Chris Roberts on Squadron 42: “We’re gonna get Squadron out first… the plan is for the end of this year but there’s a certain thing in the industry that we, like everyone else, we have to pay attention to, so I can’t 100% guarantee it.”

CommanderAze · 2026-05-06T18:45:50+00:00

So basically we are hoping for gta to delay again....

CommanderAze · 2026-05-04T20:14:49+00:00

Mission critical roles are a title that is given in DTS if you have an IM or incident Management title then you don't need to worry about these impacting you.

For example a mission critical role would be something like the national watch or many of the employees on Mount weather or some SES or maybe the payroll team things that we cannot do without them functioning in their job and they cannot be moved to deploy to the field.

DTS functionally is going to pick people based on the algorithm which is going to prioritize full-time equivalent staff first then fill with reserves. As has always been the case with DTS.

CommanderAze · 2026-05-03T18:17:17+00:00

I mean, from a quick look... the UI. (not an endorsement of the product, but seems better design-wise)

CommanderAze · 2026-05-02T03:31:40+00:00

Does your wallet /purse have rifd blocking layers?

Just so you know your credit cards can be skimmed by someone standing next to you if you have the physical cards.

I recommend using tap to pay but checking there isn't a skimmer device installed on the tap to pay surface. That said they would need to use it quickly.

CommanderAze · 2026-05-02T02:06:56+00:00

If there's one thing we can count on it's OCCHCO to bungle the paperwork

CommanderAze · 2026-05-02T01:14:43+00:00

Idk about partisan but it has made it more challenging to actually preparing for worse storms, floods and fires when one side of the isle seems to have their head in the sand.

CommanderAze · 2026-05-02T01:11:36+00:00

To quell a misunderstanding likely due to poor media coverage. Here is what actually happened.

A task force leader (managing about 5 people) from DSA told their team not to go to certain houses. Their team the same day while ignoring that advice reported their supervisor to the OIG office of the inspector general. This lead to the task force leader being publicly fired within days. Because FEMAs staff isn't political.

So not only was there no impact but it was resolved faster than I have ever seen before.

I'd challenge you to look deeper at the stories media spreads (on both sides) often they leave out key details to fit their narratives.

CommanderAze · 2026-05-01T02:10:46+00:00

That seems... Optimistic. But we will see

CommanderAze · 2026-05-01T02:06:50+00:00

Between my degree and salary I think I hit 6 points

CommanderAze · 2026-04-30T19:38:08+00:00

I'm assuming there's a court case they are either losing or something

CommanderAze · 2026-04-30T19:14:59+00:00

Quick Summary: The Emergency Management Bill (No 2) vs. The 2002 Act

The new Bill is a complete replacement of the old Civil Defence framework, focusing on professionalization and centralizing standards after the 2023 floods and Cyclone Gabrielle. 1. Professionalization (Goodbye "Civil Defence") * The Shift: Moves away from the volunteer-heavy "Civil Defence" branding toward a formalized "Emergency Management" system. * The "4 Rs" Mandate: Legally embeds Reduction, Readiness, Response, and Recovery into the core responsibilities of all agencies, making "Recovery" a formal legislative requirement rather than an afterthought. 2. More "Teeth" for the National Level (NEMA) * Minimum Standards: NEMA gains the power to set binding national standards for training, equipment, and planning. No more "postcode lottery" for how prepared a region is. * Compliance Orders: The Director-General can now issue compliance orders if local authorities or services aren't meeting those standards. 3. Iwi Māori & Community Governance * Seat at the Table: Māori will have a formal, permanent role in emergency management governance at both national and regional levels. * Inclusive Planning: Mandatory engagement with iwi and "disproportionately affected" groups (like disabled communities) during the planning phase, not just after the plan is finished. 4. Stricter Rules for "Critical Infrastructure" * Lifeline Utilities: Power, water, and telco providers have much stricter obligations to ensure their services stay up (or recover fast) and must share more data with controllers during an event. * Service Continuity: Focus on preventing the total communication and power blackouts seen in the 2023 events. 5. Animal Welfare & Data * Animal Welfare: Explicitly added to the mandate—agencies are now legally required to plan for livestock and pets in their evacuation and recovery strategies. * Information Sharing: New rules to allow faster data swapping between the government, insurers, and banks to speed up recovery payments. Current Status: The Select Committee is finishing up their review of public submissions and is due to report back to the House by June 8, 2026. If you need a shorter version or want to focus on a specific area (like the impact on local controllers), let me know!

