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CPSE Catalyst Podcast: Detailing the AI-focused Strategic Scan (Ep. 2)

Chiefs Brad Brown and Don Lombardi discuss important considerations for agencies using AI — and how it will never replace an incident commander’s “gut feeling”

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The Catalyst Podcast from the CPSE Center for Innovation is your source for ideas and innovations to help you and your agency in its pursuit of excellence. Each month there will be conversations with leaders and experts, both from within the fire and emergency services and from other fields. You can listen to it here, the Center for Innovation website, or wherever you get your podcasts.


Episode 2 features Fire Chief Brad Brown, Ed.D., EFO, CFO, of the Grand Rapids (Mich.) Fire Department and Fire Chief (ret.) Don Lombardi, CFO, from West Metro (Colo.) Fire Rescue discussing the Center for Innovation’s first Strategic Scan on AI. They share how AI is being used in their department, important considerations for agencies starting to use AI, and how it will never be able to replace incident command’s “gut feeling.”

And if you are curious about the Strategic Scan process, from ideation to report creation, Alex Henderson, Ph.D., Vice President of the CPSE CFI Board of Directors and Associate Professor in the Department of Public and Nonprofit Administration at Marist University (NY), describes it in this episode.


 
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