West Midlands uses Twitter to keep residents safe on Guy Fawkes Night

West Midlands Fire Service, with over 5,300 Twitter followers, will use the micro-blogging site between 6 pm and 9 pm on November 5, Guy Fawkes Night, to give citizens bonfire and fireworks safety advice and to keep them abreast of the situation in busy areas using the handle @WestMidsFire. It will also show live video streaming of events on social network site Bambuser.

According to Group Commander Simon Shilton, who  will lead the social media drive: “We are always looking to improve the ways in which we engage with the communities we serve… Twitter is great because it is interactive, in real time and achieves widespread coverage.”