Strudel & Bratwurst: Christmas Time in Chicago
Strudel and bratwurst...sounds like names for twins or a set of dogs. Or it's the delicious meal I enjoyed at Chicago's 15th Annual Christkindlmarket, a German Christmas festival nearby my…
Chicago.
Laura and Autumn had the pleasure to join me on a business trip to Chicago last week. After being with FEMA for a little over year, spending 50 nights on the road, and traveling almost 40,000+ air miles, it was nice to have family come along for the ride. Chicago was our destination because the annual FEMA Mitigation Planners Workshop was held here this year. This was my second visit to Chicago this year, Laura and Autumn’s first ever, and it was a great visit to the Windy City.
“But wait! Where was Ethan?”
Emergency Management Institute (EMI)
I'm spending the week at the Emergency Management Institute in Maryland. EMI is the national emergency training center for FEMA and the U.S. Fire Administration. It's a beautiful campus located…