It’s still not too late – 2017 National Public Safety Telecommunicator week!
***Sunday April 9th through Saturday April 15th***
Pictured below is still my favorite dispatch picture that depicts how hard their job truly is.
If you have ever sat in a dispatch center for any amount of time, you know how difficult their job really is.
Thank your dispatchers today!
A few good friends sent me the new Best Practices for Incorporating Social Media into Exercises released by the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology First Responders Group.
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Click on the link above to download the entire pdf.
Lots of good reading info in there from the International CAUSE IV experiment that I contributed in Michigan and our international partners in safety – Canada Public Safety.
Did someone say home opener?
Hope everyone is working hard today.
Remember peeps…
#GoTribe !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Assessing a few helmet mounted systems today for augmented reality in-field use.
Some of them totally cool…
U.S. Air Force Capt. Brad Matherne, 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron pilot, views the flightline inside an F-35A Lightning II before a training mission, April 4, 2013, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The 422nd TES will design the tactics for the F-35A. The squadron will also determine how to integrate the F-35A with other aircraft in the Air Force inventory. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Brett Clashman)
…some of them not so much.
Information overload continues to be a problem for any user including the ongoing data deluge to our military fixed and rotor wing pilots who regularly use these variants of these systems.
And simplicity just isn’t going to cut it.
Additionally, hardware barriers are easy to overcome but the software still lags due to lack of high speed connection. Cellular speeds are lackluster, but the apps required to do overlay of information hogs data up real quick. Additionally, the power required to run these complex apps on hardware is huge.
Maybe I’ll just go retro.
It’s Monday so keep your head down!
I see teams are out flying today.
Likely, many more agencies will be spinning up on the ready.
On this Sunday morning, stay safe peeps!
I always knew this would be a problem.
I am glad Dallas immediately started their counter procedures.
I hope many of the Emergency Management Agencies out there are taking steps to combat this cyber threat.
Exercise your counter cyber procedures. Exercise them frequently.
There are 10 basic clouds as identified by NWS: Cirrus (Ci), Cirrocumulus (Cc), Cirrostratus (Cs), Altocumulus (Ac), Altostratus (As), Nimbostratus (Ns), Cumulus (Cu), Stratocumulus (Sc), Stratus (St), and Cumulonimbus (Cb). (More info can be found here).
However in 2017, 11 more were added: Volutus, Asperitas, Fluctus, Cavum, Flumen, Cataractagenitus, Flammagenitus, Homogenitus, Silvagenitus, Cauda, and Murus.
I wonder how this one was classified.
Whoooosh!
More info on all the clouds you’d ever want can be found here – thanks NWS.
Reminder: All US & Ohio flags should be at half staff today (Thursday 04-06-17 till sundown) to honor Marine / Astronaut / Senator John Glenn.
Our great American hero will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
Please comply.
Voice recognition is cool if it works.
And on that note, GIPHY just went all in with their new voice recognition gif maker.
Combined with the auto spacing and instantaneous creation – I ❤️ this!
(Not going to lie, I kinda wanted to call it “The Giffer” – but hey, what do I know. I can’t even spell my name the right way.)
Looking forward to doing more safety messaging this way.
EXERCISE – EXERCISE – EXERCISE
Large Disaster Exercise Held Today in Central Ohio
Contact: Michele Day (Franklin County Public Health) – 614-525-4930
There is a large-scale disaster drill in Central Ohio today with more than 500 volunteer “victims,” so don’t be surprised to see a flurry of activity at area hospitals. The exercise is designed to help Central Ohio hospitals and first responders be better prepared to handle a large-scale, mass casualty event.
With three venues and 500 “victims” in full makeup, organizers are concerned that the public may think there is a real life event.
“This is important work our hospitals and first responders are undertaking. It is equally important that the public understands that this is only an exercise, NOT a real-life event” said Jodi Keller, Associate Director of Healthcare Emergency Preparedness at the Central Ohio Trauma System. “Do not be surprised to see increased activity at MAPFRE Stadium, John Glenn International Airport, Otterbein University or any of the Central Ohio hospitals. Hundreds of volunteer victims will be in full makeup, so don’t be fooled. This is only a drill!”
Police, EMS, Fire and hospital personnel throughout Central Ohio will be participating in one of the largest disaster drills in the area. The exercise is organized by the Central Ohio Trauma System or COTS, which has been coordinating disaster preparedness for the region’s hospitals and other health care systems since 2002.
COTS is an affiliate of the Columbus Medical Association. COTS serves stakeholders in 20 Central Ohio counties and is a significant force around issues of trauma, emergency services, and emergency preparedness. The Central Ohio Trauma System is the organization where patient care issues affecting more than one stakeholder group can be brought and addressed in a neutral forum.
More information about Emergency Management can be found here
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