Kellie Hale, Author at Center of Excellence for Homeland Security-Emergency Management

TACTICS or STRATEGY? – March 2022

Kellie Hale2022-03-11T00:32:26+00:00

TACTICS or STRATEGY? by Jim Mullen Emergency Management, Once Removed Tactics are knowing what to do when there is something to do. Strategy is knowing what to do when there is nothing to do.” Savielly Tartakower (professional chess player). While I lacked the patience or even the inclination to play chess, Tartakower’s observation struck a responsive chord when I stumbled upon it recently. Over the course of my career, I attended - mostly through compulsion – many formal strategic planning sessions/exercises/workshops. Now, they were not all bad, but most resembled exercises in “group write,” with attendees debating alternate phrasings of the [...]

TACTICS or STRATEGY? – March 2022Kellie Hale2022-03-11T00:32:26+00:00

History Should Matter to Emergency Managers – Feb 2022

Kellie Hale2022-02-08T20:40:17+00:00

History Should Matter to Emergency Managers By Jim Mullen Emergency Management, Once Removed My recent blog entries, based mainly on my own "history" in emergency management and public safety roles, have warned that failure to acknowledge and prepare in advance for disruptions to foundational elements of our society could pose serious problems when an actual crisis occurs. Last year I observed, well before the fact, that the peaceful transfer of power, a symbol of our nation's unity (no matter how disappointing the outcome to the losing side), might be challenged violently by those espousing unfounded theories about the fairness of [...]

History Should Matter to Emergency Managers – Feb 2022Kellie Hale2022-02-08T20:40:17+00:00

1/6 – A Year Later – January 2022

Kellie Hale2022-02-08T20:37:55+00:00

1/6 – A Year Later By Jim Mullen Emergency Management, Once Removed January 6, 2022 Twenty years from now, historians will no doubt exhaustively parse the meaning of January 6, 2021’s insurrection, attempted coup, rebellion, the act of sedition (pick your descriptive term). In 2021, I offered my recollections/reactions on the 20th anniversary of two major events – the Nisqually Earthquake and the 9/11 attacks. I will go out on a limb (just a bit!) and suggest that in 2041 I probably will not write a piece remembering 1/6/21 (I’ll be 94 or hope to be!). It is way too [...]

1/6 – A Year Later – January 2022Kellie Hale2022-02-08T20:37:55+00:00

Olympia Legislative Update – January 19, 2022

Kellie Hale2022-01-20T22:06:56+00:00

As usual for a short 60-day session, this year’s state Legislature is experiencing a flurry of activity as it approaches the end of its second week. Including new bills that build off of the work of our United Ways. Check it out! House Bill Would Create Imagination Library Program for Washington House Bill 2068 would create in state law a program currently being piloted by the United Ways of the Pacific Northwest - Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. The Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction has provided a $2.3 million grant to UWPNW that will allow it to facilitate statewide participation [...]

Olympia Legislative Update – January 19, 2022Kellie Hale2022-01-20T22:06:56+00:00

Resources for Students During Temporary Remote Instruction

Kellie Hale2022-01-20T20:02:15+00:00

Need help with Canvas? 253-964-6310 (Fort Steilacoom) 253-840-8437 (Puyallup) STAT@pierce.ctc.edu Computer lab OLY 301 (Fort Steilacoom) Computer lab CTR (Puyallup) Need a wifi hotspot for internet? 253-964-6547 (Fort Steilacoom) 253-840-8300 (Puyallup) Library@pierce.ctc.edu Library CAS 4th floor (Fort Steilacoom) Library LSC 2nd floor (Puyallup) Need technology support? 253-964-6310 (Fort Steilacoom) 253-840-8437 (Puyallup) STAT@pierce.ctc.edu Computer lab OLY 301 (Fort Steilacoom) Computer lab CTR (Puyallup) Need to borrow a computer? 253-964-6547 (Fort Steilacoom) 253-840-8300 (Puyallup) Library@pierce.ctc.edu Library CAS 4th floor (Fort Steilacoom) Library LSC 2nd floor (Puyallup) Need to use a computer or print on campus? Computer lab OLY 301 (Fort Steilacoom) Computer lab CTR (Puyallup) Library CAS 4th floor (Fort Steilacoom) Library LSC 2nd floor (Puyallup) Need to study [...]

