There are many emergency management agencies who currently use an array of different apps designed for normal office operations for their emergency operations. However, a dedicated solution is an important investment that will improve an emergency response and simplify your day-to-day operations.

The podcast featured members of the DLAN community as well as some BCG staff.

Adds New Features for Implementing FEMA’s NQS and Additional Notification Options

DLAN 14 introudces an all new GIS platform with improved speed & performance, advanced drawing tools, and more control over how you view, work with, and report on geospatial data. 

BCG’s DisasterLAN (DLAN) software now integrates with Gridmetrics’ Power Event Notification System (PENS)

Using DisasterLAN (DLAN) for daily operations not only helps keep staff prepared for emergency operations, but also ensures you get the most out of your software investment.

This paper reviews some of the many ways DLAN can be used to optimize daily operations.

As part of our commitment to data security, BCG is now an ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certified provider. 

As we close out 2021, we would like to take some time to look back on all we have accomplished with the help of our DLAN community.

DLAN 12.4  speeds up ticket creation and management, extends AGO sharing abilities, expediates ICS form creation, and enhances multi-jurisdictional security.

BCG was recently selected to provide our DisasterLAN (DLAN) emergency management software to the 88 cities within the Los Angeles Operational Area.

Our latest Case Study focuses on Broome County (NY) Office of Emergency Service's successful implementation of our new set of tools for Point of Distribution and Dispensing (POD) management.

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted some of the shortcomings in current emergency
management tools and processes. BCG offers insights into how to improve preparedness and response.

Broome County (NY) Office of Emergency Services recently expanded their DLAN system to allow municipalities to access the system to work on their own local incidents. This means the Broome County DLAN system now allows municipalities to work on incidents independently and share information with each other, while also being able to escalate to the county level as needed. 

We are happy to welcome the Province of Ontario Emergency Management to the DLAN Community!

Toronto Hydro-Electric System Limited  (THESL) recently implemented Buffalo Computer Graphics’ DLAN software to help improve overall situational awareness during incidents.

BCG has been awarded a subcontract with a value of $1.25 million from Pinnacle Solutions, Inc. (Huntsville, AL) an Employee Owned Company, to support the U.S. Navy’s Bridge Part Task Trainer Program. 

Rochester Minnesota’s commitment to preparedness paid off as they were able to easily visualize all likely scenarios and prepare accordingly. With proper planning and the right system, Rochester Minnesota was able to efficiently respond to a rapidly changing situation and keep their community safe.

Penn State University Emergency Operations Center (EOC) recently expanded its use of DLAN to include all home football games and other large on campus events. DLAN keeps all stakeholders informed and includes all the tools necessary to move from event monitoring to emergency activation.

Interoperability is the key to large scale multi-jurisdictional responses. This paper will review some of the challenges BCG customers have faced with both external and internal interoperability challenges and how DLAN was able to meet these challenges. Specifically the paper will go over system to system, mapping, mass communication, and authentication or security challenges.

"Having the support of BCG and their partner FutureShield through the provision of the DLAN System for the Invictus Games was instrumental in the successful operations of the Invictus Games Main Operations Centre. The DLAN system was easy to use and allowed us to track activities and issues across the Games theatre and to communicate with our workforce out at venues, all key in operating a successful Games." - Dena Coward, Chief Operating Officer.