VEMS 2022 - Paving the Path for VDOT's COVID-19 Response/VDOT Emergency Management's growth in real-time data collection during response and recovery operations (General Session 6)

The Virginia Emergency Management Symposium 2022 was the first in-person symposium held by VEMA since March 2019. In this session, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) discusses their use of mapping and how they helped with the response to COVID-19.

Show Notes

The Virginia Emergency Management Symposium 2022 was the first in-person symposium held by VEMA since March 2019.  

Paving the Path for VDOT's COVID-19 Response:

Demonstration and discussion about how VDOT's Emergency Management Team uses ArcGIS in all phases of Emergency Management.

Speaker: Ryan Whytlaw

A review of the actions VDOT took immediately to address COVID-19 in the spring of 2020 and how those actions paved the way for the agency's continued response.

Speaker: Bryan Wade

This presentation was done on March 24, 2022

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