Available on Demand | July 22-24, 2025 | 3 Hours | 3 CPE
From hurricanes to floods to wildfires, 2024 has demonstrated the importance of resilient public safety and emergency services.
Law enforcement agencies have been using the cloud to give front-line officers real-time access to information on everything from suspects to stolen property, and there are cloud applications for computer-aided dispatch, records management, and data analytics.
In emergency management, the cloud enables first responders during an emergency access to real-time data analytics, improving setting priorities for response, identifying resource needs, and highlighting real-world challenges – such as damaged roads or washed-out bridges – that need immediate solutions. Using the cloud also facilitates coordination between federal, state and local agencies following natural disasters.
During these sessions our three panels of government and industry leaders will share their experiences with developing the potential of cloud to improve and expand public safety and emergency response by better use of data analytics; strengthening disaster recovery and resilience; and incorporating real-time information from drones and robotics.
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Participants can earn 3 CPE credit in Business Management & Organization.*
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July 22: Using Data Analytics for Better Public Safety and Emergency Response Outcomes
Data analytics demonstrate their value for both public safety and emergency management every day. The National League of Cities, for example, promotes the usefulness of Data-Informed Community Engagement (DICE), pairing crime data and analytics with community-driven risk concerns. Data-driven policing has been in use since the 1970s, but the advent of the cloud and edge computing has put it at the fingertips of law enforcement.
Similarly, emergency response agencies are using data for everything from predictive analytics applied to wildfire risks to incorporating geographic information systems data to improve response times.
Our panel of government and industry thought leaders discuss how public safety and emergency response agencies are using data analytics to improve services and collaborate with other agencies.
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July 23: Using the Cloud to Strengthen Disaster Recovery and Resilience
When a disaster strikes, the infrastructure needed to support recovery usually is hit hard, as well. Tornados take down cell towers, buildings, tear up roads; floods damage water treatment plants, homes, bridges; wildfires destroy everything in their path. First responders – the people going into harm’s way to save people and property – need as much information as possible about the conditions they will face.
The U.S. Fire Administration, for instance, has created the National Emergency Response Information System “to provide reliable predictive analytics to support enhanced preparedness and response to various incidents, including wildfires, community risk reduction efforts, and future pandemics.”
Our government and business experts will share how they are using advanced analytics to speed the process of disaster recovery and bolster communities’ resilience in the face of tragedy and loss.
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July 24: Drones and Robotics Turn Cloud Capabilities into Eyes and Hands
Drones and robots can extend the capabilities of first responders. In December 2024, a search and rescue team in Colorado used drones to find a 10-year-old boy who was lost in the mountains south of Denver. The team also used a drone to deliver a plastic bag with protein bars, gel packs, water, a winter hat and a thermal blanket for him until authorities arrived at the site. In Alaska, firefighters used a robot to drop needed supplies to crews on the ground.
This kind of equipment offers first responders the tools to reach locations that otherwise are inaccessible.
Our panel of government and business experts will discuss the potential that drones and robots offer first responders to significantly enhance their capabilities and range, the training and systems needed to use them, and success stories from their own experiences.
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