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Community Emergency Management Software: What to Look For

by Eron Iler | Apr 24, 2026 | Emergency Response

Think of your community’s emergency response like an orchestra. You have skilled players in public safety, NGOs, and volunteer teams, but without a conductor, you just get noise. During an emergency, scattered information and siloed communication can turn a...

A Guide to Shared Situational Awareness Platforms

by Eron Iler | Apr 22, 2026 | Emergency Response

Think about trying to build a complex piece of furniture with a group of people, but everyone has a different page of the instructions. One person is building the legs, another thinks it’s a shelf, and no one knows where the critical screws go. The result is...

Winter Storm Preparedness: Surviving Blizzards, Ice Storms, and Extreme Cold

by Eron Iler | Apr 21, 2026 | Disaster Response, Emergency Response

Winter storms are major public safety hazards that kill hundreds of Americans each year and cause billions of dollars in property damage. From blizzards that bury communities in several feet of snow, to ice storms that coat power lines and roads in inches of ice, to...

Wildfire Preparedness: Protecting Your Home and Family from Fire’s Fury

by Eron Iler | Apr 21, 2026 | Disaster Response, Emergency Response

Wildfires have emerged as one of the most devastating and rapidly growing hazards in the United States. Driven by drought, warming temperatures, decades of fire suppression, and expanding urban development into fire-prone wildland areas, wildfires now burn millions of...

Volcano Preparedness: What to Do When the Mountain Roars

by Eron Iler | Apr 21, 2026 | Disaster Response, Emergency Response

The United States is home to more active volcanoes than most people realize. The U.S. Geological Survey monitors more than 160 potentially active volcanoes in the United States and its territories, including in Hawaii, Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and California....

Tsunami Preparedness: How to Survive a Wall of Water

by Eron Iler | Apr 21, 2026 | Disaster Response, Emergency Response

Tsunamis are series of ocean waves generated by large, sudden disturbances that displace massive amounts of seawater — typically undersea earthquakes, but also submarine landslides, volcanic eruptions, and even large meteorite impacts. In the deep ocean, tsunami waves...