SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — KELOLAND has seen multiple large wildfires already this year. Each major fire has an incident command team that helps release information to the public.
Larger fires recently have had their own Facebook pages that help get information out to the public.
“Rather than having the federal folks share a message, the state shares a message, and the local folks share a message. The idea is to have one central, reliable point of information for people. One Facebook page where people can go and they know that information is correct.” SD Wildland Fire PIO Steve Long said…