Remember those five mission areas that FEMA developed: prevention, protection, mitigation, response and recovery? Few disciplines have more work across ALL five mission areas than transportation agencies. In this episode, we speak with a long-time emergency manager, now a professor teaching emergency management to the next generation of transportation agency officials. She shares some surprising facts about the US and world reliance on seemingly mundane transportation systems and what it's like to view emergency management through the eyes of a transportation official.