Participants will learn how the government, non-profit organizations, businesses, community and faith communities prepare, respond and recover for Fairfax County community disasters. This workshop will explain how the public can stay connected to disaster response communications during emergency events.
2. According to the Fairfax County
Emergency Operations Plan (EOP), the
Office of Public Affairs is in charge of
coordinating communications
whenever there are more than two
county agencies involved.
How We Operate
3. PIO - Part of Command Staff
Joint Information Systems
5. A JIC supports the Emergency Operations Center
(EOC) and field PIO(s) at the incident scene.
The JIC is the physical location within the
EOC from which external affairs professionals from
organizations involved in the response and
recovery work together to provide critical
emergency information, media response and public
affairs functions.
Fairfax County’s JIC is established at, or virtually
connected to, the EOC through Emergency Support
Function (ESF) 15 (Office of Public Affairs).
Joint Information Center (JIC)
6. The JIC coordinates the release of
information to the public, media, employees
and other stakeholders about the county’s
disaster response and recovery efforts.
A JIC is the central point for coordination of
incident information, public affairs activities
and media access regarding the incident.
The JIC coordinates and supervises all staff
assigned as assistant information officers and
their activities.
Joint Information Center (JIC)
7. 7
JIC personnel write
news releases,
talking points, FAQs,
update website/blog
and social media
content, support field
PIO(s), handle
media relations and
more from the Joint
Information Center.
Joint Information Center (JIC)
8. • Before an Emergency
• Sign up for emergency blog by email or RSS.
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/emergency/blog
• County website (www.fairfaxcounty.gov/emergency)
• Sign up for emergency alerts (email and text).
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/cean
• “Emergency Preparedness” newsletter
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/oem/outreach/newsletter.htm
Staying Informed
9. • Before an Emergency
• Follow our social media (Twitter, Facebook,
YouTube, Flickr, etc.) channels.
• Stay in tune with weather forecasts via NOAA
Weather Radio
• Tune in to Fairfax County Government Radio
(www.fairfaxcounty.gov/radio)
• Digital preparedness
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/emergency/prepare/digital-preparedness-kit.htm
Staying Informed
10. • Digital Preparedness
• Save important phone numbers to your phone.
• Learn how to send updates via text and internet from your
mobile phone to your contacts and social channels in case
voice communications are not available. Avoid calling.
• Keep charged batteries and car phone chargers available
as back-up power for your cellphone.
• Conserve your cellphone battery by reducing the
brightness of your screen, placing your phone in airplane
mode, and closing apps you are not using that draw power.
Staying Informed
11. • During an Emergency
• Emergency Information Blog
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/emergency/blog
• County website (www.fairfaxcounty.gov &
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/emergency)
• Fairfax County Government Radio
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/radio
• Follow our social media channels.
Staying Informed
12. • After an Emergency
• Emergency Information Blog
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/emergency/blog
• NewsWire
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/news
• Social media channels
• 30 preparedness tips
http://fairfaxcountyemergency.wordpress.com/prepare-30-ways-in-30-days
Staying Informed
13. • Tools
• Emergency Information Blog
(www.fairfaxcounty.gov/emergency/blog)
• County website
www.fairfaxcounty.gov, the emergency Web page
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/emergency and the mobile
(m.fairfaxcounty.gov) site
• Current weather forecast
(www.fairfaxcounty.gov/emergency/weather-forecast.htm)
Tools for Staying Informed
17. • Additional Resources
• Emergency Road Conditions and Maps
VDOT Snow Plowing and VDOT Road Conditions |
County Road Hazards & Closures | Emergency Routes |
County Roads that Typically Flood
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/emergency/roads
• Capital Region Updates
www.capitalregionupdates.gov
Staying Informed
18. • Additional Resources
• Ready (www.ready.gov)
• Ready Virginia (www.readyvirginia.gov)
• Ready NoVa – online family and business
emergency planners (http://readynova.org)
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
www.fema.gov
Staying Informed
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So where will the JIC be established?According to NIMS, the National Incident Management System document, “Basic Guidance for Public Information Officers,” the JIC – or Joint Information Center – should be located close to the best sources of information – the EOC.For Fairfax County, our JIC will be located here in the McConnell PSTOC in Conference Room 2107, the conference room on your left that you can see behind the set of glass windows closest to the front of the room.