This guy was driving like he was Mario Andretti. The poor horse in the trailer could barely keep his feet under him.

The driver was acting the total ass, and the horse was paying for it.

Oops

I finally decided that I didn’t really like the cramped web style that I had originally gone with.

So I changed it.  But, all of my header pictures were reset to stock.  So, now I need to go through the whole site and reset all of the photos.

Dang it.

Oops

Social Media in Emergency Management

Some key reasons on why Emergency Management needs to participate in Social Media, and take it seriously.

If the primary mission of government emergency management is providing service, achieving outcomes, and stimulating participation in emergency management efforts, then some of the key benefits that social media may provide towards this mission are:

• Saving lives through rapid communication.  

• Communicating (more) effectively and directly with constituents.


• Reaching a larger group of constituents.


• Building situation awareness.


• Responding to new, incorrect or conflicting information.


• Building community resilience through prevention, mitigation, and preparedness efforts by the promotion of government participation and building mutual trust in the community.


• Fostering transparency and accountability.


• Reducing call volume (wired and cell) to call centers (non-emergency and emergency).

Social Media in Emergency Management