General Group Info

## Hampton Roads Fire Rescue Incidents Facebook Group Staff

All staff can be reached via Direct Message
 Blake Roberson

## **Group Rules**

1. Working Incidents Only - Before posting an incident be sure that units have arrived on scene and given a size up or a "Working incident" has been declared. Admin reserves the right to delete any non-working incident. This one is self explanatory, and we do understand that some incidents might be a little iffy. Use your best judgement, or ask one of the staff. We do try to run this Facebook group professionally, and would like to keep this group as a creditable source of information. This is why we don't allow heresy, speculation, or rumored incidents. Also why we don't allow questions like "What's going on in \_\_\_\_\_" or "I just saw \_\_\_\_ in my neighborhood". If you're pondering those questions, we want you to be able to check the group to see if there is indeed an incident. When you do post an active incident, we ask you to include the following: incident type, city and address of the situation, and time of incident. Listing dispatcher/caller notes, assigned tactical channel and units dispatch is optional. We do have local media folks in the group and they do use us for tip offs and reporting information. Posts lacking info will be removed and isn't open for discussion. If you made a mistake, then yes, fix it and it will be kept up. Also, if you missed important info, DO NOT make up what you missed/forgot, a question mark will suffice as a place holder. Late entries are allowed and please label them as such. We ask to keep incident reporting to the Hampton Roads region, but large incidents outside of Tidewater can be posted. Below you will find examples on posting incidents to the group.
2. First Come, First Served - This one is self explanatory as well,`if you post an incident that has already been posted please delete it or it will be deleted. We will delete any incident posts that have already be posted, and whoever gets out first is the post that will be kept.
3. Be Mindful With Your Comments - We all like to have fun, but need to keep in mind this is a large, highly visible group. Please stay at least somewhat on topic. Also, consider how you’d feel if someone was making light of an incident that affected you, your family, or a friend. We have a big cross section of the region in this group, including departments themselves and high ranking individuals. If it could be mistaken for being insensitive, err on the side of professionalism and don't post it. This also includes any foul language, or anything deemed offensive toward others. You post will be deleted, and probably along with yourself. Remember, be professional and put yourself in the shoes who just lost everything in a fire, or a loved one.
4. Member Supplied Media Subject to Being Moved - If you post a picture in a comment thread of an incident, we will move it to a photo album if one is created. If we don't, it'll stay in the comment thread. This is just more of an information statement than a rule, and any member can create an album on the group. We want to limit the number of pictures in comments to 3-4 max, anything above that should be in an album.

## **Member Supplied Media**

Here's some general guidelines for submitting any form of multimedia taken from an incident, and some tips if you would like to try your hand at it yourself. First, some submission/post guidelines:

* Keep it professional! Rule #3 applies to your photos and videos as well. Even though you can legally film anything outside, we still ask