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Disaster Web Portal Gives First Responders a Means to Deliver Real-Time Information to Citizens During an Emergency Situation

Published: Thursday, November 20, 2008

The City of Ontario and the members of the University of California, Irivine ResCUE Project have partnered to launch the Disaster Web Portal, a unique internet website that allows first responders and municiple agencies to provide the public and media with real-time information about emergency incidents, including incident maps and location information, evacuation information, school closures, road closures and shelter locations. The system also features a Family Reunification System and a Donation Management System. Because of its successful use by the Ontario Fire Department, the ResCUE Project is making it available to any fire department or emergency agency in the United States who would like to implement it in their community free of charge.

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