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AWS selects 13 startups to innovate public safety solutions through the GovTech Accelerator

AWS Public Sector Blog

the Accelerator supports government technology (GovTech) startups as they develop innovative solutions enabling justice and public safety agencies to better serve their communities. The AWS GovTech Accelerator was created to support the development of technologies that can address these challenges.

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Community trust is a firefighter’s greatest asset

American City & Country

But disaster response is a coordinated effort, which means it requires buy-in from everyone who might be affected. We attend public events and meetings as a way of both educating folks on the ins and outs of disaster response and making ourselves available to answer pressing questions.

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Bringing cloud and AI capabilities to the tactical edge: Google Distributed Cloud air-gapped appliance is generally available

Google Public Sector

The Google Distributed Cloud air-gapped appliance enables a wide array of use cases for organizations with stringent security requirements, including: Disaster response : In the aftermath of a disaster, timely and accurate information is crucial for coordinating relief efforts and saving lives.

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Creating real-time flood alerts with the cloud

AWS Public Sector Blog

Patrizia Della Valle, project coordinator, Grupo TX; Fernando Brant, project manager; Germán Ruiz, solutions architect, AWS; Mercedes Di Mase, chief marketing officer (CMO), Grupo TX; José Luis Álvaro, director, Grupo TX; Armando Ortiz, support manager, Grupo TX; and Abdiel d Sedas, IoT specialist. We are empowering the community.

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Querying the Daylight OpenStreetMap Distribution with Amazon Athena

AWS Public Sector Blog

This is guest post written by Jennings Anderson, research scientist at Meta, with Mike Jeffe, a technical business development manager on the Open Data Team at Amazon Web Services (AWS). However, not every contribution is compatible with the specific use cases of some companies, which is why the maps team at Meta developed Daylight Map.

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A brief critique of UK emergency arrangements in the light of the Covid-19 crisis

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

In the case of coronavirus, the medical profession has taken control of the agenda, yet most of the failings--and there are many--refer to civil protection issues: communications, logistics, coordination. Most striking is the abyss between plans and the ability to implement them with emergency response measures.

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Building resilience: Using technology to prepare for, respond to, and recover from the unexpected

AWS Public Sector Blog

AWS supports technical training for investigators and students to increase awareness of how the cloud can accelerate their research related to prediction, preparedness, and response, in addition to supporting first responders with workshops on geo-mapping. Looking ahead: Holistic disaster response for the public sector.