Emergency Management

ArcGIS Guide—Questions and Answers for Emergency Managers

How-To Series continues with answering the following question: I have access to an ArcGIS license; how do I know what product I need?

Do you need a real-time/interactive map with your own datasets?

ArcGIS products to ask about:

Does your real-time/interactive map need to be mobile-friendly?

ArcGIS products to ask about:

Do you need a situational awareness dashboard?

ArcGIS products to ask about:

Does your situational awareness dashboard need to be mobile-friendly?

ArcGIS products to ask about:

Do you need an executive briefing capability?

ArcGIS products to ask about:

Does your executive briefing capability need to be mobile-friendly?

ArcGIS products to ask about:

Do you need data visualization, analysis, and graphics?

ArcGIS products to ask about:

Do you need a field-based data-collection capability (e.g., damage assessments)?

ArcGIS products to ask about:

Do you need a cascading impacts analysis?

ArcGIS products to ask about:

Do you need to perform data analytics?

ArcGIS products to ask about:

Do you need a physical security/indoors tool?

ArcGIS products to ask about:

Do you need a mission tasker to manage a team between an operations center and the field?

ArcGIS products to ask about:

Your organization’s policies don’t allow for mobile or cloud-based technology.

ArcGIS products to ask about:

Current ArcGIS Enterprise and ArcGIS Online users have access to the following emergency management solutions:

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

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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