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Christie Holmgren, APR Public Information Planning Manager Public Health Emergency Preparedness Program September 16, 20

Oregon’s Virtual Joint Information Center 2009 Oregon Emergency Management Association/ Washington State Emergency Management Association “Partners of the Pacific Northwest” Joint Conference . Christie Holmgren, APR Public Information Planning Manager

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Christie Holmgren, APR Public Information Planning Manager Public Health Emergency Preparedness Program September 16, 20

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  1. Oregon’s Virtual Joint Information Center2009 Oregon Emergency Management Association/Washington State Emergency Management Association “Partners of the Pacific Northwest” Joint Conference Christie Holmgren, APR Public Information Planning Manager Public Health Emergency Preparedness Program September 16, 2009

  2. Joint Information System • An information network that includes all government, volunteer and private-sector organizations with responsibility for responding to the crisis 2

  3. Joint Information System • Infrastructure for sharing information with partners on a regular basis • Established 24/7 emergency notification system with built-in redundancy (desk phone, cell phone, fax, e-mail, home phone)

  4. Joint Information System • Pre-arranged agreements regarding the sharing and release of information in an emergency • Pre-arranged agreements regarding the formation and operation of a Joint Information Center

  5. Joint Information SystemMay be as simple as...

  6. Or as complex as…. Private Local Scene State Media Federal

  7. What is a Virtual Joint Information Center (JIC)?

  8. A “Virtual” JIC Provides consistent source of credible information for: • PIOs staffing a physical JIC • Remote or virtual JIC staff • Field PIOs • Partner or stakeholder PIOs working out of their own offices • Media and public call takers • Incident responders at all levels

  9. Private Local State Scene Media Federal

  10. Other Virtual JICs • Portland-Vancouver Regional Flu Site • Seattle/King County Regional Public Information Network • http://www.rpin.org/rpinweb/PublicHealth.aspx • Houston/Galveston Regional PIO Network • http://www.pionetwork.org • Umatilla Joint Information Center

  11. Oregon Virtual JIC Demo

  12. More Virtual JIC Info • The Virtual Joint Information Center: A Technology Tool for Public Health Emergency Communication, by Bret Atkins • http://www.piersystems.com/posted/1533/VJICs_Atkins.164149.doc • The Virtual Joint Information Center: Why Anything Less May Be Too Late, by Gerald Baron (founder of PIER Systems) • http://www.piersystems.com/go/doc/1533/163286/ • The Virtual Information Center: Keeping Decision-Makers Situationally Smart, by Robin Hayden • http://www.coe-dmha.org/Liaison/Vol_2No_1/Feat02.htm

  13. For more information: Christie Holmgren, APR 971-673-1310 Christie.J.Holmgren@state.or.us Questions?

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