Ric Skinner, also known as healthGISguy, has an excellent article up at Directions Magazine, examining the role of GIS in supporting emergency management in hospitals and healthcare. In it, he includes a list of questions that healthcare facilities might have, which sound like great Depiction scenarios/ Here are a few examples that fit particularly well:

We're sending David Friedman, our Amateur Radio technical consultant to the ARRL Florida State Convention this weekend, 12/5-6/2009.

David will man a booth with two laptops running Depiction, be available to tell you about his experience using Depiction in EmComm operations and have information about discounts for your ARES/RACES teams. He'll have some other special things, too, so look for him there!

We just joined up at AllHands.net, a community for everyone involved in emergency planning & response. If that's you, you should join up, too, and connect with us.

Three stories this week popped out at me in the Disaster Resource Continuity e-GUIDE weekly email:

First, a company in Newark, CA (Risk Management System) has come up with a new earthquake simulation that is radically changing damage estimates for California and other prone areas (including the northwest). LA Bizjournal covered the story. This could affect insurance rates.

Captain Kim Buike has put together another great video using Depiction. This time, he's tackling a hypothetical security plan for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

As you might have seen on the site, Depiction's introductory discount ends in August--starting August 1, the price will be $199.00. The good news, of course, is that you can save 55% by purchasing Depiction right now. But why is the price going up? Mike explains in the news release we just put out this morning.