Emergency Management Blog: Crisis Comm http://www.emergencymgmt.com/r?19=960&32=8717&7=529522&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergencymgmt.com%2Femergency-blogs%2Fcrisis-comm Emergency Management Blog: Crisis Comm en-us Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:23:01 GMT 2010-03-05T22:23:01Z en-us The Austin Plane Crash--On the Frontlines of a Virtual Communication Response http://www.emergencymgmt.com/r?19=961&43=529497&44=86428872&32=8717&7=529522&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergencymgmt.com%2Femergency-blogs%2Fcrisis-comm%2FThe-Austin-Plane-Crash--On.html For several in days in February the major news story was the crash of a small plane into a building in Austin, Texas. This is Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:23:01 GMT 2716886b6d31ef4aae08e51572f1e446 2010-03-05T22:23:01Z An Incident Commander asks: Does ICS mean Information Communications Standstill? http://www.emergencymgmt.com/r?19=961&43=529497&44=85883222&32=8717&7=529522&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergencymgmt.com%2Femergency-blogs%2Fcrisis-comm%2FAn-Incident-Commander-asks.html I'm so pleased to present a guest post from Bill Boyd, a very experienced Incident Commander and currently Fire Chief for the City of Bellingham, Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:23:01 GMT 3f2b4c2989d6678d8bd644adf27956f3 2010-03-03T00:23:01Z Department of Defense Faces Social Media Reality http://www.emergencymgmt.com/r?19=961&43=529497&44=85839132&32=8717&7=529522&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergencymgmt.com%2Femergency-blogs%2Fcrisis-comm%2FDepartment-of-Defense-Faces.html In 2007 the Pentagon block access to a number of internet sites and social media channels. More recently in August 2009 the Marines prohibited members of the Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:23:03 GMT bc9063a70ba643db004ce30d760bf622 2010-03-02T19:23:03Z Earthquakes--an epidemic of biblical proportions http://www.emergencymgmt.com/r?19=961&43=529497&44=85592622&32=8717&7=529522&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergencymgmt.com%2Femergency-blogs%2Fcrisis-comm%2FEarthquakes--an-epidemic-of-biblical.html Someone tipped me off to this chart about historical major earthquake activity. I was thinking about blogging about it when a 6.9 earthquake hit Japan with Sat, 27 Feb 2010 23:23:01 GMT 229a37b7e71cea3dcc4fb79d8dee7d5c 2010-02-27T23:23:01Z The Unthinkable--What EM pros need to think about http://www.emergencymgmt.com/r?19=961&43=529497&44=84731017&32=8717&7=529522&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergencymgmt.com%2Femergency-blogs%2Fcrisis-comm%2FThe-Unthinkable--What-EM-pros.html Perhaps I'm the only one in the crisis and emergency management industry that hadn't yet read Amanda Ripley's The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikesâ€" Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:23:01 GMT e85ca38475b577bbfe92de6d0c7182ff 2010-02-19T20:23:01Z DHS Monitoring Social Media in Winter Olympics--an operational issue http://www.emergencymgmt.com/r?19=961&43=529497&44=84522192&32=8717&7=529522&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergencymgmt.com%2Femergency-blogs%2Fcrisis-comm%2FDHS-Monitoring-Social-Media.html As required by law, the DHS has published a Privacy Impact Statement about its monitoring activity--in this case monitoring social media outlets for security reasons Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:23:01 GMT 566e86e6dab9a9371de12d5631c29a06 2010-02-17T23:23:01Z Don't let bad reporting dampen public/private partnerships http://www.emergencymgmt.com/r?19=961&43=529497&44=83844827&32=8717&7=529522&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergencymgmt.com%2Femergency-blogs%2Fcrisis-comm%2FDont-let-bad-reporting.html Public/private partnerships in large disasters are critical. The upside is becoming increasingly clear. But there is a very big dark side to public/private Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:23:01 GMT b1b1eb2d4c4499d3834c1104b8d86326 2010-02-10T00:23:01Z Rumor Management--a great JIC and PIO Lesson from American Airlines http://www.emergencymgmt.com/r?19=961&43=529497&44=83497797&32=8717&7=529522&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergencymgmt.com%2Femergency-blogs%2Fcrisis-comm%2FRumor-Management--a-great-JIC.html Rumor management is now one of the most important jobs of the PIO and the Joint Information Center. It may indeed be the most important Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:23:02 GMT c1ff9a74f4cff64a43a02138064204e2 2010-02-04T22:23:02Z Social Media as a 9-1-1 Option? Social media in Haiti. http://www.emergencymgmt.com/r?19=961&43=529497&44=83397027&32=8717&7=529522&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergencymgmt.com%2Femergency-blogs%2Fcrisis-comm%2FSocial-Media-as-a.html This blog post from Coast Guard Petty Officer Walter Shinn about how social media has been and is being used in Haiti to help save Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:23:01 GMT 17a5623847284aa669939a1d5bbca4e1 2010-02-03T23:23:01Z It's all about building trust--an important barometer http://www.emergencymgmt.com/r?19=961&43=529497&44=82847912&32=8717&7=529522&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergencymgmt.com%2Femergency-blogs%2Fcrisis-comm%2FIts-all-about-building.html I wonder how often communicators and PIOs stop and ask themselves: now what am I doing this for? Beyond the obvious answer (to keep my Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:23:01 GMT 330501b101bebbcc74a5805c6974022d 2010-01-29T07:23:01Z