Hi all,
First off I’m the new guy, so feel free to let loose on me for the dumb questions. My background is on the Federal side working very large, multi-team crisis events as one of a team of experts/guides in best practices for collaborating ops using group chat spaces.
Here’s the question I’m throwing out to get a feel for where things are today and possibilities for the future in this community…
Does the wildfire community working above the “radio” or tactical/incident level, (with laptops, or in command centers, or offices) stay in touch and situationally aware of what’s happening or collaborating on support using group chat?
Group chat: Mutliple orgs and people working in a channel focussed on a region, or a topic like aviation, or an organization like a home room.
My guess so far, having only been in my current gig helping the wildfire side with this sort of thing, is that it may happen in pockets, at a local level and using myriad different tools and there is no big chat space that everyone goes to.