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Disaster Zone Podcast: The Role of Chaplains in Emergencies and Disasters

An opportunity to better understand what they do and how they do it.

Fire and police chaplains play a significant role in the day-to-day life of fire and police departments all over the United States. In this podcast, The Role of Chaplains in Emergencies and Disasters we explore how people become chaplains, what their qualifications are and what is it that they actually do.

Here's the description of the podcast:

Many first responder agencies have chaplains who work with them. They go to the scenes of emergencies and disasters. They minister to people both residents and the actual firefighters and law enforcement officers. In this podcast I interview Mike Ryan, who is the Bellevue Washington State Fire Department Chaplain. Mike has many years of experience and service. Together we discuss how people end up being chaplains, what type of person is effective and then which personalities don’t cut the mustard and soon are not aligned with a department. You will find this a very informative discussion about their role and function in supporting agencies.

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