- Responsibilities of the public information officer (PIO).
- The PIO and incident command
- Information release guidelines
- Media relations
- Message mapping – a powerful tool
- How to choose a PIO
- How to train as a PIO
Firefighters and EMTs can view the video material with the PPT file acting as their hard copy notes, or they can use either resource independently. The PPT and video portions of the program can be used by any agency or member either as-is, or as a basis from which to construct training modules or presentations of their own.
CLICK HERE to download the PPT and video as a compressed file, of view in the player below.
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Send comments and feedback about these training programs to ralphmroz@comcast.net. Please note that some Windows users may experience problems when downloading compressed files. If you have trouble downloading any of the programs, e-mail peterp@pennwell.com.
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