WESTLAKE FIRE DEPARTMENT FACEBOOK TERMS AND CONDITIONS
This is the official page of the Westlake Fire Department. The purpose of the Westlake Fire Department page is to permit authorized employees of the Department to provide the public with information concerning the Westlake Fire Departments mission, goals, programs, activities, events, news, stories, photographs, and videos and to disseminate other information and material intended to increase public awareness of and enhance respect for the Westlake Fire Department and its members and employees. Please note that this is a purposefully controlled online site established for this limited purpose, NOT A PUBLIC FORUM. All postings/comments are, in addition to being governed by the terms and conditions established by Facebook, subject to the following terms and conditions established by the Westlake Fire Dept:
• BEFORE SUBMITTING/POSTING A COMMENT ON THIS PAGE, YOU MUST REVIEW AND AGREE TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF FACEBOOK AND THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS ESTABLISHED BY THE LOUISIANA STATE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE. o A submission/posting on this page shall constitute acknowledgement and acceptance of these terms and conditions
• DO NOT USE THIS PAGE TO REPORT A CRIME OR SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY OR TO SEEK ANY EMERGENCY PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES
o In case of an EMERGENCY or if you need police assistance, use your phone to dial 911
o To report a crime or suspicious activity, use your phone to dial 911 or call the local police. If you need immediate assistance from the Westlake Fire Department, please dial 911 or 337-436-7417 for non-emergency's
• ALL COMMENTS submitted/posted to this page are actively monitored and reviewed by the Westlake Fire Department. The Westlake Fire Department reserves the right to restrict, remove, or delete any posting/comment that is contrary to and/or inconsistent with the purpose of the page or in violation of the applicable terms and conditions. The Westlake Fire Department page is not appropriate for and is not intended to accommodate comments unrelated to the purpose of the page or particular postings authorized by the Department. Consistent with the purpose of this page, prohibited content includes but is not limited to the following:
o Comments not topically related to a particular posting authorized by the Westlake Fire Department;
o Comments in support of or in opposition to candidates seeking election to office, political parties or organizations, political campaigns, and/ or ballot measures;
o Comments that include or constitute abusive, profane, threatening, insulting, false, defamatory, slanderous, libelous, hateful, harassing or stalking, racist, s*xist, misogynistic, bigoted, homophobic, vulgar, obscene, violent, pornographic, or s*xual, inappropriate, or offensive, and/or criminal or unlawful language or content;
o Comments that constitute, include, promote, foster, or perpetuate disparagement or discrimination of persons on the basis of race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry or ethnicity, s*x, gender identity, s*xual orientation, handicap, or disability, and/or age;
o Comments that constitute or include solicitation of commerce or promotion and/or advertisement of/for a business or commercial transaction, including but not limited to “spam” and other commercial content submitted/posted by individuals, groups, entities, or automatic software programs;
o Comments that constitute, conduct, solicit, promote, encourage, or incite criminal or illegal activity or comments that otherwise incite imminent lawless action;
o Comments that constitute or include a threat to public safety or security and/or that may compromise or tend to compromise public safety or security;
o Comments that constitute or include an inappropriate and/or unauthorized disclosure of personal data or private/personal information about any individual; and
o Comments that constitute or include copyrighted or trademarked material and/or content that violates the legal ownership interest of another party, submitted or posted without proper authorization/consent.
• ONLY COMMENTS consistent with these terms and conditions, as determined by the Westlake Fire Department and those terms and conditions established by Facebook are welcome.
• The Westlake Fire Department DOES NOT ALLOW THE POSTING OF PHOTOGRAPHS, VIDEOS, AUDIO RECORDINGS (and/or similar media) OR LINKS TO OTHER PAGES OR WEBSITES by anyone other than an authorized employee of the Westlake Fire Department. The posting of such content/material/information/media is, except when posted by an authorized employee of the Department, STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If posted/submitted, such content/material/information/media shall be restricted, removed, and/or deleted.
• IF YOU HAVE A PHOTOGRAPH,VIDEO, OR AUDIO RECORDING (and/or similar media) you want to share with the Westlake Fire Department or think the Westlake Fire Department would like to share on this page, please submit the content in a private Facebook message or contact our Headquarters at 337-436-7417 to get better direction on the appropriate department that should be handling the content.
• ONLY INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS AND ENTITIES accepting and complying with, the applicable terms and conditions established by Facebook and the Westlake Fire Department are welcome. While this page is open for public inspection, only authorized users of Facebook are permitted to submit/post a comment. The Westlake Fire Department reserves the right to restrict, remove and/or block any person, group, or entity submitting and/or repeatedly submitting comment(s)/posting(s) contrary to or inconsistent with the purpose of the page, not topically related to particular postings authorized by the Department, and/or that are in violation of the applicable terms and conditions. ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
o This page and its content are actively monitored and managed by the Louisiana State Fire Marshal's Office. o “Friending,” “liking,” and/or similar exchanges/actions between Westlake Fire Department employees and a Facebook user does not indicate endorsement of that user’s actions or comments. o Comments posted on this page by visitors on the Westlake Fire Department page DO NOT reflect the opinion(s) of the Department. The Westlake Fire Department neither endorses nor opposes, by its actions or inactions related to restriction, removal or deletion of submissions/postings, the comments/content submitted/posted by others. Commenters alone are responsible for their comments, usernames, and/or any information or content they place or attempt to place on this page. o All postings on this page are voluntary and made at your own risk. By using or accessing Facebook and this page, you are, in addition to accepting the terms and conditions for use established by Facebook and the Westlake Fire Department, also accepting the practices described in the Facebook Data Use Policy. For more information on Facebook’s Data Use Policy, go to http://www.facebook.com/terms.php #/policy.php.
