Visual and Effective Communication for Emergency Information | NLM

Disaster Information Management Research Center | NLM

Visual and Effective Communication for Emergency Information

04/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: Federal Emergency Management Agency [Department of Homeland Security] (FEMA). Published: 4/2019. This 26-minute presentation describes the cognitive biases that impede our ability to make the right decision when confronted with an emergency. The speaker shares her effective evacuation maps that will help more people recall safe routes when they are confronted with an evacuation order, and discusses how to improve evacuation information. (Video or Multimedia)