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Friendly #AlohaFriday reminder: Wipers on = Lights on! #Preparedness
Hello terrible weather! Today the weather sucks. I’d encourage you to reference your local National Weather Service Office (NWS) for more detailed information.
Wet weather make driving conditions poor…esp with low visibility for everyone. So you can imagine that the combination of rain, slick roads, and poor drivers make it tough on any motorist.
Good safety messages include a simple one that people forget. When it’s raining, TURN YOUR DAMN HEALIGHTS ON!!
This simple action allows other vehicles to identify your position and plan accordingly while driving. Simple and easy action that could actually save lives.
Additionally high winds make it difficult for semi trucks or other high profile vehicles to operate and increase the risk of getting blown over while driving at high speeds on the open highways.
Whether alongside or behind, keep a sizable distance and watch closely as you pull up along side.
Also – don’t text and drive. You might die.
Farewell to one of the best JIC Managers around…
Bidding a hearty PIO farewell today to my colleague, JIC Manager, and most importantly, my friend Erica Creech.
After years in the public eye, Erica is leaving public service to serve private industry.
I have spent countless days/nights in the EOC/JIC working the PIO magic with Erica.
Not kidding, I will surely miss this face in the JIC.
@rusnivk
LEO discussion today for PIOs
Lots to discuss today re: PIO, internal, and external affairs.
Looking forward to more stuff.
Me Oh My Oh May 2017!
Me Oh My Oh May 2017!
First week I’ll be presenting at the 2017 Association of Floodplain Managers annual conference in Kansas City. Region-7 peeps!
Second week will be in the State of Nevada Emergency Operations Center for a set of social media courses including my favorite PER-344 – Social Media Tools & Techniques! Region-9 baby! Sadly, I will not be attending the National SAA conference.
Third week will be spent teaching ICS-300 in the Emergency Operations Center (EOC). Who’s excited for Intermediate Incident Command System (ICS) for Expanding Incidents?!?
Fourth week will be spent in southern Ohio in a PIO course with on camera interviews and crisis response exercise.
Trust me, it’s likely going to be a busy tough May.
Social media class at the 2017 ASFPM national conference in Kansas City
Packed day and teaching w/ my fav CFM…Allison!
Great to see soooooo many familiar faces here at thee 2017 Association of Floodplain Managers’ Annual conference in Kansas City.
Love that more agencies are using social media for not only preparedness, but also response and recovery.
Our class today? We have a good mix from 21 states across the US including a NOAA Director and FEMA HQ leadership.
#totes fun!
Sunday class…hurricanes!
Sunday? A day of rest? Bah!
Sounds like the perfect day to be sitting in class.
Hiya Allison!
Never stop learning.
Plethora of triage tags I hope to never use
Double checking my response bag and then I got to my triage tags…
Ominous sign of things to come? I hope not.
Maybe it’s good that I don’t use these things too often huh?
Reporting live from the ready room…
Brock Long nominated to FEMA Administrator position
The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
Friday April 28, 2017
Brock Long of North Carolina to be Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security. Mr. Long has more than 16 years of experience assisting and supporting local, state, and federal governments with building robust emergency management and public health preparedness programs. Since 2011, he has worked as Executive Vice President at Hagerty Consulting, where he provides strategic direction and leadership to the firm’s full complement of emergency management programs and professionals. Mr. Long has served as Project Executive for more than 50 projects in all parts of the United States, ranging from complex attack scenario exercises to designing multi-jurisdictional, all-hazard evacuation plans for major Urban Area Security Initiative designated jurisdictions. From 2008-2011, Mr. Long served as Director of Alabama’s Emergency Management Agency (AEMA) under Governor Bob Riley. As Director, he served as the State Coordinating Officer for 14 disasters, including eight presidentially-declared events. Mr. Long also served as an on-scene State Incident Commander for the Alabama Unified Command during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Prior to his position as Director at AEMA, Mr. Long was a FEMA Regional Hurricane Program Manager, FEMA Hurricane and Evacuation Liaison Team Leader, and statewide school safety coordinator for the Georgia Emergency Management Agency. His areas of expertise include strategic emergency operations planning, exercise, evacuation, school safety, recovery management, and response logistics.
#AlohaFriday with my American Red Cross peeps!
Great to chat and discuss partnerships in disasters today with all the American Red Cross pros today.
Special thanks to ARC Regional Communications Officer Mary Williams and her team @NEORedCross for the hospitality.
Glad to share info and better prepare our Emergency Support Function peeps for activation into the EOC / JIC / ICP.
Building partnerships before a disaster will only strengthen our response agencies and allow us as PIOs to better meet the needs of the community – definitely a best practice for success.
Happy #AlohaFriday everyone!
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