Changing Emergency Response Operations: Pain and Freedom

Through the Ideas of Conservation, Pathways & Existence. An Antithesis Drawing from Maturana and Verden-Zöller, Yáñez & Others. A NoiseBox Publication, Cassette Series, Tape #1.

Author’s Note: This post marks what is intended to be the beginning of a series focused on emergency response operations with an overarching goal still being pondered, such as a book. Concepts already explored in this blog and new ones will be applied to the discussion of qualitatively changing emergency response operations. Somewhat uniquely included in this post is a detailed and expansive change process rooted in biology. A theory of change is critical to any initiative that desires to bring a new state of affairs into being. To be clear, the Cassette Series and some older works are focused on chapter-length posts that provide more exploration than the traditional shorter-read post that can unnaturally compress ideas.

Concepts have already been studied in this blog, and new ones will be applied to discuss emergency response operations. “Emergency” is not reserved for fields with lights and sirens responding to medical traumas, wildfire crews working to prevent forest fires from spr…