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Eric Holdeman

Contributing Writer

Eric Holdeman is a contributing writer for Emergency Management and is the former director of the King County, Wash., Office of Emergency Management.

He can be reached by emailTwitter and Google+.

Canada expected to create a disaster agency.
The Emergency Alert System (EAS) uses AM radio spectrum.
We need to better define who we are and what we do.
The basics of what is needed.
You need to look at the media as a partner.
Groundwater can’t be replaced anytime soon.
A double whammy!
“The Phases of a Disaster.”
Rates statewide went up 30 percent year over year.
What the Kirkland verdict means for emergency preparedness.