URISA is pleased to announce that 25 GISCorps volunteers have recently been deployed to 9 new missions in 7 countries.
East Pennsboro Township to use Rapid Response System for Alert Notification
(Jan. 18, 2012/Harrisburg, Pa.) GeoDecisions, an information technology company specializing in geospatial solutions, has been selected by East Pennsboro Township, Pa., to implement its Rapid Response™ emergency notification system. Rapid Response is an alert notification system designed to deliver high-speed phone, email, or text messages to township residents. East Pennsboro Township is the second largest […]
A Child Is Missing – 1,000th Successful Recovery
A Child Is Missing and the Pembroke Pines Police Department Jointly Announce: A Child Is Missing’s 1,000th Safe Assisted Recovery
Honeywell Intelligent Life Care Releases On-Scene Triage Support Technology for Emergency Responders
Safe Triage Pro Delivers Secure, Real-time Patient Data To Receiving Hospitals To Improve Patient Safety, Clinical Governance
ElanTech Releases IMDSS Version 1.1
Featuring Industry’s Simplest Collaboration Platform for Incident Management and Emergency Response – Newest features provide enhancements for simple secure sharing of incident response information.
Esri Assists Thailand Flood Response
Supports Esri Thailand to Provide Software, Services, and Industry Expertise
GIS Technology Plays Critical Role to Aid Joplin Tornado Survivors
GIS Technology Helps Society in the Worst of Times
Geocove’s Tornado Damage Assessments in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Joplin, Mo. Gain National Attention
ORLANDO, Fla. (Oct. 6, 2011)— Geocove, Inc., the Orlando firm that provides proprietary technology to help states, counties and municipalities utilize GIS data to inventory and assess damages in the event of storms of other natural disasters, is earning nationwide attention for its efforts to help authorities in Tuscaloosa, Ala. and Joplin, Mo. assess massive […]
2011 – Year Of The Billion $$ Disasters – Costliest Year Ever According to NOAA
The United States has so far this year experienced nine separate disasters, each with an economic loss of $1 billion or more — tying the record set in 2008 – Hurricane Irene was the tipping point which now set a record breaking year for the number of $billion disasters! Economic damage costs to date in […]
Track Hurricanes in real time via the Weather Underground WunderMap – Embed on your blog or website
Here’s a handy tool from Weather Underground enabling anyone to quickly and easily embed their own hurricane tracking map on a blog or website