GIS Consulting for Emergency Managers
GeoLever supports Emergency Managers who need senior ArcGIS capacity on EOC dashboards, evacuation planning, hazard mitigation, and exercise support without growing internal headcount. Diana Muresan delivers ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Dashboards, and Field Maps work tuned to emergency management workflows. Elom handles the communication layer that gets spatial findings in front of elected officials and the public. Published pricing runs $2,500 to $25,000 per month.
Emergency Managers carry one of the hardest jobs in local and state government. Hazard mitigation plans need GIS work that holds up to FEMA review. EOC dashboards need to survive activations. Evacuation StoryMaps need to communicate route, capacity, and shelter information to residents who are already stressed. After-action reviews need spatial data that tells the truth about what happened.
We work with Emergency Managers as a senior extension of the team. We take on the geodatabase, dashboard, and StoryMap work that needs Esri-platform-deep capacity. The Emergency Manager keeps the relationships with response partners, the elected officials, and the public.
Common Challenges for Emergency Managers
The same handful of pressures shape almost every Emergency Manager we work with.
EOC Dashboards That Survive Activations
EOC dashboards built between activations break during activations. Refresh fails, layers go stale, and command staff lose visibility at the moment they need it most. Most agencies cannot resource the deliberate engineering that hardens those dashboards.
Hazard Mitigation Plan GIS Compliance
FEMA Hazard Mitigation Plans require specific spatial deliverables on risk, exposure, mitigation actions, and capability assessment. Producing those deliverables to a defensible standard burns weeks of internal capacity.
Evacuation Communication
Evacuation StoryMaps need to communicate routes, capacity, shelter locations, and special-needs population information clearly enough for stressed residents to act. Static maps and PDFs fail under pressure.
Multi-Agency Data Coordination
Emergency management coordinates across fire, law enforcement, public works, public health, schools, and federal partners. Spatial data integration across that many agencies breaks at almost every seam.
Exercise and After-Action Spatial Support
Functional exercises and full-scale exercises generate vast spatial data. Capturing that data for after-action reports and continuous improvement requires Field Maps and Survey123 configuration most agencies do not have time to build.
GeoLever for Emergency Managers
Senior, scoped, published-price support that extends your capacity without competing with your team.
Hardened EOC Dashboards
Build ArcGIS Dashboards that survive activations: deliberate refresh design, layered fallback patterns, role-based views for command and general staff, and documented operating procedures for activation use.
FEMA Hazard Mitigation Plan GIS Support
Produce hazard risk, exposure, mitigation action, and capability assessment spatial deliverables that hold up to FEMA review and survive multi-year plan update cycles.
Evacuation StoryMaps
Build StoryMaps that communicate evacuation routes, capacity, shelter locations, and special-needs population information in formats designed for stressed residents and accessible across devices.
Inter-Agency Geodatabase Architecture
Design geodatabases and sharing patterns that integrate fire, law enforcement, public works, public health, schools, and federal partner data with attribute domains and refresh workflows that survive coordination friction.
Exercise and After-Action Field Capture
Configure ArcGIS Field Maps and Survey123 for functional exercise and full-scale exercise spatial data capture that feeds directly into after-action reports and continuous improvement workflows.
What Success Looks Like
The kinds of changes our engagements produce for the people who run them.
EOC Visibility When It Matters
Command staff get current, accurate spatial visibility during activations. Dashboards refresh on schedule, layered fallbacks hold under load, and the general staff sees the same picture command sees.
FEMA-Defensible Mitigation Plans
Hazard Mitigation Plan GIS deliverables survive FEMA review and stand up to subsequent plan updates, audits, and capital project funding conversations.
Evacuation Communication That Lands
Residents see evacuation StoryMaps that tell them clearly what to do, where to go, and what shelter is available. Elected officials see a defensible spatial picture of how the evacuation was planned and executed.
Published Pricing
Procurement-friendly, transparent rates
Three tiers from $2,500 to $25,000/mo. Scoped projects under GeoStory and GeoConsult. Ongoing partnerships under GeoPartner. No quote-on-request games.
GIS Consulting for Emergency Managers: FAQ
Will you compete with our internal GIS or planning staff?
No. We work as a senior extension of the team. The internal team keeps the partner relationships, the credit, and the institutional knowledge. We take scoped pieces of work and hand them back clean.
How much does emergency management GIS consulting cost?
Pricing is published. GeoStory StoryMap projects run $2,500 to $7,500. GeoConsult project work runs $5,000 to $15,000. GeoPartner monthly retainers run $10,000 to $25,000.
Can you support FEMA Hazard Mitigation Plan GIS deliverables?
Yes. We produce hazard risk, exposure, mitigation action, and capability assessment spatial deliverables aligned to FEMA review standards. We do not stand in as the certified planner of record.
Do you build EOC dashboards from scratch or improve existing ones?
Both. We can build new ArcGIS Dashboards designed for activation use or audit and harden existing dashboards with refresh design, fallback patterns, role-based views, and documented operating procedures.
Can you support functional exercise and full-scale exercise spatial work?
Yes. Field Maps and Survey123 configuration for exercise spatial data capture, real-time exercise dashboards, and after-action spatial reports are all in scope.
How quickly can you start?
Most engagements begin within two to four weeks of a signed agreement. Discovery calls can usually be scheduled within five business days of first contact.
Book a discovery call to talk through your current activation, mitigation, or exercise priorities. We will identify what is in scope, what is not, and where senior support moves the needle.
Free 30-minute call. We will discuss your backlog and whether GeoLever is the right fit.