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Florida DEM: Blue Sky Grey Sky

When you are responsible for communication during an emergency, you need to plan for optimal ... and less than optimal.

Client

Florida Division of Emergency Management

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Florida Department of Emergency Management knows a little about being at the forefront of a crisis: it’s literally why they’re around. So they needed a site that could hold up to both the scrutiny of an information-seeking public and the technical weight those people might bring during an emergency.

Blend assisted with full strategic wireframes and design to provide a personalized, user-focused experience based on the department’s current state — emergency (grey-sky) and non-emergency (blue-sky). This meant implementing multiple points of differentiation, as well as integrating with multiple program and partner databases to provide users with real-time updates and alerts from a variety of trusted sources.

Finally, implementation of a hazard learning center provides users with the information they need to prepare and stay safe in less-than-optimal situations. Site-wide search is accentuated with quick links to common site destinations, giving easy access to content when users need it most.

Project results.

Integration of unique user interface states depending on the organization's current emergency level.
Better wayfinding for important content dependent on the current emergency level.
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