Disaster Prevention
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Closing the Homework Gap – GeoLinks Connects Borrego Springs Students to Distance Learning Program
In rural locations throughout the country, the Digital Divide…
Closing the Homework Gap – GeoLinks Connects Borrego Springs Students to Distance Learning Program
/in Blog, Culture News, Disaster Prevention, featured, News /by Ben GallagherIn rural locations throughout the country, the Digital Divide has long been easier to discern than in more densely populated locales. For Borrego Springs Unified School District (BSUSD) in San Diego County, Calif., the reality of this scenario has been highlighted throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. In one pocket of its jurisdiction, a concentrated group of […]
GeoLinks Infrastructure Team Comes Up Clutch When Disaster Strikes
/in Blog, Culture News, Disaster Prevention, featured /by Ben GallagherDon’t Overlook Inbound Failover in Your Business Continuity Planning
/in Blog, Disaster Prevention, featured /by Ben GallagherIt can happen any time. And these days, it happens too often. Maybe it’s a hurricane tearing down and overloading infrastructure. Or a wildfire. Or the third “thousand-year-flood in a row.” Maybe it’s just a construction crew with a backhoe. Whatever the cause, your business connectivity flatlines, cutting off your organization from the rest of […]
GeoLinks Joins Pledge to Keep Americans Connected
/in Blog, Disaster Prevention, News, Press Releases /by Ben GallagherCalifornia-based telecommunications provider GeoLinks, has joined the Federal Communications Commission’s pledge to “Keep Americans Connected” during the coronavirus outbreak. The formal joining of the pledge is a vow from the company to ensure that its customers remain connected to vital information infrastructure during these uncertain times. The Keep Americans Connected Pledge reads as follows: Given […]
How to Create an IT Disaster Plan to Prepare for California Wildfires
/in Blog, Disaster Prevention, featured /by Ben GallagherHow to Prepare Your IT for Wildfires in California Wildfires in California are a serious concern for any business. They present both a danger to the people working at your organization and to your operations as a whole. Many businesses create plans for the former concern, which is, of course, the most important. However, the […]
5 Disaster Prevention Tips for California Businesses
/in Blog, Disaster Prevention /by Ben Gallagher5 Disaster Prevention Tips to Help California Businesses Better Prepare for Natural Disasters Natural disasters can be both unpredictable and unavoidable. From loss of structure, habitat, property, and life, the associated damage can be unthinkable. For businesses, natural disasters can prove detrimental in many different ways. From preventing staff from making it into work, to […]
Crowd Sourcing Wildfire Detection | Graham Kent | TEDx
/in Disaster Prevention, News /by Ben GallagherDr. Graham Kent, Director of the Nevada Seismological Laboratory at the University of Nevada, gave a TEDx talk in March discussing fire cameras, crowd sourcing wildfire detection, and the significant state-wide accomplishments that have derived from GeoLinks and ALERTWildfire’s ongoing collaboration.
Wildfire Technology Innovation Summit
/in Blog, Disaster Prevention, News /by Ben GallagherLessons Learned in San Diego – Panel at California’s First Ever Wildfire Technology Innovation Summit Moderator: Jessica Block, Assistant Director of WIFIRE Lab, Qualcomm Institute, UC San Diego Panelists: 1. Skyler Ditchfield, CEO, GeoLinks 2. Tony Mecham, San Diego Unit Chief, CAL FIRE 3. Brian D’Agostino, Director of Fire Science & Climate Adaptation, SDG&E 4. Graham […]
GeoLinks Installs 88 High-Tech Cameras in Southern and Northern California to Provide Critical Insight in High Risk Fire Areas
/in Blog, Disaster Prevention, News, Press Releases /by Ben GallagherIn collaboration with ALERTWildfire, UC San Diego, University of Nevada Reno, CENIC, SCE and PG&E, in three months GeoLinks has installed 88 cameras to improve confirmation and response efforts in combatting California wildfires. March 14, 2019 12:14 PM Pacific Daylight Time – Official Release CAMARILLO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–GeoLinks, a California-based telecommunications provider and competitive local exchange […]
CENIC Honors GeoLinks for Outstanding California Wildfire Response
/in Awards and Recognition, Blog, Disaster Prevention, News /by Ben GallagherCENIC Honors AT&T, GeoLinks, and CENIC NOC for Outstanding California Wildfire Response FEBRUARY 28, 2019 · RENS & NRENS CENIC announces recipients of 2019 Christine Haska Distinguished Service Award Read the full release here:https://cenic.org/news/item/cenic-honors-att-geolinks-and-cenic-noc La Mirada, CA & Berkeley, CA — February 28, 2019 — In recognition of their immediate and effective response to ensure emergency connectivity to […]
Camarillo-based GeoLinks joins universities on wildfire project
/in Disaster Prevention, News /by Ben GallagherOriginal Article: https://www.vcstar.com/story/money/business/2018/12/06/camarillo-based-geolinks-joins-universities-wildfire-project/2212376002/ ALERTWildfire, a consortium of the University of Nevada Reno, UC San Diego and the University of Oregon has officially partnered with Camarillo-based telecom GeoLinks to deploy wildfire detection, prevention and situational awareness systems across California. Demand for the expansion was inspired by a new wildfire camera pan-tilt-zoom technology developed by Graham Kent, director […]
How Supercomputers Can Help Fix Our Wildfire Problem – WIRED.com
/in Disaster Prevention, News /by Ben GallagherWritten by: MATT SIMON on WIRED.com FIRE IS CHAOS. Fire doesn’t care what it destroys or who it kills—it spreads without mercy, leaving total destruction in its wake, as California’s Camp and Woolsey fires proved so dramatically this month. But fire is to a large degree predictable. It follows certain rules and prefers certain fuels and follows certain wind […]
ALERTWildfire Collaborates With GeoLinks to Deploy Fire Detection and Prevention Systems Across California
/in Disaster Prevention, featured, News, Press Releases /by Ben GallagherThe public-private collaboration is actively deploying Wildfire Detection, Prevention, and Situational Awareness Systems across a coalition of utility and county assets to enable fire detection and predictive modeling November 29, 2018 10:00 AM Eastern Standard Time CAMARILLO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ALERTWildfire, a consortium of three universities — The University of Nevada, Reno (UNR), University of California, San Diego […]
Disaster Recovery Plan – The Only Way to Ensure Business Continuity
/in Blog, Disaster Prevention, featured /by Ben GallagherHaving a disaster recovery plan in place is one of the most essential parts of running a successful business. Just like business liability insurance, disaster recovery planning for your network ensures ongoing business continuity. Whether your disaster recovery plan is for site mirroring, load balancing or just staying online, it is the responsible thing to […]
Fighting Fire with Data: Wildfire Detection, Prevention, & Situational Awareness Systems
/in Blog, Disaster Prevention, News /by Ben GallagherOriginal Source NOVEMBER 13, 2018 The unprecedented scale and scope of recent catastrophic wildfires show that larger swaths of California are at risk than previously understood. Smart investments in strategic technologies may serve to limit the loss of life and property damage. One promising — and proven — line of defense is connecting remote cameras […]