Happy AlohaFriday from the JIC!

Aloha Friday is here so that means we have lotsa lotsa…meetings.

Charles-gimme a smile!

Planning meetings, Command and General Staff meetings, and of course…External Affairs can support the plan. (Also, glad to hear that Operations can execute the plan!)

So what really happens? What kind of things are we doing? On a Friday? LOTS!

Translated documents into Somali.
Targeted audiences
Infographics
PIO Quotes
Updated stats/figures of our operations
Burn rates
FEMA personnel assigned
Allocation of resources
Community leader assessment
EM Director discussion
State SCO Conference
FCO chat
Medical refresher on stroke for EA staff
PSAs
Reporter questions
Phoner interview
Media monitoring
Social media analysis
PIO Rapid Response
Training
Daily reports
And of course one required mandatory FEMA HR annual class

Yeah, that’s 8-hours. All of that in the Joint Field Office in the Joint Information Center.

Some may have the misconception that all we as PIOs is talk to the media, pretty face for the camera, and that’s it. NOPE. Hard-working truly dedicated PIOs have very little free time during any operational period.

Just glad to share a bit of the behind the scenes efforts.