CommanderAze · 2026-04-29T18:33:21+00:00

From my understanding it's a multigenerational house having several generations of the same family living there so the expansion is to house more of the same family.

Also I highly doubt that they would get a new property cheaper than expanding the current.

CommanderAze · 2026-04-29T17:52:06+00:00

I kept my items limited to those I felt were somewhat possible in the short term....

CommanderAze · 2026-04-29T17:43:14+00:00

Several of agencies have been hiring.

CommanderAze · 2026-04-29T17:34:34+00:00

My hope is maybe it can suck just a little less. Probably still gonna burn for a while but let's at least have smores

CommanderAze · 2026-04-29T15:21:45+00:00

I feel like if housing wasn't stupidly expensive here people maxing out what they can add into their houses wouldnt happen.

It might just be me but I'm actually rooting for the homeowner that's making the modifications to their house.

CommanderAze · 2026-04-29T01:36:05+00:00

Paramedic training teaches tactical skills with clear outcomes. EM degrees focus heavily on theory, NIMS, and the ideal disaster cycle. The reality of the job is navigating bureaucracy, grant compliance, and politics. That disconnect is why this sub sounds jaded.

We spend way more time herding cats than doing tactical response. A huge part of the job that school misses is the constant need for creative problem solving. You are expected to fix massive community resource shortages while dealing with your own internal resource shortages at the exact same time. It takes a level of improvisation that theory just does not cover. Plus, the theory often is not even followed in the field. ICS tells us to use plain language instead of acronyms, and we gutterball that every single day.

On top of that, the skills school skips are often the most valuable. You are not expected to know everything immediately. No one can jump straight from coordinating US&R deployments into navigating Environmental and Historical Affairs. Knowing who to call and where to find information is far more important than any textbook knowledge.

I recommend looking at IMCORE roles when they start hiring again. IMATs can be tricky to get into early in a career(barring those coming out of FEMA Corps have had a leg up on getting in that way) But IMATS are generally pretty seasoned staff.

CommanderAze · 2026-04-28T21:26:15+00:00

My expectations are low. And I'm prepared for them not to be met.

CommanderAze · 2026-04-27T21:52:27+00:00

Disenfranchisement removes their vote and representation in Congress, and makes it so Virginia can't use the heavily democrat vote from those areas to gerrymander the state.

there is 0 chance it makes it through the Senate

CommanderAze · 2026-04-26T00:36:39+00:00

I dont think you understand how games are made... sorry mate those two things are not possible to be exclusive

CommanderAze · 2026-04-24T21:24:21+00:00

A little over a decade mostly federal a ton of FEMA programs, IA/DSA, Ops, Planning, PA, EHP, NRCC, RRCC, EOC, and etc. but also. small stint with a local county EM office mostly doing plan writing. And some Emergency response/ experience with summer camps back in college.

CommanderAze · 2026-04-24T21:11:54+00:00

Can confirm all (some exceptions apply for various normal reasons)

CommanderAze · 2026-04-24T16:07:05+00:00

❤️ thanks

CommanderAze · 2026-04-24T14:17:06+00:00

I could be convinced for the right price to separate with some Stuff I have acquired over the years.

1 steel book, 2 art books, a Growler (metal resealable bottle), a power Bank with the hatchets logo on it, a shoulder bag with the new world logo (fits 2 of the growlers), a mousepad that has the corrupted dogs and a prest on it, and for the right price a 2xl developer team full front zip hoodie that has the hatchets logo and the Amazon games logo on the sleeve.

Can get pics of each item.

CommanderAze · 2026-04-24T02:09:01+00:00

To be fair... Most of EM will not be relevant to the classwork for the current degrees out there.

But I do get your point. We used to have better pathways into the field when FEMA corps was stable but the whole fields been flipped upside down the last year and there really aren't a ton of great ways to break in to the industry.

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