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Daniel Mendez, National Emergency Coordinator
"So the purpose of inviting the media here was for you to listen from the experts from the National Met Service, the National Hydrological Service, and NEMO to hear and to respond to any questions that you may have regarding any of these kinds of events."

"We shared with you all of the correct scientific information. We also shared an information package that you can utilize as we begin this season. And this is just to ensure that we are all sharing the correct information."

"And so really the purpose was that information sharing with us, with the media. So we do the best job possible in sharing information, if we do have to face a hurricane this year. "

Reporter
"What are some of the challenges that NEMO has faced in the past when trying to disseminate information out to the media and the public that prompted a session like this?"

Daniel Mendez, National Emergency Coordinator
"Of course, there's always the issue of this misinformation and people listening to different sources and getting different information from many different areas. So what we wanted to do was to remind the media that any questions for any of these should be sent to us."

"But what we are trying to do is to streamline our efforts to improve our ability to provide information faster, more rapidly and in different formats. Because we do know that we live in an age where not everyone listens to the news, not everyone watches TV."

"So we're trying to develop products that we can share on multiple formats, on social media, on TV and radio. And so it's really an effort for us to be able to have more improved products and more accessibility to the public."

Plans were announced to create space for the media to be embedded inside the NEMO headquarters during the time of a disaster.