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Hurricane Preparation/Response

Hurricane Geospatial Resources

Hurricane Situational Awareness Resources for Fire and Emergency Service Leaders

To support readiness and response to hurricanes, the IAFC is curating the most relevant and authoritative situational awareness resources for use by leaders in the fire and emergency services. This page will be updated with new resources as incidents evolve.

Resources are organized as either National resources and those for specific states. Use the category buttons on the right, or scroll down, to select your area of interest, and check out the most relevant hurricane resources.

For additional information, please contact IAFC GIS Programs at GISPrograms@iafc.org.

Resources

National Florida Georgia Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Virginia

National Resources

Esri Disaster Response Program

Get maps, datasets, applications, and more to support hurricane preparedness and response efforts.

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FEMA Geospatial Resource Center

Check out FEMA's Geospatial Resource Center to gather federal hurricane data, maps, and information!

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FEMA's Hurricane Milton After the Storm Messaging Resource Toolkit

This toolkit provides multimedia resources quickly available for you to be able to share messaging to your community after Hurricane Milton.

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HIFLD Open Data

Access the HIFLD Open Data repository!

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NOAA Hurricane Forecasts and Advisories

Authoritative source for Hurricane Advisories!

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PhotoMappers

Crowdsourced disaster photo mapping powered by NAPSG Foundation, URISA's GISCorps, and CEDR Digital Corps!

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Search and Rescue Common Operating Platform (SARCOP)

Data collection during a large scale incident gives USAR teams real-time situational awareness.

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State Resources

Florida

FEMA's Hurricane Milton After the Storm Messaging Resource Toolkit

This toolkit provides multimedia resources quickly available for you to be able to share messaging to your community after Hurricane Milton.

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Florida Division of Emergency Management GeoPortal

Florida Division of Emergency Management's Open Data Portal.

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Georgia

Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency GeoPortal

The GEMA/HS ArcGIS Online GeoPortal provides live disaster maps, data, and information for the public.

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Louisiana

Louisiana Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness - Virtual Louisiana

Virtual Louisiana serves as a common operational picture for the state of Louisiana.

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Mississippi

Mississippi Emergency Management Agency

Mississippi Emergency Management Agency website contain maps of shelters, power outages, and weather.

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North Carolina

North Carolina - ReadyNC.gov

North Carolina Emergency Management maps and apps for disaster preparedness.

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South Carolina

South Carolina Emergency Management Division GeoPortal

South Carolina Emergency Management Division (SCEMD) webmap and apps for information on ESF25 and Tropical Systems impacting the state.

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Virginia

Virginia Department of Emergency Management - GeoPortal

Virginia Department of Emergency Management’s situational awareness resources.

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