Emergency Management Effective Wildfire Responses: How the City of Amarillo, Texas, Digitally Manages Wildfires May 2, 2018 by Addison Shaw National Wildfire Awareness Month kicks of this week, with May 5th being national Wildfire Community Preparedness Day. It's a great reminder of how important it is to be ready for these incidents, especially with the hot and dry summer weather around the corner. Read more »
Emergency Management Higher Education The Yale Travel Registry & Veoci – Watching Over the University Community December 20, 2017 by Addison Shaw Upwards of 105 million people are expected to travel over the end of year holidays this year. Among them will be a majority of the 12,000 students and 4,500 faculty and staff of Yale University. Read more »
Emergency Management Utilities GridEx IV 2017: Emergency Preparation and Cyber Security in the Power Grid November 14, 2017 by Addison Shaw On November 15th and 16th, GridEx, a biennial event, will be taking place. Representatives from the North American utility industry, as well as various regional and federal agencies, will take part in simulated emergencies to test their response plans. Read more »
Emergency Management Responding to Civil Unrest using Veoci: UVA Health System’s Response to Charlottesville November 12, 2017 by Veoci Staff Team Contribution UVA Health System's medical center was a mile away from where the violence broke out during the Charlottesville protests in August of this year. We had a chance to speak with Emergency Management Coordinator Robert Truoccolo, CEM, about how the hospital utilized Veoci in their emergency response. Read more »
Emergency Management Healthcare Breakthrough: Altru Health System’s Emergency Management on Veoci June 5, 2017 by Julie Reynolds Altru Health System is a community of over 4,000 health professionals and support staff who have served the region for over 100 years. The Altru team serves more than 220,000 residents of a 17-county region in northeast North Dakota and northwest Minnesota. Read more »
Emergency Management Higher Education Yale University Implements Veoci for Tracking Students Abroad May 5, 2017 by Julie Reynolds With more students feeling drawn to explore different cultures and with more schools offering exciting possibilities for study abroad, university and college administrators now have an increased need for a modern and efficient way to ensure the safety of their student, faculty and staff travelers. Read more »
Aviation Emergency Management A Virtual Approach to Creating a Proactive Emergency Management Program for Airports February 8, 2017 by Vincent Jessel A recent issue of Airport Improvement Magazine featured an article by John Kinney, chair of the American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) Emergency Management Committee, that highlights the importance of airports to define their own Emergency Management Program (EMP). Read more »
Emergency Management Epidemic Management: Responding to Zika, or any Disease, in a Virtual EOC November 21, 2016 by Julie Reynolds With over 4,000 cases of Zika in the U.S alone, Zika is no longer a problem only for those who have visited South America recently. As the threat has become more and more pressing, hospitals and public health systems across the country are receiving grants and looking for the most efficient and effective way to manage Zika. Read more »
Emergency Management Interoperability: How Universities, Towns and Counties can Plan and Respond as One November 4, 2016 by Julie Reynolds As another winter storm season quickly approaches (we had our first snowfall here in New Haven last week), our customers are preparing their responses. Read more »
Emergency Management Veoci: A Buzzword at IAEM 2016 in Savannah October 28, 2016 by Julie Reynolds Last week, three Veoci team members spent three days in what they say is one of the last cities of the real Old South, Savannah, Georgia. The International Association of Emergency Managers Conference & EMEX brought over 1,000 emergency managers, public safety officers and many others to the charming city. Read more »
