As I've written recently, we still have not achieved a fully functional disaster information system that is interoperable up and down the chain of organizations with some level of standardization. The ...

Disaster Management Systems, a leader in Triage and Disaster solutions helping responders organize, identify, and manage incidents involving multiple patients, disaster and mass casualty incidents in ...

I have had the opportunity to contribute chapters to textbooks written on a variety of topics. While I’m not an academic, I have had practical experience in various subjects that are of importance to ...

A web-enabled emergency management system that was designed for Department of Defense installations is deployed and operational at Redstone. The Physical Security Integration Framework-Interconnection ...

Before initiating an EIS, managers assess concern about public health issues and the necessity of monitoring disaster-related morbidity and mortality to determine actions important for a public health ...

All State of California employees are considered “disaster service workers” and may be called on to provide assistance if a disaster occurs. Since the SEMS/ICS system will be used by first responders ...

Tommy Peterson is a freelance journalist who specializes in business and technology and is a frequent contributor to the CDW family of technology magazines. “We needed a system to manage information ...

This story is republished from Grist. Read the original article. As thousands waited on federal government assistance after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, New Orleans residents came up with their own ...

The Philippines is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world. Located along the Pacific ring of fire, the Philippines is highly susceptible to seismic and volcanic risks. The country is ...

In order to enhance early detection of public health emergencies and to facilitate information gathering, storage and dissemination, a framework called the Public Health Information Network (PHIN) was ...