CityTalk:LA - A MySafe:LA Podcast.
What's going on in Los Angeles related to disasters and the history of the City of Angels? What have we learned about the major earthquakes in our past, and how does that affect the future? Why do people continue to die in house fires? How do we live through this bizarre COVID-19 pandemic? Listen to our experts as we share valuable stories about disasters in the history of Los Angeles - and explain how you can be better prepared to survive the next big disaster!
Episodes
28 episodes
Leave Fireworks to the Professionals!
Join MySafe:LA's David Barrett and our special guest La'Veyah Mosely and her mother to discuss the life changing fireworks can have on a person. La'Veyah - a talented 7th grade student in L.A. - and an athlete playing for the L.A. Watts Rams yo...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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21:17
BAM! The issue of illegal fireworks in Los Angeles
In the City of Los Angeles, ALL fireworks are illegal. In the County of Los Angeles, it depends on which city you're talking about. Many cities offer "Safe and Sane" fireworks for sale on and around the 4th of July. The lack of consistency from...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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1:14:20
Are You Ready For Wildfire?
Join MySafe:LA's David Barrett as he covers the ongoing threat of wildfires in California generally, and in Southern California more specifically. Los Angeles City Fire Department Deputy Chief Trevor Richmond shares insight in what to expect th...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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29:24
Making L.A. Safer in 2022
Join MySafe:LA Executive Director David Barrett as he discusses the challenges in public safety and resilience for 2022. David shares some of the new initiatives at MySafe:LA and how the public may benefit from the programs being offered by the...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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14:28
The Fireworks 2021 Podcast
Join host David Barrett as he navigates the complex environment of illegal fireworks in Los Angeles. David is joined by three important guests, including LA City Area Prosecutor and Deputy City Attorney Gabrielle Taylor, Deputy Chief for the Of...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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59:09
S2; E2: Fireworks in Los Angeles, Boom in the Year of COVID-19
Fireworks have traditionally been at the core of national and regional celebrations. In Los Angeles, all fireworks sales and use are illegal - but even so, Angelenos celebrate every June through August with a nightly show of rebellion that brin...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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1:18:40
S2; E1: COVID-19 Safety for the Armenian Community (in Armenian)
In this exciting Armenian-language podcast, Harout Harry Semerdjian of MySafe:LA’s Board of Directors and EMT Henry Halajian of MySafe:LA (and an ambulance operator for the Glendale Fire Department) discuss COVID-19 and important community prot...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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28:04
S1; #21: Earthquake Prep
We continue our earthquake podcast conversation with Cameron Barrett, Education Director, and Mark Benthien, the Director of Communications, Education and Outreach at the Southern California Earthquake Center. Mark's team are part of the...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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25:26
S1; #20: Earthquake Tools That Save Lives!
Margaret Vinci is the Manager of the Office of Earthquake Programs at CalTech. She's been busy lately, what with the 5.1 La Habra Earthquake, the 4.4 Encino Earthquake, and the monster 8.2 Chilean Earthquake. All in the last few weeks. C...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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24:18
S1; #19: LAUSD and earthquakes - what happens to your kids when the Big One hits?
In the wake of the March 28th La Habra Earthquake, Todd Leitz, MySafe:LA's public information officer, speaks with Dr. Jill Barnes, the Coordinator for Disaster Services and Emergency Preparedness for the Los Angeles School District. If ...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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23:01
S1; #18: Look out: "The Big One" is coming - A major earthquake is just around the bend.
Cameron Barrett speaks about the latest string of earthquakes to strike Southern California with Kate Long, the Earthquake Deputy for the Governor's Office of Emergency Services. The 5.1 magnitude La Habra earthquake that struck March 28...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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30:30
S1; #17: Hands Only CPR - A few minutes and you, too can save a life!
February is American Heart Disease Awareness Month. In celebration, let's review cardio pulmonary resuscitation, or CPR. When was the last time you took a CPR class? A year ago? 5? 10? Do you remember all the things you needed to do? All the co...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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17:08
S1; #16: Smoke Alarms Save Lives - Double your chances of surviving a house fire.
Did you know that you don't have to be hard of hearing to NOT hear your smoke alarm go off in the middle of the night? Education Director Cameron Barrett discusses smoke alarms with Nancy Trench, the Assistant Director of Fire Protection...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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21:47
Smoke Alarm Experts - #15
How many smoke alarms are in your home? Are they all working? Are they in the right locations? If you don't know the answer to any of these questions, this podcast is for you! MySafe:LA Public Information Officer Todd Leitz chats with Debora...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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19:51
Vision 20/20 - #14
MySafe:LA Executive Officer David Barrett chats with one of the most respected voices in fire prevention, Jim Crawford, the former Fire Marshal for Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington. Crawford has more than 37 years of firefighti...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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26:14
Meri-K Appy - #13
In our first fire and life safety podcast of the month, David Barrett speaks with Meri-K Appy, an internationally recognized fire and life safety expert. Meri-K has spent her professional life in public safety education. She was a consul...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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18:12
My Quake Story - #12
Executive Officer David Barrett speaks with retired Los Angeles Fire Department Battalion Chief Mike Greenup, who on January 17, 1994 was three stories below Los Angeles City Hall in the LAFD's dispatch center when the Northridge Earthqu...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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17:21
My Quake Story - #11
In our continuing series on the 20th Anniversary of the Northridge Earthquake, MySafe:LA Public Information Officer Todd Leitz speaks with retired LAFD Battalion Chief Steve Ruda. In 1994, Chief Ruda lived one mile from the Northridge Me...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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18:04
My Quake Story - #10
Executive Officer David Barrett sits down with the former Fire Marshal for the city of Los Angeles for our continuing special series on the 20th Anniversary of the Northridge Earthquake. Assistant Chief Donald Frazeur was a Captain II on...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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12:11
My Quake Story - #8
Todd Leitz, MySafe:LA's Public Information Officer brings us the next installment of our special podcast series on the 20th Anniversary of the Northridge Earthquake. Todd sits down with Jayson Johnson, an LAFD firefighter/paramedic and f...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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16:41
My Quake Story - #9
MySafe:LA Public Information Officer Todd Leitz talks with retired LAFD Captain Steve Owens who was a station commander at fire station 76 in the Cahuenga Pass of Hollywood 20 years ago. When the Northridge Earthquake shook him out of be...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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23:22
My Quake Story - #7
Our podcast series on the 20th Anniversary of the Northridge Earthquake continues with MySafe:LA Education Director Cameron Barrett's conversation with LAFD Battalion Chief Greg Gibson. 20 years ago, Gibson was a station commander in Sou...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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18:01
My Quake Story - #6
MySafe:LA's Executive Officer David Barrett talks with one of the most instrumental figures in the Los Angeles Fire Department's response to the Northridge Earthquake 20 years ago. Assistant Chief Frank Borden (retired) was in charge of ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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25:46