North Idaho Public Information Network

A Joint Information System for Idaho’s

5 Northern Counties

A Joint Information System:

Manages Public

Information

during an

emergency

Goal: Accurate, Timely, Consistent information for the public

IncidentCommander

Public Information

Liaison

Safety/Security

Finance Logistics Operations Planning

NIPIN =

Incident Command System

Media Management

• Fields questions

• Grants interviews

• Arranges press conferences

• Finds answers

Information Dissemination

A Coordinated Message

Effective public information takes:

•Planning

•Training

•Teamwork

•Level heads

PIOs in Action

• Government

• Health care

• Utilities

• Education

• Fire districts

• Law enforcement

• Business

Joint Information Centers

• North Idaho College• Kootenai Fire District• CDA Public Library• Idaho Transportation

Dept.• CDA School District• Panhandle Health

District• Kootenai Health• CDA police

Called to Action

2008 Shoshone County floods

2009 H1N1 Outbreak

Activating NIPIN

Responder Emergency Manager

NIPIN PIO

Activating a JIC

PIOs

Go Kit

+ =

Joint Information Center

No PIO? No Problem

NIPIN has 50+ ready to get the:

•Right information to the

•Right people at the

•Right time so they can make the

•Right decisions during an emergency.

Toll-Free Hotline

MOU with Panhandle Health District for use in:

• Benewah County

• Bonner County

• Kootenai County

• Boundary County

• Shoshone CountyHotline

Activating the Hotline

Responder Emergency Manager

Hotline PIOHotline

866-528-3501

“You’ve reached North Idaho’s Emergency Information Hotline. The hotline will open for questions at 6 p.m. “A tanker truck crash has released hazardous chemicals into the air 10 miles south of Coeur d’Alene. People within five miles of U.S. Hwy. 95 from Cougar Bay to Worley should stay indoors with windows and doors closed and openings to outdoors blocked …”

Toll-Free in All Counties

Benewah County

Shoshone County

Boundary County

Bonner County

Kootenai County

Boundary County Emergency Operations Plan

Boundary County All Hazards Mitigation Plan

Does your county plan include the

Joint Information

System Policy?

Help NIPIN Grow

With your support, here is how North Idaho’s JIS—the

North Idaho Public Information System

—could operate.

Contact Information

Cynthia Taggart, Panhandle Health District, 415-5108

Tina Wilson, Boundary Community Hospital, 267-3141

Donna Spier, City of Plummer, 686-1641

James Cleveland, Prichard/Murray Volunteer Fire Dept., 682-3952

Bob Howard, Bonner County Emergency Mgmt., 265-8867

• Kootenai County

• Boundary County

• Benewah County

• Shoshone County

• Bonner County