scholarly journals A Rare Ice Storm in the Colorado Rockies

2020 ◽  
pp. 133-145
Author(s):  
Megan M. Stackhouse ◽  
Jeffrey D. Colton ◽  
Dennis D. Phillips ◽  
Kristopher J. Sanders ◽  
Michael A. Charnick ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Morning ◽  
Ice Storm ◽  
Volume Increase ◽  
Emergency Operations ◽  
Vehicle Accidents ◽  
Ice Accumulation ◽  
Emergency Operations Center ◽  
Western Colorado ◽  
Colorado Rockies ◽  
Operations Center

During the early morning hours of 9 January 2017, freezing rain developed across several valley locations in western Colorado. The resultant ice accumulation led to extremely treacherous travel conditions with hundreds of vehicle accidents reported in the vicinity of Grand Junction, Colorado and near Durango, Colorado. Additionally, widespread power outages were reported in Durango and near Steamboat Springs, Colorado. First responders were overwhelmed by the volume increase of emergency calls, and secondary services were requested from nearby municipalities to help with the increased workload. The emergency operations center in Mesa County, Colorado (Grand Junction) was activated as a result of the numerous accidents and injuries across the region. An ice storm of this magnitude has not been experienced in Grand Junction’s period of record, which dates back to 1893. A detailed investigation explores the physical processes responsible for this ice storm over the complex terrain of the Intermountain West.

More than technology: Experiences of Virtual Emergency Operations Centers (VEOCs) during the COVID-19 pandemic response in Canada

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (7) ◽  
pp. 109-126
Author(s):  
Sarah Delisle, MA ◽  
Carolyn Dumbeck, MEmergMgt ◽  
Alison Poste, BA ◽  
Amy Romanas, BDEM
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Management ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Emergency Operations ◽  
Emergency Operations Center ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Pandemic Response ◽  
Management Professionals ◽  
Technology Processes ◽  
Operations Center

The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated emergency management offices and organizations across Canada to activate their Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in a virtual capacity due to government restrictions limiting in-person activities and with the goal of reducing the spread of the virus. The aim of this exploratory research paper is to document the personal experiences of Canadian emergency management professionals working in a Virtual EOC (VEOC) environment during the COVID-19 response, including challenges and benefits they experienced, as well as lessons identified. Based on a sample of 81 emergency management professionals and using an inductive coding approach, the survey results illustrate both technological and nontechnological challenges and benefits. The findings highlight the need to incorporate three main elements into VEOC planning and operations: technology, processes, and people.

MOBILE CENTER FOR PREVENTION AND REDUCTION OF EMERGENCY SITUATION

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 163-175
Author(s):  
Serghei Peancovschii ◽  
Sergey Ohrimenko
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Structure ◽  
Emergency Situation ◽  
Emergency Operations ◽  
Republic Of Moldova ◽  
Emergency Situations ◽  
Emergency Operations Center ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Operations Center

The article covers the problem issues of the formation of Mobile Emergency Operations Center of the General Inspectorate of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Moldova. In the paper determined the key objectives assigned to the Situational Center, as well as the peculiarities of the developing organizational structure of the information interoperability of the Center’s employees, the providing subsystems’ composition, and the directions aimed enhancing efficiency.

scholarly journals Population Outbreaks of Mosquitoes After Hurricanes Matthew and Irma and the Control Efforts in St. Johns County, Northeastern Florida

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (2s) ◽  
pp. 28-34
Author(s):  
James R. Weaver ◽  
Rui-De Xue ◽  
Marcia K. Gaines
Keyword(s):  
Mosquito Control ◽  
Mosquito Population ◽  
Public Outreach ◽  
Radio Stations ◽  
Emergency Operations ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
Emergency Operations Center ◽  
Population Outbreaks ◽  
Local Media ◽  
Operations Center

ABSTRACT Major flooding occurred throughout St. John's County, FL, from Hurricane Matthew on October 8, 2016, and Hurricane Irma on September 11, 2017. The flooding caused mosquito population outbreaks in the middle of October in 2016 and September in 2017. Due to the mosquito population outbreaks, Anastasia Mosquito Control District (AMCD) received >3,500 service requests countywide in October 2016 and ≥1,400 service requests in September 2017. During the response to the mosquito population outbreaks caused by the hurricanes, AMCD collaborated with the Emergency Operations Center, Department of Health of St. Johns County, and local media, including television stations, newspapers, and radio stations for public outreach. The AMCD also employed contractors for aerial adulticiding and used every possible resource to successfully control the outbreaks of mosquitoes using both ground and aerial applications.

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