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Case Study (Feb 2011): Fusionpoint Supports Major US-Canada Cross Border Exercise
EmerGeo in partnership with FutureShield and the University of Windsor joined forces with emergency responders to provide situational awareness and crisis management software in support of a major US-Canada cross border exercise called Exercise Central Gateway 1.
The purpose of this joint exercise was to test emergency preparedness and response during a mock terrorism event – one of the biggest Ontario exercises ever. With Windsor being so close to the US border and a vital traffic flow corridor for trade between the US and Canada, participants understood the value of securing their location for the economic well-being of Canada.
This event was a “first” for many things, and it seemed to be the most-used phrase among participants: “first time” things were tried, “first time” to see something function in the field, “first time” to see something work. And one of the biggest “firsts” that were shown in this exercise is the realization that private industry, academia, government officials and first responders can work together to enhance and improve our ability to keep our nation safe and secure.
With the incredible efforts among the exercise coordinators and participants, the government funding by organizations such as the DRDC Centre for Security Science and its CRTI and PSTP programs, with private industry like EmerGeo and FutureShield offering their technology support and products, this exercise showed that this first will not be the last.
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EmerGeo Wins Crisis Management Software Tender with Global Bank
Vancouver, B.C., – April 12, 2011 – EmerGeo Solutions Worldwide Inc. (TSX-V: EMG), a leading provider of emergency management software, is pleased to announce that it has secured a €198,450 (~C$270,000) contract with a large global banking institution to implement its EmerGeo Fusionpoint™ and integrated mapping software.
The bank was looking to purchase a Crisis Management and Mapping tool that gives its internal operating groups and global partners a greater level of situation awareness and disaster response capability before during and after a crisis. The EmerGeo software was selected through an international competitive tender to find the best in class provider who offered the highest quality, timely and cost efficient services that meets with the bank’s high standards and policies.
“We are extremely pleased to win this important contract and, more importantly, to begin working with a global leader in the banking industry”, said Michael Morrow, President of EmerGeo Solutions. “Like our government and utilities customers, banks have to maintain a very high state of readiness to ensure quick and effective response and business resumption when disaster strikes. Situational awareness is not just about monitoring global events and the status of facilities on a real-time basis. It is also about understanding, and being alerted to, real or potential impacts on people and assets and having easy tools to effectively manage response activities and resources across multiple departments and stakeholders”, explains Morrow.
EmerGeo has vast international crisis management and event experience, applying best practices and open technology solutions through work with a range of government and industry organizations around the world.
About EmerGeo
EmerGeo develops emergency management software solutions and provides consulting services and support to government and industry around the world. EmerGeo’s Fusionpoint™ and emergency mapping applications are used to log, track and communicate critical information required by emergency and security personnel. By leveraging open web standards, EmerGeo’s software brings together data from dispatch, crisis management, mapping, camera and other third-party systems, providing a common operating picture. EmerGeo’s technology and people have been at the forefront of some of the world’s largest disasters and are proven effective in helping government and industry to mitigate against, prepare for, respond to and recover from potential or actual incidents, natural disasters, acts of terrorism, or pre-planned events.
About the Client
The customer is one of the world’s leading international financial services providers operating in 72 countries worldwide.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
EMERGEO SOLUTIONS WORLDWIDE INC.
“Michael Morrow”
Michael Morrow, President
For more information contact the Company at:
Telephone: (001) 604-681-0989
Facsimile: (001) 604-681-0079
Email: info
emergeo
com infoemergeocom
Website: http://www.emergeo.com
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EmerGeo Presents Collaboration Tools at Middle East Oil & Gas Seminar
Date: March 16, 2011 9:00am – 4:00pm
The eternal quest for efficiency in running businesses has been a top priority for managers. This seminar will explore an important element of the efficiency ecosystem – quick and well informed decisions. It will explore how to make sense of the flood of data we are exposed to in our daily life.
EmerGeo Middle East’s VP Sales & Marketing, Mr. Bryce Mitchell, will showcase client case studies in using open standards coupled with innovative technology and processes in their ongoing efforts of enhancing disaster resiliency through integrated critical infrastructure alerting programs.
For additional information please call Cyviz Middle East
Phone: +9714 3754747 / Fax: +9714 4341910 / Email: ctcdubaicyvizcom ctcdubaicyvizcom
EmerGeo Implemented in Victoria Police, Australia
Vancouver, B.C., May 25, 2010 – EmerGeo Solutions Worldwide Inc. (TSX-V: EMG), a global leader in the development of emergency management software, is pleased to announce the successful deployment of EmerGeo Mapping software by our Australian Partner, Spatial Vision, for the Victoria Police.
In readiness for the 2009 bush fire season, Victoria Police implemented a crisis information management system: PEEC (Police Emergency and Event Command). The PEEC system was developed by combining two leading EM software products: WebEOC® internet-based emergency incident management software and EmerGeo’s internet and mobile emergency mapping technology.
According to Victoria’s Police Commander Dennis Henry, who oversaw the PEEC’s implementation, the system gives Victoria Police better situational awareness than they’ve ever had before. PEEC is a powerful tool that Commander Henry believes has the potential to become a core business system for Victoria Police. It allows officials within the State Operations Centre (SOC) to collect, organize, analyze, and report on incident data during planned and unplanned emergencies. “Most importantly, PEEC brings consistency and timeliness to the data that Victoria Police use to manage their response to events”, Henry explains.
