As if the COVID-19 mayhem wasn’t enough, the Nashville area is dealing with a series of tornadoes that ripped through the area, with a death toll of 26 so far.
The StEER network, who have been long-time users deploying in past disasters, have been active on the ground assessing structural damage.
Today we hosted a webinar in conjunction with our friends at NetHope and Team Rubicon to give an overview of Fulcrum and what we’re collectively doing in disaster relief exercises.
Both organizations deployed to support recent disaster events for Cyclone Idai and Hurricane Dorian (the Bahamas) and used Fulcrum as a critical piece of their workflow.
Always enjoyable to get to show more about what we’re doing...
Through Fulcrum Community, we’ve been working with the team from NetHope to support their needs in responding to disasters around the world. In their work, they help first-responders in humanitarian crises around the world with connectivity and communications when it’s knocked out — cellular coverage, phone communications, and internet access.
This week they’re hosting an event in the hills of central California, mocking up a disaster scenario to experiment in how relief organizations can embrace technology and collaborate with one another.
The DRT event is conducted over a five-day period with trainers from CiscoTacOps,...