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“Factors obstructing the adoption of crowdsourcing, social media, and digital volunteerism approaches often include uncertainty about accuracy, fear of liability, inability to translate research into operational decision-making, and policy limitations on gathering and managing data. Prior to the workshop, many ...

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C’mon Boston, It’s Not About The Vest

A couple of days ago the Boston Globe wrote a lengthy article about the exodus of the most recent Boston Fire Chief, Steve Abraira. Chief Abraira recently resigned under withering public criticism of his management and leadership style by his ...

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I Told Ya So

This morning I read a San Fransisco Chronicle article detailing the San Fran fire chief’s edict banning the use of helmet cameras by on duty firefighters.  Prompted by the viral spread of a helmet camera video shot by SF Battalion ...

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You Are Already Behind

I’m sitting in my favorite easy chair at home, sippin’ a beer, surfin’ my tablet and swayin’ to the music of my favorite Pandora music channel.  A balloon pops up in the upper right corner of the screen showing a ...

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Got A Full Slide Tray?

Yesterday Patrick Meier posted a great article about the use of social media (SM) “Big Data” in disaster response.  Specifically, he challenges growing assumptions and presumptions that SM big data analysis improves decision making during a disaster.  He discounts the ...

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Are You Freakin’ Kiddin’ Me?

Over the past couple of weeks the #SMEM Twitter world has been noodling with the question of the changing role of the Public Information Officer (PIO) in crisis.  Some even wondered aloud if this function is now obsolete with the ...

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Fire and Golf

I’m writing this while sitting on the deck of a golf resort, overlooking an uphill tough par 5 hole that I’ve only reached in two one time in the dozen times I’ve tried.  All day long, foursomes of hackers like ...

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Inoperable Interoperability

I recently met with a group of boathouse owners at our local marina that recently suffered a fire killing two boat owners, destroying the large boathouse and 12 large pleasure boats.  In prepping for my presentation I came across one ...

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A Dose Of Mortality

I had a sobering discussion with my son last night.  He is 23 years old, works as a part-time firefighter, and also serves as a resident volunteer firefighter.  He is testing everywhere, intent on “winning the lotto”.  I have no ...

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Don’t “Pull A Phil”

I hit the links today, determined to shake off the cobwebs accumulated during a gray Pacific Northwest winter.  After three holes of hackin’, choppin’ and basically suckin off the tee, I stood on the fourth tee box hanging my head.  ...

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