FieldReports for West Virginia Chemical Spill (EM-3366) – 01-11-14- at 1645
Charleston Fire (West Virginia) reporting a very orderly water distribution site.
◾Distribution going very well.
◾Public continues to stream in with rapid load and supply for all recipients.
◾No major problems noted.
◾No hysteria at site reported.
Thanks to @jumpseatviews for the picture. You and your crews are doing a great job – Well done Charleston Fire!
Reporting live….. @rusnivek
Charleston Fire (West Virginia) reporting a solid water distribution site.
Thanks to @jumpseatviews for the status update picture. Strong work by you and your crews – Well done Charleston Fire!
Reporting live….. @rusnivek
FieldReports for West Virginia Chemical Spill (EM-3366) – 01-11-14- at 1515.
Charleston Fire (West Virginia) reporting in at water distribution site.
◾Accountability onsite is key. Documentation VERY important.
◾Media onscene
◾All hands working.
◾No hysteria at site reported.
Thanks again to @jumpseatviews for the picture.
Continued strong work from you and your crews – Well done Charleston Fire!
Reporting live….. @rusnivek
FieldReports for West Virginia Chemical Spill (EM-3366) – 01-11-14- at 1430
Charleston Fire (West Virginia) reporting a solid water distribution site.
Thanks to @jumpseatviews for the picture. You and your crews are doing a great job – Well done Charleston Fire!
Reporting live….. @rusnivek
SitRep for West Virginia Chemical Spill (EM-3366) – 01-11-14- at 1100.
The chemical spill into the Elk River in Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia has peaked and is slowly dissipating. Chemical has been identified as 4-methycyclohexane methanol. At this time, the source leak has been reported as contained.
Over 1 million liters of water delivered by FEMA
Counties affected: Boone County, Cabell County, Clay County, Jackson County, Kanawha County, Lincoln County, Logan County, Putnam County, and Roane County.
People in the affected areas in West Virginia = DO NOT DRINK OR USE THE WATER. *Only use for toilet flushing
FEMA continues to support the state and local partners in assisting in the mitigation efforts to these nine communities.
@rusnivek
As momentum continues, the problems only get worse for the company involved with the #WVWater crisis. Here’s the latest big presser.
Good grief.
This guy needs to attend a PIO (Public Information Officer) training.
Hope the emergency crews in Charleston are keeping up.
@rusnivek
SitRep for West Virginia Chemical Spill (EM-3366)
Press release from FEMA HQ
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that federal emergency aid has been made available to the State of West Virginia to supplement state and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from a chemical spill on January 9, 2014, and continuing.
The President’s action authorizes FEMA to coordinate all disaster relief efforts which have the purpose of alleviating the hardship and suffering caused by the emergency on the local population, and to provide appropriate assistance for required emergency measures, authorized under Title V of the Stafford Act, to save lives and to protect property and public health and safety, and to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe in the counties of Boone, Clay, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Putnam, and Roane.
Specifically, FEMA is authorized to identify, mobilize, and provide at its discretion, equipment and resources necessary to alleviate the impacts of the emergency. Emergency protective measures, limited to direct federal assistance, will be provided at 75 percent federal funding.
Michael J. Lapinski has been named as the Federal Coordinating Officer for federal response operations in the affected area.
Following is a summary of key federal disaster aid programs that can be made available as needed and warranted under President Obama’s emergency disaster declaration issued for the State of West Virginia.
Assistance for the State and Affected Local Governments Can Include as Required:
FEMA’s mission is to support our citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain, and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all hazards.
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Counties affected: Boone County, Cabell County, Clay County, Jackson County, Kanawha County, Lincoln County, Logan County, Putnam County, and Roane County.
People in the affected areas in West Virginia = DO NOT DRINK OR USE THE WATER. *Only use for toilet flushing
@rusnivek
@rusnivek’s Top-6 Public Safety / PIO Social Media tips…for free
Again, I need to provide you more public safety social media tips. And since you have very little time in the day to spare, maybe you can read this while going down the elevator. Again, I’ll keep it short.
Here’s part-2 of my top 6 SM tips for public safety professionals / Public Information Officers (PIOs). And yes, it’s still free for you.
@rusnivek Social Media Tip-2: Every post, every avenue, every audience…anytime.
With so many different avenues of social media, one person cannot conceivably keep up with every emerging new program.
Pick a few platforms that work for you and that your audience mainly uses and post. Make it pertinent to your mission, make those posts reflect your organization’s objectives and goals, but most importantly, feed it.
Don’t be such a stickler about posting every day at the same bat time, at same bat place, on the same bat things. Change it up make your audience crave your info and make them check your feed incessantly for information they need.
During an emergency, don’t just decide “Oh now is the time we should start to…”
STOP <SMH> cause you are already dead in the water. #FAIL
So feed it anytime. It only takes a few minutes to feed it. Do it now.
Tip-2: Every post, every avenue, every audience…anytime.
@rusnivek
I had a thought this AM..I need to provide you more public safety social media tips. And since you only have 30 seconds to spare, maybe less, I’ll keep it very short.
SO, here’s part-1 of my top 6 SM tips for public safety professionals / Public Information Officers (PIOs). And yes, it’s free for you.
@rusnivek Social Media Tip-1: Post it first (because they don’t interview the runner-up).
If you don’t post it first, someone else will be first to tell your story.
And that’s going to suck…because only you tell your story the best.
It only takes a few minutes to tell your story.
It takes a TON of money and time to fix the wrong story, and then to tell it right.
To put things in perspective, “There are no points for second place.”
Tip-1: Post it first (because they don’t interview the runner-up).
@rusnivek
Thai Airways had a front landing gear failure upon landing at Bangkok.
As part of their crisis plan, they spray painted/blacked out their company logo from the aircraft.
Ahem…despite your vehicles, apparatus, aircraft, etc….getting into an accident, do not try to spray paint your logo off the rigs.
Here to help illustrate the point, check this short video out.
Kudos to those crazy Taiwanese animation folks.
@rusnivek
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