Robert A. Jensen
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As a former U.S. Army officer and Chairman of Kenyon International Emergency Services I spent 35 years of my life responding to the deadliest accidents, attacks, and natural disasters the world has seen. Events such as the Oklahoma City bombing, the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the 2003 Bali bombings, the bombing of UN Headquarters in Baghdad, Hurricane Katrina, the South Asian Tsunami, the Haitian earthquake, the Grenfell Tower fire and multiple major aviation disasters.
My husband and I sold Kenyon international Emergency Services, in 2021. While I do not miss the responses or being on call, there is still a lot of unfinished business. Leaders have lost their way. Consequently, people have lost faith and do not trust what they are told. Emergency planners and response managers are busier than ever. Fortunately, not with the larger mass fatality events. However, these events are cyclic, and I fear we are overdue. Many disaster response systems have still not recovered from the pandemic. We need to enhance current response assets and capabilities across all levels. Governments and individuals can do better to alleviate the consequences of disasters and improve long-term recovery.
A lot of the most experienced people have left. While there aren’t many new lessons to be learned, there are new people who must learn old lessons. The bad part is this learning often comes at unbearable price for those people directly affected by an incident – the victims, survivors and families.
Over time I will be working on making sure that the hard lessons learned, the experience is shared and available to leaders, emergency planners and responders. For more information or to talk with me more about these areas feel free to email me at contact@robertajensen.com.
In the meantime, I am pursuing the hobbies and interests that had to be set aside for the needs of the business. Travel for fun – no satphone to ring, photography, diving and riding my motorcycle. For more on those feel free to follow my Instagram @robertajensen01
As a former U.S. Army officer and Chairman of Kenyon International Emergency Services I spent 35 years of my life responding to the deadliest accidents, attacks, and natural disasters the world has seen. Events such as the Oklahoma City bombing, the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the 2003 Bali bombings, the bombing of UN Headquarters in Baghdad, Hurricane Katrina, the South Asian Tsunami, the Haitian earthquake, the Grenfell Tower fire and multiple major aviation disasters.
My husband and I sold Kenyon international Emergency Services, in 2021. While I do not miss the responses or being on call, there is still a lot of unfinished business. Leaders have lost their way. Consequently, people have lost faith and do not trust what they are told. Emergency planners and response managers are busier than ever. Fortunately, not with the larger mass fatality events. However, these events are cyclic, and I fear we are overdue. Many disaster response systems have still not recovered from the pandemic. We need to enhance current response assets and capabilities across all levels. Governments and individuals can do better to alleviate the consequences of disasters and improve long-term recovery.
A lot of the most experienced people have left. While there aren’t many new lessons to be learned, there are new people who must learn old lessons. The bad part is this learning often comes at unbearable price for those people directly affected by an incident – the victims, survivors and families.
Over time I will be working on making sure that the hard lessons learned, the experience is shared and available to leaders, emergency planners and responders. For more information or to talk with me more about these areas feel free to email me at contact@robertajensen.com.
In the meantime, I am pursuing the hobbies and interests that had to be set aside for the needs of the business. Travel for fun – no satphone to ring, photography, diving and riding my motorcycle. For more on those feel free to follow my Instagram @robertajensen01.