Reminder to the media and the general public: Full Scale Exercise Training today in Wheaton, Illinois with the D200 schools.
This is only a drill. Training.
For more information, follow on Facebook / Twitter / Instagram: @ProtectDuPage
Initiate #Disaster #preparedness!!!!
Yep, that’s the ever popular and infamous #bread #milk #eggs 🤣
Now what the heck am I supposed to make with this stuff?!?!?
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We were requested to support an event at Ponciana School mainly for all the parents and families in Key West.
So….we are in. FEMA PIO Kevin Sur onscene!
Our hope is that we conduct numerous events in communities to help answer questions about disaster assistance.
We have multilingual people who go out with our teams and help translate Spanish, Creole, Haitian, etc…and we have hardware and locations that meet the needs of the access and functional needs population at all of our Disaster Recovery Centers.
We even have flyers and informational materials in Chinese, French, Vietnamese, etc….
Sometimes, people are confused and are not sure if you should apply. Here’s a tip: Apply.
Our staff is ready to help. No matter what language, apply for disaster assistance. The sooner the better.
“This is what we train for, this is what we do.”
Breaking news: Yik Yak is dead.
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We now return you to your local regularly scheduled, more readily used, social media platform.
Presenting today at the 63rd Annual Wayne County Fire School (Ohio).
And yes, I get to crack the awesome social media jokes on THE Ohio State University campus.
Lots of Firefighters and Paramedics from all over.
Many familiar faces in the audience too!
Event organizers estimate over 100 attendees with numerous vendors on site including Metro LifeFlight, Cleveland Clinic, and MedFlight of Ohio. Helicopters!
Me? I’m just glad to participate.
Yep, that’s a suit.
Also, kudos to a fellow Firefighter WHFD FF Gary Klaus who was named this year’s Fire School Honorary Dean.
Intro music (GNR’s Paradise City) playing for the afternoon session. #excited.
PIO and Social Media skillz in 3…2…1…
Since so many kiddos are headed back to school (this week and next week) that it’s probably a good reminder for everyone to heed to local school buses in neighborhoods.
We must all do our part in keeping safety at the forefront of our daily activities.
Abide by all rules and be mindful of kids.
Please stop when a school bus is flashing red lights.
As you can see, kids will dart across the roadway without looking.
I don’t care if you are in your small car, minivan, truck, ambulance or fire truck – kids don’t understand traffic laws.
For the sake of kids’ safety – please abide by the rules of the road around school buses.
This past weekend, I was invited to swing by the Illinois Institute of Technology Graduate School in downtown Chicago.
Spirited discussion included bioterrorism, social media data/intelligence, explosives, nuc/rad release, mass panic/evacuation, and of course drone operations for large events.
Participants included many members of Chicago Police’s upper administration and leadership from Chicago Police specialty teams.
They asked Dr. Fagel if I was a Special Agent kinda guy. Clearly, my Aloha shirt on a Saturday really messed things up.
Overall, it was a great day to be in downtown Chicago.
Looking forward to sharing some SME knowledge with the graduate students this fall.
Breaking news: YikYak now allows pictures!
For those that have not used it, YikYak is a social media mobile app on iOS and Android that allows people to anonymously create and view posts (aka Yaks) within a close proximity of the user. The Yaks that are posted can be voted up or down by other users which will propel them higher on the list of conversational threads. Many college and local high school kids are using this app as a virtual/digital message/corkboard.
Soooooo, is that a good thing or bad thing?
I bet you are thinking YikYak is all just fun petty stuff. But before you think it’s all just a playful game, think about the potential of menacing/bullying. Now think about it from the law enforcement side where we need to track anonymously posted information for evidence.
Ride the Yak.
Time is valuable, so Yak good stuff.
Little known fact about me: On every trip I make to DC, I always pay my respects at Arlington to a great leader.
Let JFK’s full quote inspire you to serve this great country…as well as this world.
“And so my fellow Americans…” JFK 1961
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