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06/30/2015

FEMA Launches Innovative National Volunteer Program to Enhance Disaster Response and Recovery Efforts Nationwide

Release date: 
JUNE 17, 2015
 
Release Number: HQ-15-038

WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) signed Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) with seven technology organizations to provide state, local, tribal and territorial governments with technology resources during a disaster to expedite response and recovery. Cisco Systems, Google, Humanity Road, Information Technology Disaster Resource Center, Intel, Joint Communications Task Force and Microsoft have joined FEMA’s new Tech Corps program – a nationwide network of skilled, trained technology volunteers who can address critical technology gaps during a disaster.

Full article: http://www.fema.gov/news-release/2015/06/17/fema-launches-innovative-national-volunteer-program-enhance-disaster

 

 

Posted at 08:55 PM in Dispatch centers and PSAP's, Emergency Notification, Federal, State, Local Government, Homeland Security, Infrastructure protection, Resiliency, DR, BCP, and COOP |

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