Captain Steve Craig
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Centralia, Washington, United States
About the store
Steven Craig is a retired Coast Guard Reserve Captain with over 38 years of active and reserve service. He has extensive Coast Guard disaster experience, having been recalled to active duty 13 times for various incidents, including five recalls for Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane, Ike, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He has held various emergency management civilian positions at local, state, federal, county, and state college levels. He holds a Masters degree in Emergency Management and is a lifetime Certified Emergency Manager with the International Association of Emergency Managers. He has taught associated courses and presentations including disaster courses in Pavia, Italy and online with South University. He continues to conduct free presentations on emergency preparedness and Coast Guard related subjects.
He has authored five books including Disaster and Emergency Preparedness Checklist, Chronicles of Katrina and the award-winning All Present and Accounted For, the true story of the grounding and near-sinking of the Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis in November of 1972 and the heroic efforts that saved the ship. He presently lives in Centralia, WA. His website is stevenjcraig.com
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Earthquake Tabletop Exercise
Wish to conduct an earthquake exercise for your school at minimal cost? This presentation outlines what needs to be accomplished before the exercise in order to be successful along with the exercise itself. Addressing realistic scenarios, the exercise will address various school issues and challenges in the event of an earthquake. Issues include evacuation, medical, accountability, and notification procedures to name a few. A discussion based exercise with various public safety agencies invit
Higher Education
Emergency Preparedness at Home - Grades 5 -6
How can a student understand how to be prepared at home should an emergency or disaster occur? With a background in emergency preparedness, the author brings the subject to the older elementary student in a way that is understandable and interesting. The presentation explains emergencies and then what the student can do and what supplies they should have at home. Disasters can cover earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes or, closer to home, house fires or just simply being stuck in the snow during
5th - 6th
Earth Sciences, Environment
Earthquake Classroom Exercise
Are your students prepared at school should an earthquake strike without warning? Are they aware of safety issues, phone capabilities and emergency preparedness for home and school? This presentation guides the teacher step by step in identifying the scenario and discussing possible solutions. Additionally earthquake facts are intermixed to increase the student's interest and knowledge. The end of the presentation identifies potential homework assignments that will accelerate their learning o
8th - 12th
Environment, Physical Science
ICS 100 - An introduction to the Incident Command System
The first step toward understanding the Incident Command System, commonly called simply ICS. ICS is a federally mandated emergency management program designed to ensure consistency and commonality of emergency management principles when responding to a disaster or major incident by federal, state and local partners. Steven Craig is a nationally recognized expert in emergency management and developed this Power Point in order to help those unfamiliar with disaster response to understand the basi
9th - 12th, Higher Education
Environment, U.S. History
Emergency Preparedness Education and Checklist
Interested in learning what you can do to be better prepared in the event of a disaster? This 6 page guide will help guide you in an Award Program format that you will find helpful and interesting. Based on personal lessons learned from previous disasters, the author has taken those lessons and incorporated it into this program. A bonus checklist is provided at the end to assist in evaluating your personal preparedness.
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10th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
The 10 Minute Quick Guide to the Incident Command System
Ever wonder how disaster response is coordinated with all of the various emergency response agencies on scene? Disaster and emergency management requires a system to adequately address response and recovery to the incident. The Incident Command System was created in the 1960s initially to fight wildfires and over the years has evolved to the current system in place today. As part of national preparedness, all federal, state and local governmental agencies are required to utilize the Incident
10th - 12th, Higher Education
Government
Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina for Higher Education Institutions
What are some of the basic lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina that educational institutions could learn by? This brief flyer outlines some of the issues from a couple of the key Universities in Louisiana.
12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Hurricane Katrina and why the Coast Guard excelled
Recognized as one of the premier Coast Guard emergency disaster experts, Captain Steven Craig provides a quick review of the issues facing the Coast Guard with Hurricane Katrina and why the Coast Guard excels at emergency response.
10th - 12th, Higher Education
Environment, Social Studies, U.S. History
Emergency Preparedness Quiz
Are you prepared in the event of a disaster? Take this fun quiz and find out how you score. Are you the expert or the beginner? You may be surprised.
Subjects discussed: Emergency preparedness, earthquake drills, generators, home preparation, home and medical supplies, utility shut-offs, out of area contacts.
9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Health
Pandemic Awareness
A short emergency preparedness presentation on pandemics. This presentation will cover a brief history, current issues and challenges, and what you can do to prepare for the next pandemic. Medical experts agree...it's not a question of if, but when.
9th - 12th, Higher Education
School and Business Continuity Emergency Preparedness
Is your school or business prepared for the next emergency or disaster? This free, easy check-list will give you insight on whether your place of work is prepared. Continuity plans are extremely important for your business or education institution. The lack of preparation could mean a lack of future business. With extensive experience with disasters, notably Hurricane Katrina, the lessons learned drove the development of this check-list.
