When Twitter Alerts in Emergency Preparedness

To enrich its Twitter Alerts service . This is a feature to help users get important information during emergencies , natural disasters or when other communication services are not accessible .

Twitter Alerts appear on the phone working with customers in the form of notification messages and / or SMS when your account authorities Tweet his mark as a warning .

Warning will appear differently than regular Tweets on the main page of your timeline and they are marked with orange bell icon .

Twitter Alert Service available to local institutions , nationally and internationally that provide important information to the general public . Which has priority access to this feature are :

- . Law enforcement and rescue agencies public .
- . Emergency management agencies .
- . Local government and its agencies and representatives.
- . State and regional agencies , which provide public services .
- . National institutions and civil society organizations selected .

Currently , more than 100 NGOs and government agencies that participate in the United States , Japan and Korea can send alerts . Twitter has promised to expand the service to include more organizations around the world .

While participating organizations can determine what information deserves to be a Twitter Alerts , this feature is intended as a means of communication during crises , disasters and emergencies , such as :

- . Warning of impending danger .
- . Prevention instruction .
- . Briefing evacuation .
- . Urgent security warning .
- . Information regarding access to important resources .
- . And critical information about the transit service outages .
- . And crowd management incorrect information .

" Social media has changed the communication during the disaster , " said FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate ( @ CraigatFEMA ) .

"Right now we have a two-way street - the citizens informed about the hazards in a timely manner and emergency managers receive direct feedback about the consequences of a disaster , " he continued .

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