6 Aug 2012

U.S. ARMY NORTHERN COMMAND’S DEFENSE SUPPORT TO CIVIL AUTHORITIES SYSTEM MANAGES CIVILIAN EMERGENCY SUPPORT REQUESTS

This summer, as wildfires burned relentlessly in Colorado, the Department of Defense (DoD) assisted the in the fight to save civilian lives and property. Using refitted military cargo aircraft, 3,000 gallons of fire retardant were dropped at a time in advance of these fires to slow their spread.

7 Sep 2011

AGC’S DOD DEFENSE SUPPORT TO CIVIL AUTHORITIES SYSTEM AIDS FEMA’S HURRICANE IRENE SUPPORT AND RECOVERY EFFORTS

The U.S. Army Geospatial Center’s (AGC) Department of Defense, Defense Support to Civil Authorities Automated Support System (DDASS) was used to coordinate over 29 Mission Assignments (MAs) and $18 million in Joint, Army, Air Force and Navy assets deployed to stage Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) equipment and personnel at Incident Support Bases along the East Coast during and after Hurricane Irene.