Testimonials

Previstar's role/features:

• Management of FEMA recovery, reporting, and reimbursement process
• Management of rescue, recovery, and rebuilding resources
• Management of public 311 system and knowledgebase

“The system was quickly implemented and operational.  A by-product of managing the assets and resources has been an audit trail that allows us to automatically generate our FEMA reimbursement requests. … [T]he work and efforts in the recovery process ... has saved the City ‘literally tens of millions of dollars. … We are so impressed with the capabilities of the system that we are currently expanding its usage…”

Greg Meffert
Vice Mayor/Chief Information Officer
City of New Orleans

Previstar's role/features:

• Pre-defined plague template used to forecast the impact of a bioterrorism incident
• Operational procedures and checklists were generated, resource requirements outlined, and Tasks assigned

“(Previstar) provided MEDCOM with the management tools we needed to predict and manage biological events … Then, as our simulated event unfolded, we could adjust predictive models using our “real-world” data, dynamically changing our response as necessary. The other software management tools that we evaluated did not allow for this functionality.”

Lt. Colonel Donald Lett
U.S. Army MEDCOM

Previstar's Role/features:

• Utilized predictability modeling to assist local authorities in decision-making
• Assisted epidemiologists in tracking cases and identifying trends and case history
• Created user-defined forms to collect patient information
• Incident geo-coding for epidemiological analysis

“We were very satisfied with (Previstar) and its capabilities … It made my job easier and got us through the exercise much more aware of what our needs and responsibilities will be.”

Ellen Shelley
Epidemiologist
Union County, NJ

Previstar's Role:

• Solution for powering the county's Emergency Operations Center
• Advanced programs for the predictive modeling
• Comprehensive resource database allowing users to organize, quantify, and allocate all county assets in real time.
• Tools for tracking key resources: including an integrated GIS system and visual displays such as floor plans, blueprints, and mapping programs

"We selected (Previstar) after conducting a thorough analysis of all the leading emergency management packages ... determining factors were the advanced programs for the predictive modeling, and the resource database allowing us to organize, quantify, and allocate in a real time manner all of the County’s assets."

Bob Freeman
Office of the Fire Chief
Montgomery County, MD

Previstar's Role/features:

• Utilize risk assessment data to enhance emergency planning and strategic analysis capabilities. 
• Manage large amounts of data
• Convert static assessment data into a dynamic framework.   
• Geo-coding of locations of critical facilities, such as hospitals, onto GIS maps
• Training and preparedness support with dynamic data and drill-down functionality

"We saw (Previstar) as a system that could help us with our responsibilities for pre-incident planning, response, and recovery. It is companies like (Previstar) that help make us more efficient and bring our homeland security and emergency planning and preparedness activities to the next level."

Charles Tear
Director of Emergency Management
Palm Beach County, FL