MONROE CO. – The Monroe County Emergency Management Agency has implemented the hashtag #MoCoEMA on all of their social media posts that involve information related to weather-related events and other emergency incidents that occur within the county.
This hashtag will be utilized on both the agency’s Facebook and Twitter pages.
The purpose and goal of implementing #MoCoEMA is to help enhance the agency’s ways of sharing information during weather events and other emergencies.
“The Emergency Management Agency utilizes social media to help distribute vital information in regard to upcoming potential severe weather, emergency road closures, preparedness information, and other types of information that may be helpful to the public”, explained Justin Baker, Deputy Director of Emergency Management.
The implementation of this hashtag will allow the public and media to find vital information about the event or incident by simply placing #MoCoEMA into the search bar on Facebook or Twitter. This hashtag will take you to a separate page that only shows posts that utilize the designated hashtag. Searching for information via this hashtag will eliminate posts that are unrelated to events that are being monitored by the Emergency Management Agency.
“One of the main priorities and goals of emergency management is to help distribute vital information to the public so that they can make good and effective decisions on how they will take action before, during, and after an event to protect themselves and their belongings,” stated
Baker.
The #MoCoEMA hashtag will help provide the public with much-needed information that they need in a timely manner.
For any questions, contact the Emergency Management Agency at justinbaker@co.monroe.in.us
or call 812-349-2546.
