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Zach Stanford
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Emergency Management & Homeland Security | Risk & Hazard Comms + Maps | Cares too much about emergency alerts | Opinions are mine and represent only me | ENTP | WX5OEM | #EMGChat #GraySky
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🏆 This #WirelessEmergencyAlert just issued by Atlanta-Fulton County Emergency Management ahead of an expected winter storm follows best practices found in social science research.

Get free training and tools to write alerts like these at bit.ly/Learn2Warn.

❄️ Stay warm & stay safe, ATL!

#EMGchat
January 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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🔥⚠️ 49 emergency alerts are currently active across the Los Angeles area right now, as crews battle the #EatonFire, #PalisadesFire and #HurstFire against extreme conditions.

View active Wireless Emergency Alerts at warn.pbs.org.

Get wildfire info at app.watchduty.org.
January 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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⚠️ Emergency management officials are maximizing the capabilities of targeted emergency alerts to get folks out of the way of the violent and destructive #PalisadesFire. LEAVE IMMEDIATELY if directed.

Find wildfire info at AlertLA.org & on the Watch Duty app at share.watchduty.org/i/40335?ts=173…
January 8, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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A Wireless Emergency Alert issued by Kansas officials didn't include a source, which resulted in confusion of where the alert originated.

✨ An improved alert was written using FEMA's Message Design Dashboard (MDD) & tips from thewarnroom.com.

Free training at bit.ly/Learn2Warn.

#EMGchat #GraySky
January 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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👏 A Wireless Emergency Alert issued by @nysdhses.bsky.social for heavy snow includes the info necessary to compel protective action, according to social science.

🏆 This message follows best practices from thewarnroom.com and free training at bent-ear.com/learn2warn.

#EMGchat
December 4, 2024 at 4:49 PM
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In Texas, effective alerts may be even more important than in other places. A RAND Corporation study shows Texans are more likely to opt out of emergency alerts than other states. Effective alerts not only help people make decisions, but they can prevent opt-outs.

www.rand.org/pubs/researc...

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December 4, 2024 at 3:50 PM
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A Wireless Emergency Alert issued as police in Sugar Land, Texas searched for a suspect lacked context and may have left recipients with questions.

✨ An improved alert message was written using tips from thewarnroom.com & free training at bent-ear.com/learn2warn.

#EMGchat #EmergencyManagement

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December 4, 2024 at 3:50 PM
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✅ Today, we delivered a virtual course of the new and FREE Effective Message Writing and the Message Design Dashboard training!

⚠️ #PublicSafety organizations who send #EmergencyAlerts NEED this training!

🔗 Learn more and get started at bit.ly/Learn2Warn!

#EmergencyManagement #Learn2Warn #GraySky
Social science research shows only 8.5% of emergency alerts include the 5 most important elements that compel people to take protective action. Register for FREE, research-based message design training at bit.ly/Learn2Warn New Course Delivery Format 1. Complete an introductory self-paced course. 2. Register for an instructor-led session to complete the course. 3. Write effective and complete emergency alerts backed by research! Visit bit.ly/Learn2Warn to get started! This training is provided with the support of and in partnership with FEMA IPAWS, University at Albany, and Bent Ear Solutions. LEARN to write 5 star emergency alerts using research-proven best practices with this FREE training opportunity. REGISTER NOW at bit.ly/Learn2Warn.
February 7, 2024 at 1:53 AM