Communication and Crisis
Breaking News, today August 6, 2014 @1400 the Director of the Regional Emergency Management Office has posted a water restriction alert. The restrictions are on all surrounding areas in Richland and Lexington Counties. Anyone who have wells are advised not to used the water for human or animal consumption until further notification. All water supply lines have been contaiminated are being suspended immediately. There are several possible reports from local hosiptal Emergency Rooms of this water contaimination. No evidence shows this is a terrorist attack or how this could have happened. The symptoms range from abdomen pain, vomiting, fever, and body aching. In 24 hour’s you will be notified on the progress of the water supply. Plans are forthcoming to you on where you can get emergency water supply in the next eight hours. According to Freeo (n. d,) remembering that it’s crucial in a crisis to tell it all, tell it fast, and tell the truth. By doing this, you have strengthened Management and Government trust within the community. The community is less likely to be set off in a panic epidemic.
T.V., Air-wave, radio, and satelite will hold a brief press conference ensuring the community the crisis is handled. I the Director of the Regional Emergency Management Office have informed the Governor of South Carolina of the current crisis. That the State of South Carolina middle region is an in state of Emergency. The Emergency Visuplexs Alert Wave pre-recorded voice messages system are activated. This pre-recording systems instructs people how to react to a variety of emergency situations with different language barriers.
The Department of Health and Human Services will be activated to come into our agency. They are trained in depth on how to
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