Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption: Damage onNew Jersey shore Precisely detailed geospatial satellite imagery is being used by FEMA to see into areas most damaged by Hurricane Sandy to help qualify storm survivors for two months of rental assistance. Homepage position: 10 read more View full post…
FEMA using satelite imaging to qualify Sandy assistance
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption: Damage onNew Jersey shore Precisely detailed geospatial satellite imagery is being used by FEMA to see into areas most damaged by Hurricane Sandy to help qualify storm survivors for two months of rental assistance. Homepage position: 10 read more View full post…
FEMA approves more than $200 million in Sandy assistance
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption: Sandy damage A little more than a week after Hurricane Sandy slammed into the east coast, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said it has approved more than $200 million in assistance money for than a quarter of a million people in the…
Government response to Hurricane Sandy detailed
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption: Atlantic City, NYOct. 31 As top Department of Homeland Security officials crisscross the states devastated by Hurricane Sandy on Nov. 1, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provided details on the massive federal recovery response to the storm. Homepage position: 10 read…
National Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (NH-ISAC) swings into action following Hurricane Sandy
Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption: Deborah Kobza In response to Hurricane Sandy, the National Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (NH-ISAC) has activated the National Healthcare and Public Health Cyber Response System, a 24/7 emergency response protocol supporting all-hazards (physical and cyber) healthcare critical infrastructure protection, mitigation, response and recovery….
Intelligence mapping agency aides FEMA in Sandy Recovery
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption: Katrina damage photo As with past catastrophic hurricanes, the little-known agency that supplies the U.S. intelligence community with mapping and other geospatial information is helping emergency management agencies assess the damage wrought by Hurricane Sandy across the middle Atlantic states and northeast….
DHS ‘moving heaven and earth’ in Sandy recovery effort
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption: FEMA team loadsSandy aide The Department of Homeland Security and other emergency response agencies and groups are “moving heaven and earth” in efforts to get the northeastern U.S. back on its feet after Hurricane Sandy moved through the area, said DHS Secretary…
DHS ‘moving heaven and earth’ in Hurricane Sandy recovery effort
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption: FEMA team loadsSandy aide The Department of Homeland Security and other emergency response agencies and groups are “moving heaven and earth” in efforts to get the northeastern U.S. back on its feet after Hurricane Sandy moved through the area, said DHS Secretary…
Tracking the data storm around Hurricane Sandy
Just over fourteen months ago, social, mapping and mobile data told the story of Hurricane Irene. As a larger, more unusual late October storm churns its way up the East Coast, the people in its path are once again acting … View full post on O’Reilly News and Commentary For…
Westchester County, like counties across the region, awaits the worst of Hurricane Sandy
Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption: Westchester County’sEOC in action It was just past noon on Monday, as Hurricane Sandy was heading toward the NYC metropolitan area, and Rob Astorino, the county executive for Westchester County, which lies along the Long Island Sound, just north of NYC, was…
