Central Arizona Fire and Medical’s (CAFMA) social media accounts are used to provide relevant and timely updates for community members, including posts about fire safety, emergency incidents, news, events, job openings, and what it’s like to work for CAFMA and serve our communities. CAFMA’s social media pages are moderated online discussions and not public forums.
We encourage questions, comments, and concerns, but please note that in order to manage staff resources, and your tax dollars, we do not monitor social media 24/7. If you are experiencing an emergency, please call 9-1-1.
We expect those interacting with our accounts to maintain a reasonable degree of civility. Once posted, CAFMA reserves the right to delete inappropriate posts and comments, including, but not limited to, those that:
- Contain vulgar or obscene language or sexual content.
- Contain personal attacks of any kind, including language that threatens or defames any person, organization, ethnic or religious group.
- Promote, foster, or perpetuate discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, religion, gender, marital status, genetics, national origin, physical or intellectual disability, sexual orientation, or other protected class.
- Contain spam or links to other sites.
- Promote or advocate illegal activity.
- Support or oppose particular services, products, political organizations, or political candidates.
- Violate the legal ownership interest of another person, or infringe on copyrights, trademarks, or other intellectual property.
- Contain personally identifiable medical or financial information.
- Contain information that may compromise safety, security, or proceedings of public systems or any criminal or civil investigations.
- Digress from the topic being discussed that will violate any of the aforementioned points.
Comments may be disabled on public service announcements made through social media, including, but not limited to, matters of public health, public safety, emergency situations, and information that may be sensitive in nature. In these instances, community members will be provided with a relevant point of contact to submit comments or questions.
All posts and comments on CAFMA’s social media pages are considered public records and are bound by state and federal laws and Arizona records retention policies. Comments posted to CAFMA’s social media sites represent the opinions of the individuals providing the comments and not the views, positions, or policies of CAFMA or its employees.
Links that take you away from CAFMA social media pages are not under CAFMA’s control, and CAFMA is not responsible for the terms and conditions, privacy policy, or content of any such site(s) or any further links from such site(s). CAFMA is providing these links only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement of the linked site by the CAFMA.
If you have questions concerning CAFMA’s social media pages or social media user policy, contact [email protected].