Author Archives: Hanscom, Donald H., Jr.
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PAST Fusion Academy 2023 Course Catalog
The Argonne National Laboratory PAST Fusion Cell Academy has released it’s 2023 course catalog. These courses can be delivered virtually, at a location of your choosing or at Argonne National Laboratory’s campus located in Lemont, IL (just outside of Chicago). Check out the 2023… Read More
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) Social Media Emergency Management (SMEM) Guidance Tool
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) Social Media Emergency Management (SMEM) Guidance Tool (SMEM Guidance Tool) is an easy-to-use tool designed to support emergency managers (EMs), public information officers (PIOs), and others working in crisis communications… Read More
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Risk Communication for Action: Motivating People at Risk to Stay Safe and Protect Their Property
Risk communicators face many and diverse challenges in ensuring that individuals have sufficient knowledge of preparedness actions to enhance their resilience. However, the growing threats we face as individuals, communities, and a nation mean that we can accept no less than a future in which… Read More
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Public Health Emergency Risk Communication and Social Media Reactions to an Errant Warning of a Ballistic Missile Threat — Hawaii, January 2018
This study addresses how social media can be an effective tool to send urgent messages during a public health emergency. According to the study, public health practitioners need to improve messaging during emergency risk communications to address the public’s needs during each phase of an… Read More
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Hanford Site Emergency Public Information Case Study
From October 2017 through March 2018, researchers from Argonne National Laboratory’s Public Affairs Science and Technology (PAST) Fusion Cell conducted a case study on a tunnel collapse that occurred May 9, 2017, at the Hanford Site, a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) facility near Richland,… Read More
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Regaining Trust in the Nation’s Public Alert and Warning System Engaging the Support of Public Information and Training Officers by Micki Trost
Trust in the FEMA Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) has been eroded following wildland fires in Gatlinburg and Sonoma County, California and a ballistic missile false alert issued by the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency. IPAWS Alerting Authorities can regain trust by focusing on… Read More
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Regaining Trust in the Nation’s Public Alert and Warning System: Engaging the Support of Public Information and Training Officers
On Monday, November 19, 2018, Colorado Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management Strategic Communications Director, Micki Trost, guest presented during a PAST Fusion Cell Facebook Live event highlighting her FEMA Master Public Information Officer thesis on “Regaining Trust in the Nation’s Public Alert and… Read More
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DHS S&T Digital Volunteer Program Guide
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science & Technology Directorate (S&T) has released the following practical how-to Social Media Emergency Management (SMEM) Guidance Tool. The Digital Volunteer Program Guide provides step by step guidance on how to develop a digital volunteer program to support emergency… Read More
