Social Media for EMS
The Social Media for EMS topic includes news about how social media is impacting EMS, as well as analysis into how to use social media safely to demonstrate value to your community, while avoiding the mistakes that could land you – and your agency – in hot water.
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Understanding the legal precedent behind free speech rights and how they apply to on and off-duty first responders
When you become an EMS provider, you agree to act and serve to the best of your abilities to meet the expectations of your community and uphold an ethical code
An enduring lesson for public safety leadership in recent years is that the public wants and expects accurate information, transparency
Hundreds of intelligence analysts already sift overseas Twitter and Facebook posts to track events
Your goal is to use this powerful ally to get your message out
Our Facebook community offered a variety of interesting answers: Some say it should be competitive; others think moving forward in EMS field is political game
It’s important that we communicate directly the value our service provides to our communities
Twitter hashtags can be extremely useful for communicating with the public during emergencies
Social media mishaps can easily be avoided if your agency takes the time to properly plan and implement a social media presence in a responsible manner
The CDC said 55 people in 14 states have now been confirmed as sickened from eating the cantaloupes.
The video, titled “Rookie prank,” shows a masked man bursting into a fire station and threatening firefighters with a gun
The account is on hold while DC officials are trying to decide what information is safe to put online
Followed by television and local radio, the internet is the third most popular way for people to gather emergency information
Social media tools allow you to connect with your fellow attendees and maximize your conference experience
Experts: social media could help emergencies to be handled in a “quicker, more co-ordinated, effective way”
How you respond to social media mistakes matters, especially when you are in the public’s eye as a trusted source of information
The Champions, Texas, resident is launching EMSpal, an online service for coordinating ambulance transports
We can recognize our responders and celebrate their victories every day using the tools of social media
Session outlines a number of potential risks and opportunities inherent in the use of social media by EMS and fire departments
Volunteer EMS departments can learn from the best practices of towns and businesses
Recent events in Egypt showed two very different attitudes toward social media — one that embraced the technology, and one that ignored it
It’s the public’s right to record events if they occur in plain sight, no matter how irritating that can be.
You have to communicate daily to your followers, with interesting and timely messages, or you’ll lose them quickly
Bill would make it a felony for an on-duty responder to take a picture, video of a crime scene for private use
Mark Musarella is barred from ever working as a medic
A paramedic is under investigation for allegedly posting a patient’s incident report on Facebook because it contained the word ‘retard’
Departments should proactively and aggressively review their employment policies in light of a recent NLRB complaint against EMS provider
Veteran firefighter’s postings deemed a violation of department conduct