north idaho public information network a joint information system for idaho’s 5 northern counties
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North Idaho Public Information Network
A Joint Information System for Idaho’s
5 Northern Counties
A Joint Information System:
Manages Public
Information
during an
emergency
Goal: Accurate, Timely, Consistent information for the public
IncidentCommander
Public Information
Liaison
Safety/Security
Finance Logistics Operations Planning
NIPIN =
Incident Command System
Media Management
• Fields questions
• Grants interviews
• Arranges press conferences
• Finds answers
Information Dissemination
A Coordinated Message
Effective public information takes:
•Planning
•Training
•Teamwork
•Level heads
PIOs in Action
• Government
• Health care
• Utilities
• Education
• Fire districts
• Law enforcement
• Business
Joint Information Centers
• North Idaho College• Kootenai Fire District• CDA Public Library• Idaho Transportation
Dept.• CDA School District• Panhandle Health
District• Kootenai Health• CDA police
Called to Action
2008 Shoshone County floods
2009 H1N1 Outbreak
Activating NIPIN
Responder Emergency Manager
NIPIN PIO
Activating a JIC
PIOs
Go Kit
+ =
Joint Information Center
No PIO? No Problem
NIPIN has 50+ ready to get the:
•Right information to the
•Right people at the
•Right time so they can make the
•Right decisions during an emergency.
Toll-Free Hotline
MOU with Panhandle Health District for use in:
• Benewah County
• Bonner County
• Kootenai County
• Boundary County
• Shoshone CountyHotline
Activating the Hotline
Responder Emergency Manager
Hotline PIOHotline
866-528-3501
“You’ve reached North Idaho’s Emergency Information Hotline. The hotline will open for questions at 6 p.m. “A tanker truck crash has released hazardous chemicals into the air 10 miles south of Coeur d’Alene. People within five miles of U.S. Hwy. 95 from Cougar Bay to Worley should stay indoors with windows and doors closed and openings to outdoors blocked …”
Toll-Free in All Counties
Benewah County
Shoshone County
Boundary County
Bonner County
Kootenai County
Boundary County Emergency Operations Plan
Boundary County All Hazards Mitigation Plan
Does your county plan include the
Joint Information
System Policy?
Help NIPIN Grow
With your support, here is how North Idaho’s JIS—the
North Idaho Public Information System
—could operate.
Contact Information
Cynthia Taggart, Panhandle Health District, 415-5108
Tina Wilson, Boundary Community Hospital, 267-3141
Donna Spier, City of Plummer, 686-1641
James Cleveland, Prichard/Murray Volunteer Fire Dept., 682-3952
Bob Howard, Bonner County Emergency Mgmt., 265-8867
• Kootenai County
• Boundary County
• Benewah County
• Shoshone County
• Bonner County