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This episode provides an inside look at the emergency management efforts during the FIFA World Cup 2026 from the Joint Tournament Operations Center.

EMN Podcast Episode Description The Most Beautiful Game: Managing the FIFA World Cup 2026 from the JTOC What does it take to keep one of the largest sporting events in history running safely behind the scenes? In this special episode of the Emergency Management Network Podcast , host Todd DeVoe takes listeners inside the Joint Tournament Operations Center (JTOC) during the FIFA World Cup 2026 , offering a rare, first-hand look at the emergency management professionals who worked around the clock to support one of the world’s most complex events. While billions of fans watched the action unfold on the pitch, another team was monitoring weather, coordinating intelligence, tracking team movements, managing rumors, preparing for protests, supporting public safety, and solving problems before the public ever knew they existed. From the Planning Section to logistics, communications, technology, and multi-agency coordination, this episode explores what it really means to operate at the center of a global event. Todd shares stories from more than a month inside the JTOC, lessons learned from building an interagency team under pressure, and the leadership principles that transformed a…

People in this episode

Host: Todd De Voe

Topics covered

• emergency management
• FIFA World Cup
• public safety
• event coordination
• crisis management

Keywords

• FIFA World Cup
• emergency management
• JTOC
• public safety
• event logistics
• crisis response

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FIFA

Places: Joint Tournament Operations Center

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