450 counties in seven states shared over 13,000 reports of “essential elements of information” and 2,000 data layers with 2,500 people participating in the massive CAPSTONE-14 disaster exercise, led by the Central U.S. Earthquake Consortium (CUSEC) and emergency management directors of eight member states. A webinar on July 24 @ 1pm ET will feature presentations by key exercise players from Kentucky, Illinois, Tennessee, Missouri and CUSEC. Webinar attendees will learn how to apply several successes and lessons learned to build capabilities for information sharing, situational awareness, and resource management.
The webinar is titled Applying Technologies to Enable Effective Decision-Making: Lessons Learned from CUSEC’s CAPSTONE-14 Earthquake Exercise and is part of the First Responders Group Capacity Building Webinar hosted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate and the National Information Sharing Consortium. Continuing Education Unit (CEU) credits earned by participating in the event can be applied to the Certified Emergency Manager (CEM) and Geographic Information Specialist Professional (GISP) certifications. Pre-registration is not required. Login as a guest at https://share.dhs.gov/capacitybuildingseries or go to FirstResponder.gov to learn more.
