EMERG 220 - Managing Emergency Information

1. Describe the role of the incident command team, specifically the Public Information Officer and function of a Joint Information Center (JIC).
2. Establish cooperative relations with the stakeholders involved in an emergency situation, including other sources of information.
3. Develop skills to deal with special circumstances such as fatalities, and evacuations or other protective actions.
4. Explain the fundamentals of information management, the need to filter information and various ways to present information to different groups.
5. Design a variety of information tools such as fact sheets, press releases, printed materials, as well as networking and multimedia options, including the Internet, Web based communications, etc.
6. Identify and analyze the role of external influences involved in an emergency response situation: media, business and industry, government and nonprofit agencies as well as volunteer groups.
7. Disseminate specific information while determining a need to know strategy and develop a confirmation and clearance of release policy (Privacy Rules and Regulations) and a process for compiling and tracking information.