center for injury research and policy, held a discussion on the impact of wildfires. speakers included the head of california s state firefighting service. who talked about health risks that residents face. other speakers touch on ways to mit gate their risks. it s my honor now to introduce miss tanya hoover. she was named the superintendent of the u.s. fire administration s national fire academy in may of 2017. as superintendent. mr. hoover provides leadership for the national fire academy. and they focus on enhancing the ability of fire and emergency services. and alied professionals to deal more effectively with fire and a host of other emergencies. she s an accomplished executive with more than 20 years of management experience in local and state government, she s successfully worked at high levels of government in developmenting and implementing bioprevention, fire training and community risk reduction programs. we look forward to hearing from you, and the panel today,
not a lack of ambition or necessity. due to budget realities and the skill of our challenges we had to develop greater voice to finance these projects and modernize if we could get started, please. hello, hello hello. my name is andrea. i have the honor of being the direct of the johns hopkins center for injury research and policy in the department of health policy and management in the bloomberg school of public health. at i am so happy to welcome you to today s daniel raskin memorial symposium on injury prevention. we are delighted and honored you all here with us today, and it s my pleasure to introduce dean emeritus dr. michael klag particularly, are it did. dr. klag, and a nationally known expert on epidemiology and prevention of heart and kidney disease served for 12 years as the dean of the bloomberg school. he is back in baltimore from an well-deserved sabbatical will be celebrated this afternoon as the second century distinguished professorship. where delighted y
management experience in local and state government. she has successfully worked at high levels of government in developing and implementing all types of fire protections, fire protection, fire training, and community risk reduction programs, so we look forward to hearing from you and the panel today, and we are very appreciative that you are here, so thank you. [applause] good afternoon, everyone. i do not know who writes that stuff. [laughs] first, i just want to congratulate jim. i know how much he loves complements. as a long-standing member of the jim crawford fan club who has paid her dues recently funding counts, jim congratulations on behalf of the u.s. fire administration and the fire academy. it is quite an honor to be among you all. i feel like i am at old home week, even though we are not old. this is quite an honor to be with a group of international fire-prevention community risk-reduction thank you for everything you do every single day. it is quite an
wildfire season and public health concern. speakers include the former head of california s state firefighters service. this is just over an hour. so it is my honor now to introduce tonya. she was named the superintendent of the u.s. fire ministries and national fire academy in may 2017. as superintendent, ms. hoover provides leadership for the national fire academy, and they focus on enhancing the ability of fire and emergency services and allied professionals to deal more effectively with fire and a host of other emergencies. she is an accomplished executive with more than 20 years of management experience in local and state government. she has successfully worked at high levels of government in developing and implementing all types of fire protections, fire protection, fire training, and community risk reduction programs, so we look forward to hearing from you and the panel today, and we are very appreciative that you are here, so thank you. [applause] good afternoon,
they re also saying if the organization is if deep trouble why did we just close 22 embassies and consulates in 17 different countries. and i think both statements are true. i mean an organization that is in deep trouble can still talk to each other and make threatening statements that we pick upment does it mean that they re operationalizing something, does it mean they have the capability, that s a whole different question. and as a factual matter the last time they attacked successly in the west was july 7th 005 in london. rose: we conclude with dr. atul gawande who wrote an interesting piece in the new yorker magazine about innovation. the most intriguing question in my mind is health care has been about the individual doctor and their brilliance for the last half century, where we ve had knowledge and capabilities. but now the knowledge and the capability has outstripped what our own, any one of our brains as doctors can hold in our head any more. our own skills