Emergency and disaster briefing for April 11, 2018: Mississippi declares a state of emergency and closes 83 bridges across 16 counties for safety risks – and other news.
History clearly demonstrates that while capitalism is not perfect, it has come closer to a baseline happy medium than either socialism or communism.
By Dr. Jarrod Sadulski
From enlisting the public’s help in investigations to sharing real-time information on critical incidents, police departments are integrating social media into their everyday efforts. Learn more about how social media is becoming an indispensable tool in policing.
We need to compromise between social media security and entertainment. But it takes work to maintain a balance between your privacy and social media.
By receiving security training about what information not to divulge, reporters could help lessen the lethal effects of any future active shooter incidents.
Social media platforms like YouTube, Facebook and Twitter provide instantaneous marketing opportunities across a spectrum of countries. But these sites are also quick and easy ways for users to fall prey to cyber exploitation.
Volunteered geographic information (VGI) and social media have become valuable tools to provide emergency responders with vital situational awareness.
By Liam O’Brien
Social media and volunteered mapping played a crucial role in directing response to recent disasters, but the massive influx of information created its own challenges. How will this technology continue to impact future emergency management efforts?
Community resiliency is important to fostering preparedness and recovery during a disaster. Citizens should be educated on using their personal network for assistance during an emergency.
The press should act as a watchman against the government, but when the media itself becomes the story and shows a partisan bias, our nation is in danger.