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This edition of the “What Should We Tell The Public?” video series features John Shea who manages FEMA’s extensive social media effort. In the segment, Shea urges the public to look online to find information about preparing for emergencies as well as to share info and learn from others. He recommends citizens go to the [...]

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This edition of the “What Should We Tell The Public?” series features John Gibb, Director of New York State’s Emergency Management Agency. John is a leader in the field, and I have quoted him on previous occasions.
In the video, Gibb recommends that citizens subscribe to government emergency text/e-mail notifications such as the NY-Alert system that he oversees [...]

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Michael Chertoff makes a second appearance in the “What Should We Tell The Public?” video series. The first was last year when Chertoff was U.S. Homeland Security Secretary; now he heads the Chertoff Group. In this video, Chertoff urges that all Americans think through their plans in the event of a personal or community emergency [...]

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This “What Should We Tell The Public?” video features Ben Smilowitz, founder and executive director of the Disaster Accountability Project (DAP). After serving as a volunteer in Mississippi in the weeks following Hurricane Katrina, Ben decided there was a need to provide citizen oversight for government and non-profit agencies esponsible for disaster preparedness, response, relief, [...]

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This edition of the blog’s “What Should We Tell The Public?” video series features Allison Cardona, the Director of Disaster Services for the ASPCA. It was shot at a pets’ emergency preparedness event held by the ASPCA and New York’s Office of Emergency Management.
In the short video, Allison explains the steps every pet owner should do to [...]

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This edition of the “What Should We Tell The Public?” video series features Lt. Erica Arteseros, the coordinator of the Neighborhood Emergency Response Team (NERT) in San Francisco, the city’s equivalent of CERT.
In the video, Arteseros encourages citizens to consider volunteering for NERT or CERT because “getting involved is one of the most empowering things [...]

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Today, on 9/11, I am posting again a “What Should We Tell The Public?” series video featuring Mary Fetchet, Founding Director of Voices of September 11th.
Mary and her husband Frank lost their 24-year-old son, Brad, in the World Trade Center attacks eight years ago today. Soon after, she founded Voices of September 11th as a clearinghouse for information and [...]

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With the launch of National Preparedness Month (NPM) today, below is a video featuring Becky Marquis, the Acting Director of Ready.Gov. as part the blog’s “What Should We Tell The Public?” series.
In the video, shot at FEMA headquarters, Marquis says National Preparedness Month is the “perfect time to think about preparedness”, and she outlines some steps every American [...]

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This edition of the “What Should We Tell The Public?” video series features Claire Rubin. Claire is a veteran emergency management scholar who I have written about before. She is the author of Emergency Management: The American Experience, 1900-2005 which has just been released electronically by the Public Entity Risk Institute. You can purchase it here. She [...]

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This edition of the “What Should We Tell The Public?” video series features Jeannette Sutton, a leading researcher on social media and disasters, from the University of Colorado’s Natural Hazards Center. I filmed this segment at the Center’s recently completed Natural Hazards And Applications Workshop held in Broomfield, Colorado. Jeannette’s work was featured in a recent Reason magazine article, [...]

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