Emergency Management FEMA Fire Declarations & the Pareto Principle March 19, 2014 by Sukh Grewal Vilfredo Pareto was an Italian economist and philosopher whose observation that 80% of the land in Italy was owned by 20% of the people eventually became the basis of the "Pareto Principle". T Read more »
Emergency Management Disaster Declarations by State March 12, 2014 by Sukh Grewal The tallies are in, and the winner is...Texas! Texas counted three hundred and thirty-four declarations in the sixty years from 1953 to 2013. That's an average of over five disasters per year. The Lone Star state topped both categories: Fire Declarations and Major Disasters. Every state has had at least one disaster declaration with Wyoming at the other end of the spectrum with only nine, roughly one every six years. Read more »
Emergency Management Utilities Preparing for the Unpredictable – Winter Storm February 2014 February 11, 2014 by Ken Moon Last week we published a post about Atlanta's response to the 2-inch snowstorm that hit the area on January 28, 2014. Here we are two weeks later, staring in the face of a much bigger storm that the National Weather Service is predicting will be of "historic proportions". Read more »
Emergency Management Lessons from Atlanta’s Snowstorm, January 2014 February 5, 2014 by Julie Reynolds Atlanta, GA recently endured a rare snowstorm (Jan. 28, 2014) that left thousands of commuters, school children, and others stranded throughout the city, trapped behind a surge of traffic, accidents, and deserted vehicles. Read more »
Emergency Management When Humans Strike: Man-made Disasters & Emergencies Since 1953 January 28, 2014 by Ken Moon Deciding whether a natural disaster is attributable to human activity is sometimes a controversial and contentious issue. But there are some incidents that FEMA has recorded through its declaration database that are clear-cut. Read more »
Emergency Management Major Tornadoes Since 1953 January 22, 2014 by Sukh Grewal In recent years, adventurous coverage of tornadoes on television has made us all aware of the devastation they cause. The summer heat over a large landmass spawns more tornadoes in the US than in any other country. FEMA has made available records of Major Disaster Declarations for Tornadoes. Read more »
Emergency Management Sixty-One Years of Disasters & Disaster Declarations – Some Basics January 14, 2014 by Sukh Grewal FEMA has a web site dedicated to the past sixty-one years of disaster declarations. The site has limited information about the 3,567 Major Disaster Declarations, Emergency Declarations, and Fire Management Assistance Declarations from 1953 to today. Read more »
Emergency Management Yale Lockdown (11/25/2013) November 26, 2013 by Ken Moon Veoci Veoci is headquartered in downtown New Haven, Connecticut - just two blocks away from Yale University's Old Campus, the "hot zone" in and around which responders concentrated their search efforts after the call came in that there was a gunman on campus. Read more »
Emergency Management New Haven’s Record Snow Fall February 18, 2013 by Ken Moon We were recently cited in the New Haven Register (as Grey Wall Software) with an astounding statistic regarding the amount of snow that accumulated in the City of New Haven, our partner and home town. Read more »
Emergency Management Prepping for Winter Storm Nemo February 7, 2013 by Ken Moon We're hunkering down and getting ready for Winter Storm Nemo. A number of EOCs are being spun up today, and we'll be focused on helping them and other partners in the Northeast, and in particular Connecticut, as they prepare for the storm Read more »
