Who is Patrick?
Hey there - Patrick Van Horne here.
My formal journey into disaster management began as a volunteer with Team Rubicon in 2012. But the truth is that I committed to a career in helping people and organizations prepare for crises not long after September 11, and I have never looked back.
Today, I am a consultant supporting clients in disaster preparedness. I have also been an entrepreneur, had the opportunity to co-author the book, Left of Bang: How the Marine Corps’ Combat Hunter Program Can Save Your Life, and served as an emergency manager in Boulder, CO.
Outside of work, I am incredibly passionate about my family, cooking, and hockey.
Now, to what I write.
What is Paths to Preparedness?
This has taken me a few years to answer for myself, but it came from acknowledging that the nature of emergency management and homeland security changed irrevocably at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Today, the demands on every professional responsible for protecting people, their organizations, and their communities are evolving and expanding. Today, professionals have to prepare for an uncertain future without knowing exactly what that future holds. Today, we have to learn and develop the capabilities required for that evolving future.
There is no single path to preparing, though, which makes it really hard to chart your way forward. The skills needed to succeed tomorrow might not even be known, but that doesn't mean we can wait until we have complete clarity either, as it might never come.
Paths to Preparedness is populated with some of the lessons that I’ve seen in my career working with clients and partners in the public and private sectors. They are things I’ve learned or read, and things that I have put into practice in my own life. The paths are options for professionals to consider when deciding what their next preparedness steps should be.
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