two-short-dicussion-board-questions-on-ems-and-the-media

1 Do you feel social media is the place for EMS agencies to promote tax increases or bond issues that affect the tax revenue from the community?

2 RESPOND to this Students comment. (Jared)

The use of social media has definitely changed over the last 5-10 years. Keep in mind, Facebook was originally for specific college students, now we have entire businesses that are ran almost exclusively from the social media platform. I think the use to promote taxes or bonds is acceptable, but this would definitely need to be posted by the PIO with all the proper approvals. Social media use serves as a cost effective way to inform the public and disseminate information to the masses. I would also be prepared for negative comments and have a plan for addressing them. Perhaps hearing what a tax increase could do for an organization is more effective than a politician using it to campaign.