Emergency public information

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Tribal, local organizations, and the public with continued effective communications throughout emergency as part of an pre-established Emergency Public Information Program. 

An information officer shall be assigned to the emergency public information response team involved in a significant offsite response deployment A Headquarters official or team shall provide support to the affected Program Offices/ Emergency Management Team and/or requesting operations/field office, as appropriate. 

The Director of Public Affairs and the Headquarters Emergency Manager shall be informed of all DOE or NNSA emergency public information actions Initial news releases or public statements shall be approved by the DOE or NNSA official responsible for emergency public information review and dissemination. Following initial news releases and public statements, updates shall be eoordinated with the Director of Public Affairs. 

An emergency public information communications system shall be established among Headquarters, operations/field office, and on-scene locations. 

Emergency Public Information—Information that is disseminated primarily in anticipation of an emergency or during an emergency that provides guidance or requires actions. In addition to providing situational information to the public, it also frequently provides directive actions required to be taken by the general public. 

Improvement Item EOC did not have press releases prior to distribution at CP. Hard copies of press releases were not initially distributed at press conferences. Unmanned radio stations limited ability for local alerts to be made. Initial notification did not go out through NOAA Weather Radio, although it was utilized later in the day. EOC (Emergency Operation Center) PIO (Public Information Officer) could not get response from PIOs at CP (Command Post) to coordinate messages for media at EOC. Citizens in shelters had no official information source. 

CHEMTREC The Chemical Transportation Emergency Center located in Washington, D.C., a public service provided by the private Chemical Manufacturers Association, provides emergency response information and assistance twenty-four hours a day for responders to hazardous materials incidents. 

To help further involve the public in atomic energy issues, Einstein and a small group of other leading researchers formed the Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists to raise money for public information campaigns. Pauling was happy to join when asked, especially because... 

In today s mass society, mass-mediated emergency response must be an integral part of effective disaster management—especially in the face of bioterrorism, emerging infectious diseases, or other public health crises. Although each emergency situation has its own unique features and requires different approaches for dealing with public information and media relations, this chapter... 

Describe the usefulness of the Internet as a vehicle for public information before and during health emergencies. 

Community service organizations can play a direct role in providing specific health indicator data that would contribute to a syndromic surveillance system. Worksite absenteeism or patterns of health care behavior among clients are examples of potential indicators, but issues related to the confidentiality of such information under HIPAA have yet to be fully addressed. Even if no formal surveillance partnership to provide data exists, community service organizations should still consider themselves as stakeholders in the overall community response plans for biological events. They should also publicize the emergency public health contact information within their organizations. Table 20.3 lists several specific actions that community service... 

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