The official page of the Horizon Fire Department. The page is not monitored 24/7 . For emergencies dial 911. Policy: Social Media 200.030 - Adopted 05-26-22
COMMUNITY GUIDELINES:
The opinions expressed by visitors to the page(s) do not reflect the opinions of EPCESD1/HFD. Any content posted or submitted for posting is subject to public disclosure and are for informational purposes only
and must not be constructed as a legal notice. The EPCESD1/HFD disclaims liability for ads, videos, promoted content or comments accessible from any external web page. The responsibility for external content or comments rests with the organizations or individuals providing them. Any inclusion of external content or comments on social media sites does not imply endorsements by EPCESD1/HFD. EPCESD1/HFD reserves the tight to restrict or remove any content that is deemed in violation of this policy or any applicable law. This may include:
a. Comments not typically related to the particular site or blog article being commented upon;
b. Illegal, profane, obscene, discriminatory, harassing, or vulgar language or content;
c. Submissions that are defamatory, threatening, invade privacy, or which may be considered to be offensive to anyone;
d. Content that promotes, fosters or perpetuates discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender, gender identity, maternity leave, genetic information, age or active military status;
e. Sexual content or links to sexual content;
f. Spam or links to other sites;
g. Contents advocating for a particular political party, candidate, or point of view;
h. Conduct or encouragement of illegal activity;
i. Information that may tend to compromise the safety or security of the public systems; or
j. Content that may infringe upon the intellectual property or violates the legal ownership interest of any party. Content that is fraudulent, deceptive, misleading, or unlawful posts/comments
l. Trolling or deliberate disruption of discussion
m. Solicitation of goods or services
n. Postings of any personal information including, but not limited to, email address, phone number
HIERARCHY OF DISCIPLINE:
This is the process in which, if a visitor or follower of the EPCESD1/HFD social media feed has violated the guidelines outlined above, the appropriate measure will be taken to ensure enforcement of the rules and minimal impact to the page and other residents engaging with EPCESD1/HFD.
• First Offense: For an initial offense or casual offense (non-deliberate), a warning and reminder of the guidelines will be given. Warnings will be public and directly replied to the offending post, and a link to the Community Guidelines will be provided via a direct or private message.
• Second Offense: For a second offense or an initial offense that violates another members’ rights of freedom and safety, a public warning, public link to the guidelines, and deletion of the offending post shall be implemented.
• Third Offense: At such time as the previous warnings do not produce corrected behavior in the offender, hiding or posts or closing of comments will be implemented along with a 24-hour ban from the EPCESD1/HFD page or group. For cases of threats, hate speech, doxing, or other issues that could constitute more severe, the offender can be banned from posting for a period of time up to 30 days.
• Ban/Removal of Account: In the event, the offending party still insists on violating the publicly posted guidelines, a ban or removal of their account from the page or group is warranted. They will be unable to see, post, or be tagged in anything posted to EPCESD1/HFD page prior or since.
• Flooding: If in the event of banning or removal of a follower, it is subsequently found they have additional accounts following the EPCESD1/HFD page for the intended purpose of continued violation of the guidelines and disruptions of the community, all such accounts will be removed without application of the above steps, as the steps apply to the offender who originally was counseled and disciplined.
