Picasa & Flickr: Photo Management Tools for PIO's on Incidents. How-To..

Share

There are two tools that I use on incidents, Flickr and Picasa. Both have value to any incident or event. Flickr is is a little more technical and robust. Picasa is simple and the learning curve is a lot less. If you are just starting out, I would recommend Picasa [...]

April 19th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , | Category: PIO Issues, Social Media, Tools | One comment

Channeling Churchill... The case: a quiet feud building among the broadcast media and public information officers (PIO’s)

Share
by Jenn Burgess (Special Contributor to Fireground)

I have a confession to make.

I work in espionage…

…and I’m a double-agent.

I would like to say you can find me disappearing into the twilight wearing a stylish trench coat, heels clicking down the sidewalk as I chase my leads, peering out from under the brim of a smart hat [...]

February 6th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Communications, Disaster, Media, Media Stuff, PIO Issues, Social Networking, Tools, Wildland Fire | Leave a comment

Twitter craze hitting area fire agencies. The forest is twittering, and it isn’t songbirds.

Share

Saturday, July 18, 2009

 

By Jeff Duewel of the Daily Courier, Grants Pass, Oregon

The forest is twittering, and it isn’t songbirds.

The Oregon Department of Forestry and the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest are using Twitter.com to send out snatches of information, especially about wildfires.

“When I first heard about Twitter, I thought it was like E-Harmony or something,” [...]

July 28th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: Communications, PIO Issues, Prevention, Social Media, Social Networking, Wildland Fire | Leave a comment