FEMA Uses Multimedia to Document Disaster Response and Recovery
Release Date: December 22, 2008
Release Number: 1791-350
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AUSTIN, Texas -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is staying on the cutting edge of multimedia technology, offering online "webisodes" of the Hurricane Ike response and recovery mission in Texas.
FEMA, in step with several other federal agencies, is producing video shorts for its online multimedia site at www.fema.gov/media/multimedia/ to bring the efforts of the agency and recovery information directly to the public.
By using social media tools such as YouTube.com, FEMA is capturing the various recovery efforts in the areas surrounding the upper Texas Gulf Coast and making it available on some of the most active Internet sites.
So far, the agency has produced 14 videos that highlight urban search and rescue, mitigation efforts, volunteerism, community relations, debris management, private sector outreaching, temporary housing and other human interest stories.
These "webisodes" demonstrate the behind-the-scenes, real-life dramas occurring in the response and recovery efforts after Hurricane Ike.
Other online multimedia resources can be found at:
- www.youtube.com/fema
- Vignettes about Hurricane Ike recovery efforts and FEMA programs.
- www.twitter.com/femainfocus
- Get the latest FEMA information and participate in forums addressing issues.
- www.fema.gov/radio/index.jsp
- Site features mp3 files of recent radio news and Public Service Announcements.
- www.photolibrary.fema.gov/photolibrary/index.jsp
- FEMA's extensive collection of photos from current and previous disaster operation.
FEMA coordinates the federal government's role in preparing for, preventing, mitigating the effects of, responding to, and recovering from all domestic disasters, whether natural or man-made, including acts of terror.
Last Modified: Tuesday, 23-Dec-2008 08:29:39