CHALLENGE
Planning for disasters is a complex and dynamic process. Ongoing considerations are required to effectively serve the most vulnerable communities. When disaster strikes, decision makers need a defensible methodology to identify needs, prioritize action, and make informed decisions with limited data and resources.
BACKGROUND
4Cast’s DI Platform powered by artificial intelligence (AI) provides insights to proactively plan and prepare, anticipate needs, and use data to inform pre-disaster coordination - ensuring that the needs of the most vulnerable are met. These methods can be adapted during times of disaster to inform crisis action planning efforts in order to reduce uncertainty, while supporting the community’s short, intermediate, and long-term resilience and equity goals.
SOLUTION
Our planning approach uses the most current and granular data available to support industry-standard processes in order to develop preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery plans. 4Cast provides decision intelligence insights that ensure planning assumptions are unbiased, equitable, and more efficient compared to traditional planning methods.
BENEFITS
4Cast maps needs and gaps and develops a comprehensive approach to provide decision intelligence insights that enable targeted service delivery during times of extended disruption. For instance, these insights help emergency managers prioritize medical care, transportation support, and opportunities to prioritize vulnerable and traditionally marginalized communities in times of need.
Our team uses decision intelligence, equity-oriented decision support and artificial intelligence insights and recommendations to make more informed and equitable decisions during the planning process.
Our advanced modeling techniques will help government, the private sector, and non-governmental organizations improve their internal operations, while understanding risk and vulnerability to make equitable decisions that will foster smart growth in disaster-affected communities.
