- Identify and discuss at least 23 ways that communications technology can improve relationship building and partnerships.
- Next, provide and discuss examples of at least 2 ways reliance on technology or the technology itself might be a barrier to human interaction.
- Lastly, discuss how and why strong partnerships and interpersonal coordination rely upon dependable C4I capabilities and in turn, how capable C4I reinforces these relationships.
- Consider the role of an emergency manager for a small local community (e.g. city, village, or town). The county and state that your community exists within each have state-of-the-art command centers; your community uses your best fire station as a command center when necessary.
- Discuss the ways you can leverage the advanced technological capabilities of the county, state, or neighboring communities for managing your emergency management and operations.
- Also, discuss how your community can maintain sufficient communications with these centers during a crisis.
- Identify and discuss a type of technology that might aid command and control, but might not seem typical of traditional communications technology. Explain your selection.
- Post a new topic to the Discussion Board that contains your responses to the above questions.
- Comment on at least 2 other students’ posts.
