It’s Christmas Eve so I’m tracking a special guest today. 

Santa Claus is coming to town.
@rusnivek

Glad to be back in the classroom this holiday season.

Time to share some Emergency Management knowledge.

@rusnivek

Let’s be honest…at 0300, you aren’t that good.

Photo credit: Cinci Zoo

You hungry hangry.

You are NOT performing at 100% – likely you are performing at 40%.

This is exactly why we want you to build relationships in bright lights classroom time.

Trust me: The first time to meet someone is not at the start of an emergency/disaster.

If you’ve been in an ICS class with me, you know.

I’m talking a ton about building relationships and emergency management networking today.

Emergencies and disasters don’t take holidays. Neither do we.

Train like you fight.

@rusnivek

Back in the classroom sharing the good word of early notification and advance warning.

While not a sexy topic, Emergncy Managers are often tasked with making the call. That decision is harder than it seems.

But consistent training provides a standard that we can use to mark our progress and efforts.

Often times, we find that if we make the call too early, we are judged on accuracy of our orders.

Meanwhile, if we make the call too late for action, lives could be lost.

If it were up to me, I’d rather err on the side of caution.

Making sure countless emergency professionals across this great country are afforded the opportunity for training in disaster preparedness.

Train like you fight!

@rusnivek

It appears that I made FEMA’s YouTube page again – this time talking about mitigation resources.

Thanks for the interview Jasmine!

Glad to be part of the team doing the right stuff for countless disaster survivors.

#PIO

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Great to swing by WNBC and chat with morning Anchor Michael Gargiulo. #PIO 

Discussion about ongoing disaster recovery operations and progress in the US Virgin Islands after Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria.

The afternoon was spent with a quick visit to the Region-2 offices in One World Trade.

Great to see NYC thriving.

Lots to do.

@rusnivek

In a NY minute… So #foncy

Indeed WhereIsRusnivek.

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Going through some old boxes in the basement and I found this little news clipping from 2005.

Glad to continue to have an impact in the response phase on some of the hardest hit areas.

@rusnivek

Whoa. One World Trade Center towers over everything in downtown NYC.

May those that protect our country forever be vigilant.

@rusnivek