title:
Adriane Beck
creator:
Adriane Beck; Leif Fredrickson
description:
Adriane Beck discusses her role as the director of the Office of Emergency Management for Missoula County during the COVID pandemic. Beck relates her path in the emergency management profession. She discusses pre-COVID-19 crisis preparation, and the importance of the incident command system to emergency response. She also discusses programs developed during the pandemic to address various issues, including access to PPE and COVID tests, food security, vaccinations and, especially, the development of programs and facilities to address homelessness and non-congregate shelters for those being quarantined. The interview concludes with Beck’s broader reflections on the response, meaning, lessons and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
publisher:
Archives and Special Collections, Mansfield Library, University of Montana
contributor:
Leif Fredrickson
created:
2022-01-21
date Submitted:
2022-01-21
type:
Sound; Text
identifier:
2022_126
language:
English
rights:
1/21/2022 We grant and assign to Archives and Special Collections, Mansfield Library, University of Montana (Archives) as Project repository, non-exclusive rights of every kind pertaining to this interview, including, but not limited to, reproduction, distribution, preparation of derivative works, public performance, and display, whether or not such rights are now known, recognized or contemplated. This gift does not preclude any use that we ourselves may wish to make of the information in the recording and/or subsequent transcripts of such. Future uses may include, but are not limited to, the following: printed memoirs, written publications, radio and film and podcast productions, educational tools, and public performances. Many of these futures uses may be accessible through print, visual, electronic, or other available media, and the Internet, including Project and Archives online platforms.
