Kenny Meesters on the use of social media in disaster situations - Tilburg University
Channel: TilburgUniversity
Date: 2014-09-11

During disasters and incidents people use social media to organize, to get in contact or help each other.
People don't wait for emergency services!
Social media are used to share information and photos with emergency services, but also to organize alternative transport or a place to stay for the night.
Kenny Meesters, PhD student Information Management at Tilburg University learned a lot last May from an exercise with the Antwerp fire brigade and Campus Vesta.
More information is necessary to see where opportunities are for organizationa at a local level, for a security region or at a national level.