Created: 27 January 2022
Last edited: 2 August 2023
Next Steps: Social Media for Emergency Response
Quick Facts
Publishing Organisation:
US Department of Homeland Security
Year:
2012
Primary Target Country:
United States of America
Languages:
English
Status:
Published
Covers Thematic
Social Media
Target audience
Policy Makers local, national, and European agencies and institutes, public authorities, standardization bodies
Practitioners Practitioners is a target group in LINKS which comprises local, national and European disaster management organizations, civil protection agencies, first responders, NGOs, security networks...
Disaster Management Phase
Before Comprises 'Preparedness Phase' and 'Prevention Phase'</br></br>Preparedness action is carried out within the context of disaster risk management and aims to build the capacities needed to efficiently manage all types of emergencies and achieve orderly transitions from response to sustained recovery.</br></br>Source: https://www.undrr.org/terminology/preparedness</br></br>Prevention (i.e., disaster prevention) expresses the concept and intention to completely avoid potential adverse impacts of hazardous events.</br></br>Source: https://www.undrr.org/terminology/prevention
Synopsis
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This guidance provides best practices and policy examples to better understand and utilize social media for inclusion in agency strategies.