12th, Higher Education
Business
Book "All Present and Accounted For"
The true story of the grounding and near sinking of the Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis off the coast of Alaska in November of 1972 and the heroic efforts to save the ship. The presentation presents a brief overview of the U.S. Coast Guard and then provides the background to the near sinking of the Coast Guard's newest ship in the wintery months of 1972. The author may be available to provide live-audio Q & A session to the presentation; requests may be made to Steven Craig at SCraig7002@gmail.com
11th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Reading, Social Studies, U.S. History
The grounding and near sinking of the Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis in Nov of 1972
In November of 1972, off the coast of Alaska during a violent storm, the Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis ran aground, causing substantial flooding. The next day while attempting to sail home to Honolulu, the ship was struck again, by a more vicious storm, filling the engine room with 13 feet of freezing water and disabling the engines. If help does not arrive soon, the ship will be destroyed. This is the story, largely unknown, about the near-disaster incident and the heroic efforts that saved the s
9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Social Studies, U.S. History
Basic Introduction to Emergency Management Exercises
Curious on how to conduct an exercise or what it involves? This presentation breaks down the various types along with an explanation of After Action Reports, key to improving agency response. Discussion questions and assignments are also included.
Higher Education
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About the store
Experience
Steven Craig is a retired Coast Guard Reserve Captain with over 38 years of active and reserve service. He has extensive Coast Guard disaster experience, having been recalled to active duty 13 times for various incidents, including five recalls for Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane, Ike, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He has held various emergency management civilian positions at local, state, federal, county, and state college levels. He holds a Masters degree in Emergency Management and is a lifetime Certified Emergency Manager with the International Association of Emergency Managers. He has taught associated courses and presentations including disaster courses in Pavia, Italy and online with South University. He continues to conduct free presentations on emergency preparedness and Coast Guard related subjects.
He has authored five books including Disaster and Emergency Preparedness Checklist, Chronicles of Katrina and the award-winning All Present and Accounted For, the true story of the grounding and near-sinking of the Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis in November of 1972 and the heroic efforts that saved the ship. He presently lives in Centralia, WA. His website is stevenjcraig.com
Teaching style
Present lessons learned from disasters in PowerPoint format; discuss disaster events and what can be learned from each. Discuss and review various events, response organizations, emergency response issues and emergency preparedness. Optional exercises and tests follow most presentations.
Awards & shining teacher moments
• Presented over 30 presentations from 2019 to present on emergency preparedness and related Coast Guard history.
• Project Manager for five FEMA contracts including the 2014 Alaska Earthquake Plan that won the coveted National Pinnacle Award from FEMA.
• U.S. Coast Guard Commendation Medal. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference, Honolulu, HI 12/2011
• U.S. Coast Guard Commander’s Award for Civilian Service (Contingency Planner, CG Sector Honolulu) 11/2010
• U.S. Coast Guard Commendation Medal (Deepwater Horizon oil spill) 7/2010
• U.S. Coast Guard Commendation Medal (Haiti earthquake port recovery planning) 4/2010
• Commandant’s Letter of Commendation (IMAT Hurricane Ike- Austin, TX) 4/2009
• U.S. Coast Guard Sector Honolulu Civilian of the Year (Contingency Planner) 2009
• Certification of Appreciation. Washington State Emergency Management Division (NLE 02-08, Vancouver Olympics, ICS Coordinator) 9/2008
• Certificate of Appreciation, Columbia County, Oregon (EOC Manager, TOPOFF 4) 10/2007
• U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Certificate of Appreciation (America’s Waterways Watch coordinator) Portland, OR 2/2005
• U.S. Coast Guard Commendation Medal, Portland, OR (Continuity of Operations, Team Leader - America’s Water Watch Program) 9/2005
• U.S. Coast Guard Achievement Medal, Seattle, WA (9/11 attacks- Facility Security Officer) 2001
• U.S. Coast Guard Achievement Medal, Seattle, WA (Team Leader, Sea Partners) 4/1999
My own education history
Masters - Emergency Management. American Military University.
Bachelor of Science - Business Information Systems, University of Phoenix.
Additional biographical information
Award-winning author of "All Present and Accounted For,' the true story of the grounding and near sinking of the Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis off the coast of Alaska in November of 1972 and the heroic efforts that saved the ship.
Author: "Italy Travel and Adventures", northern Italy travel tips and guide.
Author: "Chronicles of Katrina - Lessons Learned from the Hurricane Katrina Disaster for your Home Preparedness Planning" with Foreword written by former FEMA Director Michael Brown.
Noted disaster speaker, has spoken at various emergency management conferences including in Rome, Italy, Philadelphia, PA, Orlando, FL and Portland, OR.
Website: www.stevenjcraig.com
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