Appears that the Los Angeles fire department is on the cutting edge of Web 2.0, with a wave of innovation that has moved the internet away from the static screen and helped turn it into a dynamic, world-wide community.
Projects include a Flickr group, a YouTube channel, a blog, Gabcast and Jaiku. Also under consideration is a Twitter disaster feed for LA residents, not a bad idea where cataclysmic earthquakes, fires, rains and mudslides are part of the SoCal life.
With the Twitter feed every time fire trucks roll or rescue helicopters fly in the city, details of the emergency go out on Twitter. It will be interesting to see how popular this becomes - currently the volume of followers is just under 1,000.
Posted on behalf of LAFD,
Colin, Thank you for sharing word of the Los Angeles Fire Department's web connectivity efforts. We've got more than six-dozen working projects underway at the 'LAFD Lab' and hope to share many of them with your loyal readers in the weeks to come. Please let us know when your travels bring you to Los Angeles. We've plenty of room at the firehouse kitchen table, and always a warm cup of coffee with your name on it. Again, thanks for your interest in the LAFD. Respectfully Yours in Safety and Service, Brian Humphrey Firefighter/Specialist Public Service Officer Los Angeles Fire Department LAFD Blog: lafd.org/blog
Posted by: ccoc | July 27, 2008 at 02:19 PM