Wemcast

In this episode, Stephen Wood is joined by Allen Lewis, who is an Adjunct Professor with Columbia Southern University and an Associate Consultant for Emergency Service Consulting International in addition to performing emergency and security sensitive work outside the United States.  They discuss Allen's experiences in disaster response and humanitarian response while working in developing countries focussing on cultural competence. As a paramedic, he has worked in medical services aboard ships above the Arctic Circle, in de-mobilized child soldier camps in South Sudan, mobile high threat protection teams in Afghanistan, and aboard helicopters over Iraq. As a well-travelled instructor and consultant in the fire service and EMS profession, he has trained firefighters in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guatemala, and Iraq. Mr. Lewis has lived, worked, or travelled to 98 countries in his 25 years of fire, rescue, and EMS experience. A significant amount his career has been spent in non-permissive envi