Information point definition
Information point means any physical place where current local information is provided for members of the public during and following an emergency. Information points can be planned or spontaneous.A planned information point may be a room or area within a CDC. They could also be based at community meeting places such as local visitor information points (the official ones are ‘i-SITES’), places of worship, marae, community halls or centres, and health or medical centres.Spontaneous information points are gathering places that emerge during or following an emergency. They include places of worship, supermarkets, and places where water or other resources are distributed.Also see Setting up information points on page 29.
Examples of Information point in a sentence
Information point: The SMS system allows a maximum message size of 160 characters (or 70 characters if you include any Unicode characters and send via a Unicode supported service).