ASSIST-U.S. helps out in major natural disasters

This new report from NOAA (see attached link) shows just how costly the 2011 weather-related disasters have been to citizens and businesses.  U.S. 2011 billion-dollar disasters

ASSIST-U.S. specializes in providing real-time, full motion video imagery to public safety organizations and private firms to help speed their emergency response and recovery operations, enabling significant cost savings, improved personnel safety and greater customer satisfaction.

View our website and YouTube channel for sample footage of disaster response missions.

ASSIST-U.S.® And Environmental Monitoring/Research

ASSIST-U.S. ^® is expanding into marine wildlife and aviation surveying. This arose from our flight crew capturing video footage last May of a pod of right whales that we then spontaneously shared with the New England Aquarium. Their research team analyzed the video, identified the whales and posted their analysis on their blog (view it here).

This is another example of how ASSIST-U.S. responds to emerging needs for aerial surveillance services.

 

And through our EnviroEye^SM product, we also supply high-definition still and video imagery for applications such as:

• environmental services firms (environmental monitoring, wildlife tracking)
• property insurance companies (disaster and hazardous events response and claims processing, before and after asset surveys)
• utilities (pipeline surveys); electronic news services (breaking news events, public events), and
• real estate firms (exterior property promotion with a 3-dimensional perspective).

Read more here about ASSIST-U.S.^® services: EnviroEye^SM and view an example of EnviroEye’s capabilities here.

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ASSIST-U.S. Director of Aviation Featured in WMUR's "Chronicle"

WMUR, the Manchester, New Hampshire, television station, has its own version of the popular “Chronicle” news and entertainment program, created by Boston’s WCVB (Channel 5). 

Now in its 7^th year, WMUR’s “Chronicle” recently featured three New Hampshire residents with “Jobs in High Places.” Among them: Rick Bartle, Director of Aviation for ASSIST-U.S.

Rick’s segment is around 2:42 minutes into the 5:42 minute program. You can view it here.

ASSIST-U.S. Founder Featured in Insurance Industry Podcast

Bruce Seibert, Founder and Product Manager, was interviewed recently by ClaimsJournal.com about how ASSIST-U.S. aerial full motion video services help insurance companies in disaster response and recovery situations.

Listen to the podcast here. Read Bruce's blog here.





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ASSIST-U.S.® Attends the New England Association of Fire Chiefs (NEAFC) Annual Meeting in Springfield MA

This past week-end, Bruce Seibert (Founder/Product Manager) and I were privileged to join between 5000-6000 firefighters – full-time personnel and volunteers of all ranks and positions – and hundreds of other vendors at the annual New EnglandAssociation of Fire Chiefs (NEAFC) annual meeting in Springfield, MA. 

In particular, we wanted to meet with as many chiefs and deputy chiefs as possible to show examples and benefits of our aerial streaming video imagery services to their operations. At our booth, our laptops displayed footage from our post-storm damage assessment of the very recent Springfield, MA tornado, along with footage of a structure fire in Concord, NH, where we arrived within a minute of the fire trucks.

We were encouraged by the interest and response of the chiefs and firefighters who stopped by our booth, as well as by representatives of the NortheasternForest Fire Protection Compact (NFFC), which coordinates resources for conservation departments and mutual fire aid associations of the Northeastern states and eastern Canada provinces. Other interested parties included several training vendors who saw the potential value of using our archival footage in their organizations’ curricula.

For more information about ASSIST-U.S.®, visit our website and our YouTube channel.

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ASSIST-U.S. Attended the Northeastern Forest Fire Protection Annual Meeting

At the invitation of technology partner Global Relief Technologies, I had the opportunity to represent ASSIST-U.S.^® on January 25th at the Northeast Forest Fire Protection Compact (NFFPC) annual meeting in South Portland, ME.

NFFPC members came from around the U.S. and Canada to share experiences and learn about the latest technologies and services available to support their efforts. I was able to present our new marketing video, “ASSIST-U.S. Emergency Response Capabilities,” a 5 min. 40 sec. overview of our current capabilities in this market (view it here).

During the “Vendor Night” session following the meeting, I spoke in more detail to several vendors — potential customers and technology partners – as well as potential end-users of our aerial EO/IR, real-time full motion video services. Vendors with whom we may be able to collaborate synergistically included Firewise Communities, Quincy MA; Northeast Forest and Fire Management LLC, Sandwich MA, and simtable, Santa Fe NM.

Interested end-users represented the various Departments of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection from the New England states and the Canadian Province of New Brunswick. This was time well-spent to raise our company's visiblity to an important segment of the New England emergency response community, and we are encouraged by the interest in our services.

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ASSIST-U.S. Hosts Congressman Charlie Bass

On May 19, 2011, ASSIST-U.S. was honored to host a visit by Congressman Charles Bass (R-NH), who represents New Hampshire's 2nd District and serves on the Energy and Commerce Committees. He was very interested in our services and glad to see our start-up in New Hampshire. During his visit, the Congressman met the management team, heard about the company's mission and challenges, and offered some suggestions for success during the current economic climate.

In the photo (L-R): Gerry Kobelski, Rick Bartle, Bruce Seibert, Carolyn Abbott, Congressman Bass, David Trahan, Bill Bedor, in front of the company's Cessna 182.

Learn more about ASSIST-U.S.® at www.assist-us.com

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