Morning Ohio EMA! #Mothership
Welcome to the first day of NIMS ICS Incident Management Team Incident Commander course!
Got a quick welcome from Ohio EMA Training & Exercise David Nunley.
Lots to discuss including responsibilities, leadership, and of course paperwork (ICS forms).
Great first day with participants from Ohio, New Mexico, Oregon, and Georgia with tons to digest in all the slides.
Lots.
Channeling my inner Patrick.
Looking forward to tomorrow!
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.
Solid start to the week being able to deliver the brand new FEMA NDPTC Social Media Engagement Strategies course.
Numerous pros from across the state of California attending today.
Special thanks to the Sacramento County Office of Emergency Services in hosting this fun class in their Emergency Operations Center.
Super special shoutout goes to MayJo!
Talked specifically about addressing audiences and their appropriate platforms. Mediums like static posts are great however we need to explore outside of your comfort zone and try new avenues to communicate. FacebookLive, Periscope, InstagramLive, YouTubeLive, etc…..these new emerging live broadcast tools can allow agencies to be creative in their broadcast of messages.
Solid afternoon facilitation on the formulation of a strategic communications specifically focusing in on social media and audience engagement.
And of course the standard shout out to our friend Cheryl.
Overall, the intent of this class is really to be a catalyst to start a meaningful conversation about engaging your constituents on various social media platforms.
Obviously, you would be taking FEMA NDPTC PER-344 Social Media Tools & Techniques first – which gives you a heavy dose of the currrent tools/platforms that are out there as well as a bunch of tactics and techniques that you could use in your EOC or JIC.
Both courses provide a different take on social media actions esp during disasters / crisis.
Keep on learning peeps. Much more to digest and figure out.
We all must do better to support our local communities, county coordinators, and state officials to work and communicate together before, during, and after the disaster.
We the people right? #Merica
Spent part of my day at Twinsburg Fire (Summit County, OH).
Great to see Fire Chief Tim Morgan. Fun fact, I first met him when he was a new red helmet. We talked a bit about regionalization as well as building partnerships through our IMTs (Incident Management Teams).
But the fun began when I got a chance to chat with Assistant Fire Chief Steve Bosso about PIO stuff.
And of course other stuff too.
Say it with me: “partnerships”
Trust me, its great to have such an outspoken advocate for safety at Twinsburg and Summit County.
Be safe peeps – always lean on your trusted fellow peeps before the big one hits.
Thursday fun with numerous Public Information Officers from the City of Cleveland.
Quick presentation on Tools and Social Media Platforms specifically addressing live broadcast technologies and lessons learned.
Yes, I’ll promise to show them my PIO stick (aka my GOT rod)
Great to see so many familiar faces in the crowd today.
Today, I am “attending” the Government Social Media Conference (#GSMCon2017) in Dallas.
Thanks to a few late night ideas spurred by Maryland Emergency Management’s Emily Allen (@allen_emilym) and Garden Grove Fire California Capt Nguyen (@PIOthanhn).
Bahhahahaahaha.
Sounds like an interesting talk from Mary Jo Flynn and Sarah Miller now on Social Media and UAS use by government officials.
Ahem. Well, what can I say?
Maybe a few safety messages on keeping your mobile devices charged…..Wait, Lazo can you help?
I tried to win a few raffle prizes, but sadly that didn’t happen.
While on the step and repeat, Conference host Kristy Dalton is giving me the look…the look to attend #GSMCon2018 too.
I spy, with my right eye…Bronlea too!
Reporting live from…..well Dallas!
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!
Whoa….whoa…..whoa……
After getting reassigned from the JIC to the FCO, I was evaluated on my performance.
So yeah, that went well.
Great to support the FCO as well as the FEMA Region-1 Incident Management Team (IMAT) this week.
Trust me, without the support of countless PIOs and numerous External Affairs peeps, we could not have accomplished our tasks assigned.
My hope is that we continue to increase our knowledge and expand on ways that we can serve each of our communities daily as well as during any disaster or emergency.
We must relentlessly pursue knowledge from educators who are willing to share their craft with others.
Listen to all of our communities and share kernels of knowledge with others in an open forum so that other PIOs can learn and make good decisions.
It is incumbent upon us to coordinate the response effort for those who have nothing.
And most importantly, it is our duty to serve this great nation.
Demobing now.
Great week.
Day-4 and my Federal Coordinating Officer (FCO) wanted to brief the entire Joint Field Office (JFO).
Words of encouragement to rally the team and keep the momentum going is an important part of any situation.
Awesome. I’m just glad to be a part of the team.
No supersoakers or motorized podiums yet.
Second day of being the FCO’s Press Secretary – bring it on Thursday!
Day-3: FEMA External Affairs PIOs (MRSP) heading out to the south side!
Nikki with 2 Ks and Kevin with 1 K.
On the docket – coordinated messaging, pressers, VIP visits, and media interviews.
Rolling 2 deep for Branch-2!
Where is @rusnivek? 