Disaster 101: Dave McKernan and Jim Person
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Staying Connected Before… During… And After… Emergency Events
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Participants will learn how the government, non-profit organizations, businesses, community and faith communities prepare, respond and recover for Fairfax County community disasters. This workshop will explain how the public can stay connected to disaster response communications during emergency events.
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Staying Connected
Before…
During…
And After…
Emergency Events
According to the Fairfax County Emergency Operations Plan (EOP), the Office of Public Affairs is in charge of coordinating communications whenever there are more than two county agencies involved.
How We Operate
PIO - Part of Command Staff
Joint Information Systems
Field PIO’s
JIC Staff
JIC Coordinator
Public Information Officer
PIO Structure
A JIC supports the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and field PIO(s) at the incident scene.
The JIC is the physical location within the EOC from which external affairs professionals from organizations involved in the response and recovery work together to provide critical emergency information, media response and public affairs functions.
Fairfax County’s JIC is established at, or virtually connected to, the EOC through Emergency Support Function (ESF) 15 (Office of Public Affairs).
Joint Information Center (JIC)
The JIC coordinates the release of information to the public, media, employees and other stakeholders about the county’s disaster response and recovery efforts.
A JIC is the central point for coordination of incident information, public affairs activities and media access regarding the incident.
The JIC coordinates and supervises all staff assigned as assistant information officers and their activities.
Joint Information Center (JIC)
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JIC personnel write news releases, talking points, FAQs, update website/blog and social media content, support field PIO(s), handle media relations and more from the Joint Information Center.
Joint Information Center (JIC)
• Before an Emergency• Sign up for emergency blog by email or RSS.
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/emergency/blog • County website (www.fairfaxcounty.gov/emergency)
• Sign up for emergency alerts (email and text).www.fairfaxcounty.gov/cean
• “Emergency Preparedness” newsletterwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/oem/outreach/newsletter.htm
Staying Informed
• Before an Emergency• Follow our social media (Twitter, Facebook,
YouTube, Flickr, etc.) channels.• Stay in tune with weather forecasts via NOAA
Weather Radio• Tune in to Fairfax County Government Radio (
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/radio)
• Digital preparednesswww.fairfaxcounty.gov/emergency/prepare/digital-preparedness-kit.htm
Staying Informed
• Digital Preparedness• Save important phone numbers to your phone.• Learn how to send updates via text and internet from your
mobile phone to your contacts and social channels in case voice communications are not available. Avoid calling.
• Keep charged batteries and car phone chargers available as back-up power for your cellphone.
• Conserve your cellphone battery by reducing the brightness of your screen, placing your phone in airplane mode, and closing apps you are not using that draw power.
Staying Informed
• During an Emergency• Emergency Information Blog
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/emergency/blog • County website (www.fairfaxcounty.gov &
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/emergency) • Fairfax County Government Radio
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/radio • Follow our social media channels.
Staying Informed
• After an Emergency• Emergency Information Blog
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/emergency/blog
• NewsWirewww.fairfaxcounty.gov/news
• Social media channels• 30 preparedness tips
http://fairfaxcountyemergency.wordpress.com/prepare-30-ways-in-30-days
Staying Informed
• Tools• Emergency Information Blog (
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/emergency/blog) • County website
www.fairfaxcounty.gov, the emergency Web page www.fairfaxcounty.gov/emergency and the mobile (m.fairfaxcounty.gov) site
• Current weather forecast (www.fairfaxcounty.gov/emergency/weather-forecast.htm)
Tools for Staying Informed
• Tools• Twitter (www.Twitter.com/fairfaxcounty)
• Facebook (www.Facebook.com/fairfaxcounty)
• YouTube (www.YouTube.com/fairfaxcountygov)Preparedness Playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL93DBD2AE7EED3BC1
• Emergency phone numberswww.fairfaxcounty.gov/emergency/emergency-phone-numbers.htm
Tools for Staying Informed
• Tools• Community Emergency Alert Network (CEAN)
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/cean • Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA)
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/emergency/wireless-emergency-alerts.htm
• Fairfax County Government Radiowww.fairfaxcounty.gov/radio
• Emergency Information Hotline (703-817-7771)
• County app (www.fairfaxcounty.gov/news/mobile)
Staying Informed
• Additional Resources• Office of Emergency
Management “EmergencyPreparedness” newsletter(monthly)
• “Health and Safety”podcastwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/podcasts
Staying Informed
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/oem/outreach/newsletter.htm
• Additional Resources• Emergency Road Conditions and Maps
VDOT Snow Plowing and VDOT Road Conditions | County Road Hazards & Closures | Emergency Routes | County Roads that Typically Flood
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/emergency/roads
• Capital Region Updateswww.capitalregionupdates.gov
Staying Informed
• Additional Resources• Ready (www.ready.gov)• Ready Virginia (www.readyvirginia.gov) • Ready NoVa – online family and business
emergency planners (http://readynova.org)• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
www.fema.gov
Staying Informed
