Neil McDevitt, program director for the Community Emergency Preparedness Information Network, has written an article about how emergency managers can use social media tools, like Twitter and Facebook, to increase accessibility to safety and preparedness information.

• Read Neil’s Article
• Learn more about CEPINTDI.org

When engaging your community with social media consider different methods to transmit messages including text, captioned video, and audio with transcripts available. As an emergency manager or PIO you might need to ask for requirements and opportunities to provide information in a variety of formats to ensure accessibility.

About The Author

Greg Friese has authored 47 articles for PIOSocialMediaTraining.com

Greg Friese, MS, NREMT-P is an author, podcaster, blogger, and advocate for emergency response agencies to use social media before, during, and after any incident. Greg is the Director of Education for CentreLearn Solutions, LLC. He is also the co-host of the EMSEduCast podcast and is a paramedic for a 911 agency in northeast Wisconsin

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