Officers in the field at command posts around Victoria now have the ability to update event information giving the State Operations Centre much better visibility of what’s happening and where it’s happening as it occurs.
WebEOC is produced by ESi in the US and distributed in Australia and New Zealand by Critchlow Limited. EmerGeo is produced in Canada by EmerGeo Solutions Worldwide Inc. and supported in Australia by Spatial Vision.
Steve Critchlow from the New Zealand organization says, “WebEOC provides a common platform for managing information about an emergency situation. Tasks can be assigned and their status monitored and situation reports produced from real-time data. Decision-making becomes more effective when there’s visibility of the emergency situation as it unfolds.”
“Another advantage of this system is that it gives Victoria Police an effective way to operationalize data from other agencies”, explains Graeme Martin of Spatial Vision who oversaw implementation of PEEC’s GIS mapping functionality. By utilizing EmerGeo Mapping to combine WebEOC with agency data, the Victoria Police can achieve real-time situational awareness. EmerGeo provides a real-time picture of what is happening and analysis tools to understand who and what is or could be impacted.
Another important component of PEEC is that it enables Police to use information from previous incidents to plan and improve their response to future events. The incident simulator enables debriefing, enquiries and training exercises to be based on information that flows from actual events.
Victoria Police joins eight other city, state and federal Australian agencies that are already using WebEOC technology supplied by New Zealand-based Critchlow. EmerGeo mapping software supports Western Australia’s emergency management platform and is also used by the Gold Coast City Council’s disaster coordination center.
About Spatial Vision – www.spatialvision.com.au
Spatial Vision is a leading specialist in information and spatial technologies. Integrating geographic and organizational data, we provide business systems, advanced spatial analyses, reliable planning systems and practical mapping applications to address some of the today’s most pressing environmental, economic and resource issues.
About EmerGeo – www.emergeo.com
EmerGeo develops emergency management software solutions and provides consulting services and support to government and industry around the world. By leveraging open web standards, EmerGeo’s software brings together, logs and tracks data from dispatch, crisis management, mapping, camera and other third-party systems, providing a common operating picture. EmerGeo’s technology and people have been at the forefront of some of the world’s largest disasters and are proven effective in helping government and industry to mitigate against, prepare for, respond to and recover from potential or actual incidents, natural disasters, acts of terrorism, or pre-planned events.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
EMERGEO SOLUTIONS WORLDWIDE INC.
“Michael Morrow”
Michael Morrow, President & CEO
For more information contact the Company at:
Telephone: (001) 604-681-0989
Facsimile: (001) 604-681-0079
Email: infoemergeocom infoemergeocom
Website: http://www.emergeo.com
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Building Disaster Resiliency through an Integrated Critical Infrastructure Alerting Program – City of Vancouver’s Experiences during the 2010 Olympic Games
Vancouver, B.C., – May 14, 2010 – EmerGeo Solutions Worldwide Inc. (TSX-V: EMG), a global leader in the development of emergency management software, is pleased to announce an upcoming webinar “Building Disaster Resiliency through an Integrated Critical Infrastructure Alerting Program – City of Vancouver’s Experiences during the 2010 Olympic Games”, presented by Daniel Stevens, Manager of Emergency Planning, City of Vancouver.
One of the greatest challenges for every emergency manager is mitigating risk for those critical infrastructure and facilities we rely on every day. Many of these facilities are un-manned so when an incident or hazard nearby threatens these assets, often the critical infrastructure owner and emergency management personnel are notified after a disruption occurs – when an early warning could have given them time to mitigate any adverse consequences.
This webinar will focus on these challenges and how the City of Vancouver created an integrated real-time Common Operating Picture technology that automates the process of delivering timely notifications of threats. Mr. Stevens will share some of the challenges and lessons learned in this GeoConnections funded project.
Updated: May 25, 2010 – Recorded Webinar
Click here to watch the recorded webinar.
Click here to download the PowerPoint portion of the Presentation
About EmerGeo
EmerGeo develops emergency management software solutions and provides consulting services and support to government and industry around the world. EmerGeo’s Fusionpoint™ and emergency mapping applications are used to log, track and communicate critical information required by emergency and security personnel. By leveraging open web standards, EmerGeo’s software brings together data from dispatch, crisis management, mapping, camera and other third-party systems, providing a common operating picture. EmerGeo’s technology and people have been at the forefront of some of the world’s largest disasters and are proven effective in helping government and industry to mitigate against, prepare for, respond to and recover from potential or actual incidents, natural disasters, acts of terrorism, or pre-planned events.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
EMERGEO SOLUTIONS WORLDWIDE INC.
“Michael Morrow”
Michael Morrow, President & CEO
For more information contact the Company at:
Telephone: (001) 604-681-0989
Facsimile: (001) 604-681-0079
Email: infoemergeocom
Website: http://www.emergeo.com
The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or the accuracy of this release. We seek Safe Harbor.
“Protecting People, Property & the Environment”