Going through some old boxes in the basement and I found this little news clipping from 2005.

Glad to continue to have an impact in the response phase on some of the hardest hit areas.

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Whoa. One World Trade Center towers over everything in downtown NYC.

May those that protect our country forever be vigilant.

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Packed house sharing lessons learned with countless PIOs in the EOC.

Even better, pushed some group work and facilitated discussion on how we do emergency messaging.

Yes, of course this includes Preparedness, Response, and crisis messaging.

Shared a bit on platforms and targeting audiences and really distilling messages including enhancing your posts to gain more visibility. And shared a few outside of the box success stories from my FEMA deployment to the USVI.

And of course highlighted a few new mobile apps including state preparedness apps, FEMA app, ARC app, etc….

Shout out to all my new PIO friends.

Go forth and use your new social media powers for good!

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Back in the EOC teaching class today – woohoo!

Good to be back in the saddle for the normal steady state operations.

Reporting live from the EOC floor….

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JIC from PIO – Departing USVI STT

Demobilization from 4340.

Alohas to everyone in the USVI.

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Special thanks to our FEMA Division Supervisor Newton Tang…

FEMA PIO Kevin Sur and FEMA DIV/SUP Newton Tang

…and FEMA Division Supervisor Patrick Cornbill…

FEMA PIO Kevin Sur and FEMA DIV/SUP Patrick Cornbill

…for working with your favorite FEMA PIO on this news assignment.

As always, your Public Information Officer (PIO) is a critical resource before, during, and after the disaster.

“He’s actually working!” – WNBC (NY) Reporter Michael Gargiulo

Emergency Management is all about solidifying relationships and accommodating the local & national media is critical in getting the word out to the rest of the world for ongoing recovery operations.

PIO = totes important.

Reporting live from….well, you know.

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Here’s Part-4 of the WNBC (New York) story on the disaster recovery effort in the US Virgin Islands featuring several survivor interviews and our Division Supervisor Newton Tang on the ongoing operations in the US Virgin Islands.

Click on the picture for the video.

Thanks again to Reporter/Anchor Michael Gargiulo and Videographer Neil Astrow for coming to the US Virgin Islands.

Great to have the team from WNBC in town featuring the recovery efforts.

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Onboarding more #PIO for the #USVI disaster #recovery effort.

York, Bouch, Adams, and Sur

Also sharing the Aloha spirit in the US #VirginIslands

#PIO Alohas from the USVI!

Working the ESF-15 magic for all the disaster survivors across the USVI.

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Looks like WNBC’s story is out about #USVI St. John.

Thanks for the time Michael!

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