders must maintain the distinct purpose of advisory groups as informing those that make decisions and not allow such groups to transform into a small group model which develops protocols and policies that are then vetted by school leaders and school boards.
Read MoreThree Spectacular In-The-Moment High-Stakes Decisions that Saved Lives – SDP#9
Lessons of Lower Manhattan A Contrarian’s Perspective of the Unconventional, Exceptional Rescue of 500,000 People By David Perrodin, PhD Submitted for publication in School Business Affairs, February, 2017 Listen to this podcast live M-R at 9PM PST on the405media.com Anything You Want and Not Everything You Want I worked with a school business manager who…
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