Emergency Management

How-To Blog Series: ArcGIS Resources for Organizations that are Minimally Staffed and Funded

Do you need a quick and easy dashboard for situational awareness?

Are you looking for express mapping capabilities without loading your own data?

Esri’s ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World is the foremost collection of geographic information from around the globe. The majority of the content in ArcGIS Living Atlas is public and free to use. Using ArcGIS Living Atlas, you can explore maps, apps, and data layers from Esri and thousands of other organizations. You can also check out already created maps via Map Viewer, which may give you the information you’re looking for.

Do you need a quick and easy dashboard for situational awareness?

Configurable dashboards specific to your situation are achievable with ArcGIS Enterprise or ArcGIS Online. To configure the data, you will need your own ArcGIS license.

You can also search for prebuilt, nonconfigurable dashboards in ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World.  

Do you need ArcGIS support during an emergency? There are several options to consider:

Any questions? Connect with your Esri Account Manager or email emergencymanagement@esri.com to get a response from our Emergency Management team at Esri.

Need assistance during an active event? Please submit a request at Disaster Request Assistance.

About the author

Carrie Speranza, CEM, director of Emergency Management Solutions at Esri, is responsible for cross-cutting industry-wide strategic initiatives. Previously, Carrie worked at the District of Columbia Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency, where she served as deputy director. She is the current chair of the FEMA National Advisory Council, where she has served as an Administrator’s appointee since 2019. Carrie is the president of the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) and was selected as one of the Top 40 Under 40 in 2021 by IAEM-USA. Carrie is a graduate of the National Emergency Management Executive Academy.

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