Seattle Growth Podcast episode 7: Emergency services
The seventh episode of the Seattle Growth Podcast, hosted by the UW Foster School’s Jeff Shulman, explores the question: how are first responders adapting to Seattle’s growth?
- Harold Scoggins, chief of the Seattle Fire Department, describes how Seattle’s increasing density affects service calls and deployment of personnel and resources. Brian Maxey, chief operating officer of the Seattle Police Department, shares how the city’s economic and population growth affects the SPD’s emergency response.
- Shulman also interviews Ben Noble, director of the Seattle City Budget Office.
The Seattle Growth Podcast is a 13-episode exploration of this booming city’s ongoing transformation. A new episode premieres each Monday. Prior episodes have considered Seattle’s tech boom, the challenges of buying a home and renting, homelessness, the city’s character and culture, and efforts to build density. Upcoming episodes take on the topics of health care, public utilities, schools, transportation, city budget and visions for the future.
The series is hosted and produced by Shulman, an associate professor of marketing and the Marion B. Ingersoll Professor at the UW Foster School of Business.
