[PAO] September Disaster Preparedness Month

[Karen Copenhaver]

Fellow PAOs,

Sharing with the public what we do and who we are, as a community oriented emergency response organization is not necessarily a bad idea!  In fact, this is something that we should indeed consider as we hold training activities, to invite our local officals and media to witness for themselves to showcase our capabilities and prepardeness.  For years, some of our CAP units in Virginia jointly participated in emergency preparedness missions and it was well received.  When it came time to recognize the ES response teams..... Civil Air Patrol was among that specialized group.  

How many times have we heard a report that "the searchers" did such and such, or the state police reports........  or other phrasing akin to this?  We need to partner with our fellow ES teams and when needed, we'll be side by side with them as a more visible partner.   Courting these other organizations, our local and state police, etc., ... and media, sharing our intense training and capabilities is something we indeed should consider.  We indeed are participating in more Disaster Relief missions, we are also focusing more on these missions, so let's tell others that we're here and prepared to help.

Best,
Karen~

Karen L. Copenhaver, Lt Col, CAP
Deputy Director, Public Affairs
MER
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Arthur Woodgate 
  To: 'CAP Public Affairs Officers' 
  Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2013 8:59 AM
  Subject: Re: [PAO] September Disaster Preparedness Month



  I don't believe that's a good idea, Tom.

   

  Every PAO needs to write a PA Plan and a Crisis Communications Plan, which used to be posted on the NHQ website; the CCP is no longer there, because it was considered sensitive. So I don't see how the PAOs could be writing articles about this, since this information is not to be published for the general public.

   

  The answer is quite simple. When tasked by the AFRCC, CAP assists the requesting agency, and we do so following NIMS operational guidelines. That is both the long and the short of it. Writing anything more about it would probably ring OPSEC bells somewhere.

   

  Best regards,

   

  Arthur ~

   

  From: cap-pao-bounces at lists.sempervigilans.org [mailto:cap-pao-bounces at lists.sempervigilans.org] On Behalf Of Tom Traver
  Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 2:28 PM
  To: cap-pao at lists.sempervigilans.org
  Subject: [PAO] September Disaster Preparedness Month

   

  September is national Disaster Preparedness Month.  I was just curious about

  How many PAO's are writing articles about how their wings are/have been training to address local disaster response.

   

  Tom Traver



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