June Technology Work Group Notes

Good morning,

The following topics were covered at the June UASI Technology Work Group meeting.

  • There were no vendor presentations or “meet our technology” demonstrations
  • The technology administrators provided updates.
    • Megan Arthur has prepared a survey related to i-INFO use will be sent out shortly, she is in the process of gathering email addresses of some of the users.
    • WebEOC whas been used in several exercises in the region, and so far it looks like a lack of staff training is the biggest blocker to using the system. CJ will be going around the region offering training.
  • Justin Jurek updated the group ton the regional needs assessment for Emergency Public Information coordination and the UASI website.
    • First meeting held
    • Developed working group
    • Compiling info from Jetty regarding what enhancements were done and which ones were not.
    • Alerting integration will be considered in evaluation of needs.
    • For more information or to participate in the process, email justin.jurek@fortbendcountytx.gov.
  • The Technology One-Pagers will be sent to relevant admins for final review soon, and then will be posted to the website.
  • The next meeting will be Thursday 29 July 2021 at 1:00pm via HSIN Connect. If you have a technology you would like to see a demo of at this meeting, please email Ian or Lach.

Thanks!

Lach and Ian