{"id":421012,"date":"2021-04-06T19:59:24","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T02:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/?post_type=arcnews&p=421012"},"modified":"2021-04-06T11:06:56","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T18:06:56","slug":"esri-partners-deliver-solutions-improve-decisions-operations","status":"publish","type":"arcnews","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcnews\/esri-partners-deliver-solutions-improve-decisions-operations","title":{"rendered":"Esri Partners Deliver Solutions That Improve Decisions and Operations"},"author":5752,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","castos_file_data":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[11032,369792,381322],"tags":[424992,1451,157952,271,279132],"arcnews_issues":[472051],"class_list":["post-421012","arcnews","type-arcnews","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-esri-partners","category-location-intelligence","category-sustainability","tag-arcgis-dashboards","tag-citizen-engagement","tag-environment","tag-mapping","tag-water","arcnews_issues-spring-2021","arcnews_sections-collaborations"],"acf":{"short_description":"Water 4Life works to conserve water; Esri cloud solution engineering supports public safety; and maps improve efficiency in California.","pdf":{"host_remotely":false,"file":"","file_url":""},"flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"sidebar","layout":"standard","image_reference":null,"image_reference_figure":"","spotlight_image":null,"section_title":"","spotlight_name":"","position":"Center","content":"Esri partners have developed solutions and services that use GIS to help nonprofits improve the supply of clean water; national agencies more rapidly respond to disasters; and help governments streamline operations, saving time and money.","snippet":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Understanding the Need for Clean Water<\/h2>\r\nWater4Life Global (W4LG) is a nonprofit based in San Diego, California, that works in Guatemala distributing water filter technology products to villages in need. In Guatemala, it is estimated that 1 out of 20 children will die before they reach kindergarten, and this is mainly due to lack of safe drinking water.\r\n\r\nTo assist W4LG in its efforts, Bay Park Data Solutions, an Esri partner, developed a custom questionnaire using ArcGIS Survey123 that enabled W4LG to better understand the clean water access needs in each village and track relevant information about each family including a photo for follow-up and marketing purposes. The data collected in rural villages was then uploaded to ArcGIS Online so that US stakeholders could track the project in real time via an online dashboard. ArcGIS StoryMaps stories supported the team\u2019s marketing and fund-raising efforts."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":421022,"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Using Esri\u2019s platform and technologies Bay Park Data Solutions built GIS solutions for W4LG that provide visual information to make better, more informed decisions, improve transparency with donors and stakeholders, and empower W4LG to tell its story visually to increase fund-raising efforts. Water4Life Global has distributed nearly 2,000 water filters over the past two years and plans to distribute an additional 1,500 filters in 2021.\r\n\r\nBay Park Data Solutions<\/a> understands how important monitoring, evaluating, and tracking outcomes is for a nonprofit. These measurements help a nonprofit\u2019s donors and stakeholders understand its progress each year."},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Cloud-Hosted Location Intelligence Accelerates Recovery<\/h2>\r\nAccording to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2020 set a new annual record with 22 disaster events in the United States. Each event exceeded $1 billion in losses. Postdisaster, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) deploys field staff to affected areas to assess damages and justify the flow of federal funding to aid recovery for survivors. FEMA\u2019s mobile damage assessment and survivor interaction tools must be scalable, secure, and easy to use\u2014and in some cases, available 24\/7 for weeks at a time while data is collected."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":421032,"image_position":"right","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"FEMA partnered with Ardent Management Consulting<\/a> (ArdentMC) to architect and maintain a secure and accredited ArcGIS Enterprise deployment in AWS GovCloud (US). ArdentMC is an Esri partner, holding the Esri Release Ready and Esri Cloud Services specialties. The company is also an AWS Advanced Consulting Partner and has AWS Public Safety and Disaster Response Competency. This unique combination of Esri cloud solution engineering competencies supports public safety and disaster response.\r\n\r\nThe secure ArcGIS Enterprise environment created by ArdentMC supports FEMA\u2019s Disaster Survivor Assistance (DSA) and Preliminary Damage Assessment (PDA) missions through Esri mobile solutions. These field tools, when coupled with analytics solutions built using ArcGIS Dashboards, ensure the success of FEMA\u2019s mission. Using this environment, FEMA was able to provide the following support in 2020:\r\n