Fort Bend County
Office of Emergency Management

Fort Bend County Office of Emergency Management uses Twitter to listen to you and see your tweets for up-to-the-minute information from citizen journalists during an incident. We also use it to engage you in conversation, answer your questions, and proactively push information when needed.

For more information on how Twitter works, view the informational video below:

For more information about Twitter's crisis applications, here are a few articles:

• Twitter and crisis communication–some thoughts from Neil Chapman
• Web 2.0 & The California Fire Crisis
• Twitter Communications in a Time of Crisis - The Great Peanut Recall
• Twitter proves invaluable in a crisis
• Firsthand Reports From California Wildfires Pour Through Twitter

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