Without FEMA’s training, planning tools, exercises, research, staffing, CERT support — and of course, funding — the burden of disaster readiness now falls squarely on your community.
The federal safety net is gone. To protect your business in a disaster, now is the time to step up to support local community emergency management.
If You Let the Community Go It Alone in a Disaster, Your Business Risks:
🧩 Fragmented Response Increases Your Damage
Agencies, businesses, and nonprofits operate in silos. Recovery coordination becomes chaos.
⏳ Slow Decision-Making Delays Your Reopening
Small budgets and long approval chains delay action when speed is everything.
💸 No Emergency Fund to Prevents Your Rebuilding
Most governments lack a federal-style rainy-day fund. Bond issues take time they don’t have.
📉 Outdated Tools Keep You in the Dark
Government has not innovated with technology like business has. So don't expect them to respond like you. You will know less than you expect when you need the right information. .
There’s a Better Way: Sponsor the Business-Community Partnership
To avoid disaster confusion and breakdown, your local government must replace FEMA capabilities with innovation. Solid, simple, cost-effective technology lets your entire community become part of the Community Resilience Team.
SpotOnResponse makes it possible for governments, businesses, and community leaders to act as one team, before, during, and after disaster.
And you can make that happen when you sponsor the SpotOnResponse Business-Community Partnership.
Bridging Government and Private Sector to Form a Community
BUSINESS RESILIENCE
> What you need to stay in business
> Supply chain status and asset locations
> Employee availability to report to work
> Open/Closed status of the whole community
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
> Real-time field observations-who's doing what
> Mini-exercise simulations based on risk
> Locate and message available volunteers
> Visualize on ArcGIS in command centers
These Videos Show How You Do It
Know What's Happening Everywhere
A short introduction to SpotOnResponse apps and the many ways they can help streamline your emergency management situational awareness.
Trusted
Eyes & Ears
in the Field
Learn how people report on planned and everyday events and emergencies easily and quickly with SpotOnResponse
mobile apps.
People & Asset Locations and Status
Know where your people and vehicles are in real-time, know their availability status, and get a complete picture of resources all in one place in your operations center.
Real-time Organization and Business Status
Whole community response is drastically improved when you know the status of critical partners - what's open, closed, available, or in need of help.
Interoperability
with ArcGIS, Other Applications
This video shows how SpotOnResponse leads the way in interoperability with ArcGIS and other crisis applications through XchangeCore.