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Harnessing The Wisdom Of Crowds
December 3, 2012 11:45 am | by John Orlando, PhD, Vertek Corporation | Articles | Comments
Crowdsourcing can serve as a counter-balance to the interpersonal forces that might steer a closed group of experts off course. The public is a resource that can assist disaster responders by providing valuable information and perspectives. The secret is knowing how to gather the information so as to make the public a resource. This is done with a “Virtual Operations Support Team” (VOST).
Are you ICS-ed?
June 30, 2009 8:00 pm | by Ronald Richards | Articles | CommentsIncident Command System (or ICS) is a standardized, on-scene incident management concept developed by NIMS, the National Incident Management System.
