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Assistant Chief and Chief of Counterterrorism and Emergency Preparedness(ret.),Fire Department of new York,Joseph Pfeifer

2018.12.04

About the event

Drawing on both his personal experience and academic insights, Chief Joseph Pfeifer will take you inside the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center in NYC to show how leaders must act decisively yet remain flexible in a changing threat environment. Crises require response leaders to make critical decisions under conditions of vast uncertainty and perform complex organizational tasks to protect life and property. In extreme events, a hierarchical command and control structure is often inadequate and may even hinder the necessary inter-organizational response. How can leaders handle the cognitive and organizational demands of a mega-crisis?

About the speaker

Joseph Pfeifer served for 37 years in the Fire Department of New York City, retiring a few months ago as an Assistant Chief and the Chief of Counterterrorism and Emergency Preparedness.

Pfeifer was the first Chief at the World Trade Center attack on September 11, 2001, played a major command role during Hurricane Sandy in 2012, and helped manage NYC’s Ebola response efforts. He was the founding director of FDNY’s Center for Terrorism and Disaster Preparedness and helped lead many post-9/11 management innovations at FDNY. 

Currently, Pfeifer is a senior fellow at the Program on Crisis Leadership at Harvard Kennedy School, a senior fellow at the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point, and a visiting instructor at the Center for Homeland Defense and Security at the Naval Postgraduate School.

Pfeifer earned master’s degrees from the Harvard Kennedy School, Naval Postgraduate School, and Immaculate Conception and has written widely in professional journals and books.

Time

Monday, December 10th  7:00 pm 
Doors Open at 6:30 pm 

Location

CFLD Hall, Schwarzman College, B1 

Participation

Tsinghua students, faculty, and staff may present a valid Tsinghua ID Card to access this event. Attendees who do not have a valid Tsinghua ID may register by sending an email with the name, organization affiliation, and contact phone number for each attendee to rsvp@sc.tsinghua.edu.cn. Guests will be admitted on a first come basis until all seating is full.This lecture will be given in English.

 

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