Presented at the 2014 Preparedness Summit

1. When Time Means Lives:
innovative ways to
shorten emergency
communication time

2. • Background
• Joint Information System
– Surge considerations
– Virtual
• Incident websites
• Approval process
Topics

3. Background

4. Communication is faster
than EVER before

5. 6:28am, March 17, 2014

6. Broadcasting is more
ubiquitous than EVER
before

7. Delta Flight 1549, image posted toTwitter by Janis
Krums one minute before first FDNY boat in the water

8. And if you think this is a
bad thing, it’s only going
to get worse

11. So what can
we do about this?

12. Joint Information System

13. JICs are too small

15. Option 1: Regional JIS
Option 2: Volunteers

16. Shadow Lake, Oregon

17. "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

18. Virtual JIS:
Using online tools to
coordinate between teams

19. Incident Websites

20. DDOS:
Distributed Denial of Service

21. Calgary, Edmonton

23. Approval Process

24. Incident Command
Public Information Officer
Info Production
Operations Section
Planning Section

25. Incident Commander
approves FACTS
JIS develops messages

26. Thank you
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