Interviews with California and national emergency response leaders who talk about what they've learned from the most challenging moments of their careers.
Cal OES Fire and Rescue Chief Brian Marshall Details Preparations for Fire Season
In this episode (#97) we talk with Cal OES Fire and Rescue Chief Brian Marshall. With an impressive 30 plus year background in emergency management, Chief Marshall has been serving with Cal OES since 2019.
With California heading into its peak fire season, our discussion with Chief Marshall couldn't have come at a more relevant time. He provided us with valuable insights into how Cal OES is meticulously preparing to ensure a safe and secure fire season for everyone in the state.
The episode takes you on a journey through Chief Marshall's remarkable career, which had its origins in Kern County. Over the course of 30 plus years in emergency management, he has gathered invaluable experience that led him to Cal OES.
Since taking up his role in 2019, Chief Marshall has been entrusted with overseeing the California Fire and Rescue Mutual Aid System. This critical system involves the strategic deployment of a vast fleet of over 270 fire engines across more than 60 local government partners, ready to respond to all-hazard events statewide.
During an incident, when local government fire agencies reach capacity, the mutual aid system brings in additional resources to help respond and keep communities safe.
LINKS
Cal OES Fire and Rescue (https://www.caloes.ca.gov/office-of-the-director/operations/response-operations/fire-rescue/)
Cal OES Fire Operations (https://www.caloes.ca.gov/office-of-the-director/operations/response-operations/fire-rescue/fire-operations/)
Cal OES Firescope (https://firescope.caloes.ca.gov/)
FIRIS (https://www.caloes.ca.gov/office-of-the-director/operations/response-operations/fire-rescue/communications-center/firis/)
9 Aug 2022
Cal OES Chief Counsel Jennifer Bollinger’s Pleasantly Relentless Demeanor Helps Gets Things Done
This episode (#96) of All Hazards gives us a view of Cal OES’s mission through a legal lens. We sit down with Cal OES Chief Counsel Jennifer Bollinger. She covers everything from how she became an attorney, and how she came to Cal OES and why she’s here for the long term. Daily life as a lawyer for state government is one thing - life at Cal OES is another; it’s fast paced, exciting and very challenging. Jennifer goes over all of it, from the time she joined the agency as a staff attorney to now as chief counsel.
Fun fact - Jennifer has a weight bench in her office!
Jennifer L. Bollinger, 40, of Sacramento, has been appointed Chief Counsel at the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services. Bollinger has been Chief Counsel at the Department of General Services since 2020. Bollinger was Assistant Chief Counsel at the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services from 2018 to 2020. She was Board Counsel at the California Fire and Rescue Training Authority from 2016 to 2019. Bollinger held several positions at the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services from 2017 to 2018, including Acting Assistant Chief Counsel, Senior Counsel and Acting Contracts and Procurement Division Chief. She was a Financial Services and Business Litigation Attorney at LeClairRyan from 2015 to 2016. Bollinger was an Attorney at the California Public Employees’ Retirement System from 2013 to 2015 and at the California State Teachers’ Retirement System from 2010 to 2013. Bollinger held several positions at Porter Scott Attorneys from 2008 to 2010, including Litigation Associate and Legal Intern. Bollinger earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law.
Links
JC-319482 - Senior Counsel
ATTORNEY III
Final Filing Date: 8/25/2022
https://www.calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/Jobs/JobPosting.aspx?JobControlId=319482 (https://www.calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/Jobs/JobPosting.aspx?JobControlId=319482)
Cal OES Legal Affairs (https://www.caloes.ca.gov/office-of-the-director/policy-administration/legal-affairs/)
Podcast #71: Cal OES Legal Chief Alex Pal Sets High Bar to Help Ensure a Resilient California (https://news.caloes.ca.gov/podcast-71-cal-oes-legal-chief-alex-pal-sets-high-bar-to-help-ensure-a-resilient-california/)
12 May 2022
Massive Wildfire Recovery Operation in Greenville, California, is Nearing the Finish Line
This episode (#95) takes us to Greenville, California, where efforts to recover from the Dixie and Beckwourth Complex fires are accelerating as the finish lines comes into view. We talk with Cole Glenwright, Cal OES Recovery Operations Section Chief, who gives us some hopeful news about the final stretch in the marathon that is recovery in Plumas and Lassen Counties.
The Dixie Fire erupted near Dixie Road in Butte County. It grew to an enormous wildfire that also burned in Plumas, Lassen, Shasta, and Tehama Counties, The fire began in the Feather River Canyon near Cresta Dam on July 13, 2021, and burned 963,309 acres before being 100% contained on October 25, 2021. It was the largest single (i.e. non-complex) wildfire in California history, and the second-largest wildfire overall (after the August Complex fire of 2020.)
Links
Plumas County Wildfire Recovery (https://plumascounty.us/2964/Plumas-Wildfire-Recovery)
CalRecycle (https://calrecycle.ca.gov/)
Team Rubicon (https://teamrubiconusa.org/)
Sierra Institute (https://sierrainstitute.us/)
California Conservation Corps (https://ccc.ca.gov/091621-helping-greenville-recover-in-wake-of-dixie-fire-destruction/)
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