Resources for Students During Temporary Remote InstructionKellie Hale2022-01-20T20:02:15+00:00

LEARNING AND TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT RESOURCES at Pierce College

Kellie Hale2022-01-20T20:00:22+00:00

The Library can provide: On campus computer use Chromebooks and hotspots to check out temporarily Places to study and meet Technology and research support Printing Hours and Location: Monday—Thursday 8:30am—6:30pm Friday 8:30am—1:30pm Fort Steilacoom: 4th Floor Cascade Bldg Puyallup: 2nd Floor Brouillet Library Bldg Phone: Fort Steilacoom: 253-964-6547 Puyallup: 253-840-8300 Research Support/Talk to a Librarian: Fort Steilacoom: 253-964-6555 Puyallup: 253-840-8302 Email: library@pierce.ctc.edu Library Website Library Online Reference Desk The Tutoring Center/Peer Academic Support Services (PASS) can provide: Content support for all your classes Navigating Canvas One on one appointments Drop-in Virtual Tutoring Hours and Location on campus: Monday & Wednesday 9:00am — 6:00pm [...]

LEARNING AND TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT RESOURCES at Pierce CollegeKellie Hale2022-01-20T20:00:22+00:00

A Perverse Meritocracy

Kellie Hale2021-12-15T18:58:06+00:00

A Perverse Meritocracy By Jim Mullen Emergency Management, Once Removed A tsunami warning for the West Coast of the United States following the 2011 Sendai earthquake presented a challenge in public messaging about the safety of our citizens because of false projections that toxic materials were en route to our coast. As Washington State‘s Emergency Management Division (EMD) director, I recommended that the state’s response be viewed credibly and headed by a state agency (Natural Resources or Health) that had relevant expertise and resources. My boss, the Adjutant General, took it to the Governor. He reported back that “EMD will [...]

A Perverse MeritocracyKellie Hale2021-12-15T18:58:06+00:00

Interdependencies – November 2021

Kellie Hale2021-11-09T21:14:53+00:00

Interdependencies by Jim Mullen Emergency Management, Once Removed The 1950’s health crisis was a crippling and killer disease, polio, that parents feared every time their children complained of headaches, tiredness, stomach pain, etc. Once developed, polio vaccines were quickly embraced, administered in schools; that health crisis was abated. We depended on and trusted medical science to free us from polio. In that same era, Cold War science fiction movie scriptwriters - largely to avoid “Red Scare” condemnation promoted by conspiracy theorists of that day - created “otherworldly” threats, requiring that the nations of the world unite to “save the planet” [...]

Interdependencies – November 2021Kellie Hale2021-11-09T21:14:53+00:00

Time to Shake Up the Great American Shakeout? – October 2021

Kellie Hale2021-10-20T13:17:21+00:00

Time to Shake Up the Great American Shakeout? By Jim Mullen Emergency Management, Once Removed Let there be no mistake: the Great American Shakeout is an excellent effort to raise awareness of the earthquake risk and the damage it could create. It is essential to raise awareness about the damages that could occur, not just for the West Coast of the United States (widely acknowledged as “earthquake country”) but elsewhere as well - for example, the Central US. An unsuspecting population might find itself shocked at the likely impacts of an earthquake of even lesser magnitude than what West Coasters [...]

Time to Shake Up the Great American Shakeout? – October 2021Kellie Hale2021-10-20T13:17:21+00:00

9/11/01-1/6/21 and Beyond – Is the Homeland Secure?

Kellie Hale2021-09-29T18:56:23+00:00

9/11/01-1/6/21 and Beyond - Is the Homeland Secure? By Jim Mullen Emergency Management, Once Removed Unrelenting false claims of election fraud led to the attempt to violently overthrow the government of the United States on January 6, 2021. Sometimes it sucks to be prescient. In June 2020’s “Emergency Management Once Removed,” I wrote this: “… how huge a leap is it from refusing to honor and enforce existing laws to threatening to take up arms against the state or national government (which has and is happening), to refusing to accept election results?” 9/11 demonstrated our vulnerability to external forces. However, [...]

9/11/01-1/6/21 and Beyond – Is the Homeland Secure?Kellie Hale2021-09-29T18:56:23+00:00

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