Crisis Management & MC 252 Updates


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de La Garza Public Relations has managed crisis communications in a variety of incidents both foreign and domestic during our more than 27 years of business.
  • We are among only a few public relations firms with experience operating in the Joint Information Center of the Federal government’s Unified Command System for handling catastrophic incidents.
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    a client’s response capabilities.
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    for business and industry – foreign and domestic.
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MC 252 News & Updates!
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Update

The Joint Information Center of the Unified Area Command for the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill issued a press release on October 15 that NOAA had reopened 6,879 square miles of Gulf water about 180 miles south of the Florida panhandle to commercial and recreational fishing. This was the ninth reopening in federal waters since July 22 and it was announced after consultation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and under a reopening protocol agreed to by NOAA, the FDA, and the Gulf states.

We at de La Garza view this development as very encouraging news because it is a positive sign that the waters, which were affected by the oil spill, can return to sustaining fishing and recreational activities. The area closed by NOAA during the oil spill response to fishing and recreation peaked at 37 percent (88,522 square miles) of Gulf waters on June 2. To date, NOAA has reopened more than 67,000 square miles of oil-impacted federal waters under its reopening protocol and sampling regime. NOAA reports that it will continue to evaluate the need for fisheries closures and will re-open closed areas as appropriate.

On September 6, Henry de La Garza completed a 125-day assignment as a public spokesman for the response in Mobile, Alabama to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Mr. de La Garza was among the first wave of community outreach responders to be deployed. He served as a public information officer in both Baldwin and Mobile Counties that straddle Mobile Bay, and was the only Joint Information Center PIO to serve in more than one area of the response.

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