When Time Means Lives:innovative ways toshorten emergencycommunication time
• Background• Joint Information System– Surge considerations– Virtual
• Incident websites• Approval process
Topics
Background
Communication is faster than EVER before
6:28am, March 17, 2014
Broadcasting is more ubiquitous than EVER before
Delta Flight 1549, image posted to Twitter by Janis Krums one minute before first FDNY
boat in the water
And if you think this is a bad thing, it’s only going to get worse
So what canwe do about this?
Joint Information System
JICs are too small
Option 1: Regional JISOption 2: Volunteers
Shadow Lake, Oregon
"One of those trucks went across the bridge!" she told me. "Wow. Even the school bus doesn't cross that bridge. It's not designed for large trucks.
When we saw them going up that road, we wanted to run out and wave our hands, yelling wrong way, wrong way!“
-hinessight.blogs.com
Virtual JIS:
Using online tools to coordinate between teams
Incident Websites
DDOS:Distributed Denial of Service
Calgary, Edmonton
Approval Process
Incident CommandPublic Information Officer
Info ProductionOperations SectionPlanning Section
Incident Commander approves FACTS
JIS develops messages
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