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92 smart phone apps for public safety and emergency responders

By   /  May 15, 2013  /  Emergency Management  /  No Comments

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The website for the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International is http://www.apcointl.org/. A few weeks ago, they created a repository for public safety and emergency response smart phone applications. The site is called AppComm, and you can find it at http://appcomm.org/. Read more @ hlswatch.com

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Social Network for Emergencies to Launch in San Francisco

By   /  May 13, 2013  /  #smem  /  No Comments

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Disasters are scary — there’s no question about it. But as much as they cause fear, they also bring people together, connecting communities in ways that few other incidents can. Focusing on those connections, rather than the catastrophe, is the theory behind the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management’s (SFDEM) new projectSF72.org, created to enhance [...]

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Sandy Marked a Shift for Social Media Use in Disasters

By   /  March 11, 2013  /  #smem  /  No Comments

Home Pushed into Boat Docks

First it was the AOL chat rooms, followed by online community chat and discussion boards, then it was blogs. Since 2000, social media has expanded to include Myspace, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and more.

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Strengthening Cybersecurity for the Nation’s Critical Infrastructure

By   /  February 15, 2013  /  Cyber Security  /  No Comments

DHS: Blueprint for a Secure Cyber Future

Critical infrastructure is the backbone of our country’s national and economic security. It includes everything from power plants, chemical facilities and cyber networks, to bridges and highways, stadiums and shopping malls, as well as the federal buildings where millions of Americans work and visit each day.

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How to prepare for natural disasters

By   /  January 24, 2013  /  Emergency Management  /  1 Comment

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Response efforts after recent major natural disasters have demonstrated that the federal government has learned a number of technology lessons from a decade’s worth of extreme weather events. Important considerations, such as continuity of operations and information sharing between key agencies and state governments, were key factors in managing and mitigating the effects of Hurricane [...]

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