When FEMA is Gone and Disaster Strikes, Your Community Cavalry Better Ride Together.
FEMA is disappearing — and with it, the federal funding, guidance, staff, and surge support communities once counted on. The cavalry isn’t coming.
It’s all on you.
You’ve Always Known Disasters Are Local. Now, That’s Your Only Strategy.
For years we’ve talked about “Whole Community” response — activating government, business, nonprofits, emergency managers, and residents together. But with FEMA as the fallback, that idea often stayed just that… an idea.
Now it must become action.
No more waiting. No more assuming help is on the way.
This Is a Call to Action — Lead Local
To lead your community through the next emergency to a successful recovery, you need to use smart technology to:
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Create a digital risk map so that you can act positively to prioritize mitigation
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Coordinate across your network of partnerships linking the community and the region
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Sustain partner relationships everyday among local private sector resources and NGOs
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Go beyond traditional planning to automate checklists for all community organizations
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Assure community preparedness with practical, local, targeted, app-delivered, mini-drills
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Field trained volunteers with recovery apps to document damage assessment
This is where SpotOnResponse comes in.
It is your budget-friendly, easy mobile app and web application that works with what you already have — phones, maps, people — and brings them together in real time.
It’s your Whole Community Cavalry, on-call, in your pocket — and ready to ride.
Get SpotOnResponse into the Hands of Your Cavalry - the Whole Community
A mobile-first strategy for disaster management means giving every business, every organization, every response agency, every leader, and every partner real-time updates and tools — right in the palm of their hand.
Emergency response doesn’t mean sending reports up the chain.
It means getting critical info directly to the people who can act — now.
SpotOnResponse makes that possible — and powerful.
With SpotOnResponse, Your Whole Community Rides Together:
✅ Local Governments
Track response efforts, allocate resources, and engage the private sector — all in real time, without needing to fall back to a “command center.”
✅ Emergency Managers
Assess risk, plan, monitor, and adapt quickly as conditions change — with mobile alerts, live maps, and real-time visibility.
✅ Businesses & Industry
Express needs, offer support, share logistics, and keep supply chains moving — from any smartphone or tablet.
✅ Nonprofits & Community Organizations
Mobilize volunteers, distribute aid, and communicate with decision-makers — no barriers, just action.
✅ And Most Important ... Plan and Practice Before Disaster Strikes
Every leader gets the plan in their pocket — ready to go, ready to lead. Every organization gets periodic practice announcements for mini-exercises over coffee.
When disaster hits, your community won’t be waiting for help.
You’ll already be helping. That’s what it means to ride together.
Revolutionary Way to Buy
SpotOnResponse
Business-Community Partnership
What if your community could be response-ready — without waiting for a grant, bond issue, or budget vote?
That’s what the Business–Community Partnership makes possible.
A local business or organization subscribes to SpotOnResponse — and then they can share with anyone: local government, nonprofits, or other partners in the community.
For pennies a day, you unlock a full mobile coordination platform for everyone who needs it.
Why This Is the Funding Revolution We Need
With federal disaster support disappearing, the burden now falls to local communities. But waiting on municipal budget cycles is slow — and disasters won’t wait.
The Business–Community Partnership lets any business or group step up and sponsor preparedness. And maybe get a little good press for doing so.
For just $1,000/year, a local sponsor can:
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Equip up to 100 users across government, nonprofits, and community organizations
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Put mobile-ready planning and response tools in the hands of emergency managers, responders, businesses, volunteers, and more
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Act fast — no grants, red tape, or approval delays required
No Bureaucracy. No Delays. Just Action.
Emergency coordination delivered straight to the phones of those who need it most —
thanks to the leadership of your local business community.
How the SpotOnResponse Business-Community Partnership Works
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Need a sponsor?
We're here to help you secure a sponsor for the $1,000 annual subscription to SpotOnResponse. The button below downloads your Sponsor Outreach Kit. It includes an introduction email and an electronic brochure. With the Kit you can easily approach potential sponsors who share your vision to request that they subscribe.
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become a sponsor
Any business, community organization, or other group is eligible to subscribe to the SpotOnResponse mobile app and web application. Then you donate access to 100 individuals or organizations, more than enough to empower the whole community to better coordinate response and speed recovery.
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Sponsor a community
With FEMA and the Feds pulling back, sponsoring lets you take action, build for the future, calm community concern, and provide tangible evidence that the community has sound leadership. For only $1000 you can take your community from fearing the loss of FEMA to building Local First resiliency.