Automate your emergency plans (demonstration) Barbara Reeder, Continuity of Operations Specialist
SDI Continuity
South Plainfield, NJ

Even the best Continuity of Operations (COOP) plans can prove ineffective for use during the actual response to a crisis. COOP plans can be “active” all the time via secure on-site or hosted servers, and ready 24/7 to provide fast pro-active execution & risk mitigation.

Web based GIS Mapping (demonstration)
Neill Jobe – ESRI Business Partner & Instructor
Geo-Jobe Consulting
Nashville, Tennessee

As the West Virginia Mapping Initiative progresses many GIS vendors are scurrying to meet the various needs of West Virginia counties. It would behoove county officials to consider the benefits of a powerful web-based mapping service to expand their current mapping out to multiple users via the Internet. See first hand some of the up-to-date GIS tools on the market. Emergency personnel require solutions for every application, including public safety and emergency needs, street layers, any ESRI compatible layers, tax maps, facility maps, public works mapping and more.

Public Notification (demonstration) Don Griffis
President, W.A.R.N., LLC
Wide Area Rapid Notification
Nashville, Tennessee

Deploying a public “ring down” system to automate internal and public notification procedures has already helped users realize significant cost savings, higher speeds and greater accuracy. An automated “ring down” system can improve response time, and get people moving more quickly.

Deployment Notification (demonstration)
William Copp, Managing Partner
Homeland Security Partners
Washington, D.C.

An automated deployment notification system can be used to notify, conference, and deploy emergency personnel within minutes. It will manage notifications, escalations, cascades, tiers, responses, transfers, and critical personnel contact.

Weather (demonstration) Paul Hastings, Weather Specialist
Impact Weather
Houston, TX

If current weather information is vital to your daily operations, you need a timely weather monitor. Web-based weather systems have the ability to track, assess, forecast and deliver critical weather information across numerous mission critical needs including police, fire, aviation, shipping, offshore oil and gas drilling, and governmental agencies.

Care Calls (demonstration) Bobby Boggess, Software Computer Group, Inc.
Charleston, WV

Be present for the “first” presentation of a service to keep first responders out of the direct elder care cycle. The elderly and handicapped are confirmed daily automatically. Emergency crews are only dispatched after a series of contact attempts to recipients and key holders.