PULSE Magazine | November/December 2019 Issue

Women's First Responder Career Event

A few female first responders with Austin-Travis County EMS, Austin Police Department and Austin Fire Depart- ment took part in the Women's First Responder Career Event at the Bertha Sadler Means Young Women's Leadership Academy . The goal of the event was to give the young ladies a glimpse of what career fields are available to them when they become an adult. Many of the young ladies are from troubled backgrounds and participants wanted to show them that there is more to life beyond the classroom and the neighborhoods that they live in.

Facebook Crisis Response and Community Safety Event

The ATCEMS PIO team was invited to attend the "Facebook Crisis Response and Community Safety Event" to speak to attendees about our involvement on the front end beta test of the "Local Alerts" fea- ture. Some of our products have been showcased by Facebook as examples of utilizing the feature at presentations around the nation. Local first responders & government organizations had a chance to learn about how first responders, community members and government partners can prepare, respond and recover from a disaster with Facebook’s crisis response tools.

Commander Benavides & Captain Noak with Jannelle Watson, Facebook U.S. Politics & Government Outreach representative.

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