Rapid Response in U.S. Virgin Islands

摘要

Following the impact of hurricanes Irma and Maria, DeSimone Consulting Engineers mobilized multiple senior-level personnel to begin the triage and assessment of more than 130 properties owned or operated by insureds of their clients. Utilizing commercial and private aircraft, ferries and charter watercraft, engineers rapidly accessed locations on the islands of St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix that were without power and had limited-to-no cellular communications. The firm's mobile response teams employed technology including multi-sensor sUAS (drones) to capture imagery, in addition to a robust, portable data server and satellite-based communications to log and transmit field conditions data back to mainland-based offices. ♦