Week 1

I've been an intern at the Johnson County Emergency Management & Homeland Security office for a week now. My job is to utilize online social networking websites and other web 2.0 communication avenues. So far work has been great! I've been received like a true member of the team and already have great support for my first project: Facebook pages.

If you have a facebook account, type in "Johnson County Emergency," click on our page, and become a fan! There is also a profile named "JoCo EmergencyManagement," and our group called "5,000 Prepared Citizens." Feel free to add JoCo as a friend and join the group! We have links to several websites concerned with emergency preparedness, and although we are in Johnson County, Kansas, we would like people from all over the country to use our information and links to better prepare themselves.

The people I work with are so knowledgeable in their areas...I feel like I have a lot to learn! :)
Check out http://www.jocoprepared.org to see the "Johnson County-- A Community Prepared" website. On this site I've already read about many things I can do to better prepare myself for all types of emergencies. Give it a glance and see what you can learn.