Motivation for VOST Implementation PIO Eriksen saw the Shadow - TopicsExpress



          

Motivation for VOST Implementation PIO Eriksen saw the Shadow Lake Fire as an opportunity to trial the VOST concept during a real event to see if and how it could help overcome obstacles when communicating with local communities. As a federal EM employee, her use of social media was restricted. Policy allowed her to take advantage of existing social media accounts in the surrounding communities or through the Forest Service, but she could not create new accounts to target a larger, affected set of communities. The official online site for federal teams is InciWeb, which PIOs must use to post press releases, images, contacts, and relevant links, yet it has limitations. The system is frequently down; when this happens there is no official backup or alternative place to post the latest information. Additionally, file size is restricted to 2MB, which means that detailed topographic maps, images, or videos cannot be posted. Furthermore, there is no means for comments on InciWeb, making it a unidirectional information source. An increasingly tech savvy population, restrictive policies and limited official tools created the conditions for trialing a VOST given the limited risk to the public. In addition, community leaders from Sisters, Oregon made it clear that information-sharing with the public was a priority.
Posted on: Fri, 30 May 2014 00:31:52 +0000

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