Information must be curated, managed and shared by Public Safety Agencies with the community. GIS is a powerful way to tell the public safety story in a community. During an incident, this information can be rapidly shared with media and the public to convey evolving situations. It can be used to communicate evacuation areas, shelter locations, and detailed recovery information.

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Crawl Maps presenting information that have been printed to summarize incident information. It important to time stamp static maps and provide a link for updates. Public Information Officers often use free and public domain web maps to print them with information that represents the incident.	Walk Printed mapping + soft copy (pdf) and web mapping versions of the same information. Many of these maps convey information with scale-dependant rendering (more info the closer you zoom in). Core information for the public includes evacuation notices, open shelters, and road status.	Run Public Information Maps that allow the PIO to constantly update the public with core information needs. This is done by integrating internal incident data with a filtered, live public view of the same information. The PIO integrates their maps with social media and/or embedded into agency website.
Example: Public Information Maps at ArcGIS Online	Example: Public Information Maps at ArcGIS Online	Example: Public Information Maps at ArcGIS Online

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More Resources

UPDATE Here are two presentations on how to get started with Public Information Maps.

GIS Specialists Start Here: Situational Awareness for the Living Room 
Public Information Officers Start Here: The Innovative PIO