FEMA Didn't Do Nothing. Only Your Whole Community Can Fill That Gap
Without FEMA's training, planning templates, exercises, research, emergency staff augmentation, CERT support, and of course funding, you have an even greater burden to bear everyday - not just in a disaster. Unless you get on it now with innovative solutions to meet the new requirement for local - not federal - leadership in emergency management, you will be lost.
If you try to go it alone, what's that look like?
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Even More Fragmented Response: Government agencies, businesses, nonprofits, and emergency managers operate in silos, making coordination difficult.
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Slow Decision-Making: Local government small budgets and lengthy approvals delay action, leaving critical needs unmet.
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Missing Emergency Rainy Day Fund: Most state and local governments lack the emergency funding pool to draw upon that the feds have and they raise funds through time-consuming bond issues.
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Lack of Real-Time Visibility: The clunky, outdated software you might have today leaves local responders, state support agencies, businesses, and community organizations unable to easily practice coordination so in an event communication is faulty, leading to delays and misalignment.
To avoid disaster destruction, confusion, and chaotic inaction, you need to fill the FEMA gaps and be Local First with solid and simple innovative technology to bring all those community leaders and organizations onto your team.
Be Local First in Your Plans, Exercises, Response and Communication
Now that you aren't judged just on how closely you follow FEMA guidance, you need to demonstrate leadership. Best way to do that is to hand SpotOnResponse to your whole community.
First, there are existing templates that you can use or edit so you hit the ground running from day one. With SpotOnResponse operating templates, your community can:
✅ Plan for disasters before they happen – Develop response strategies where every leader has the plan in their pocket.
✅ Track people, vehicles, and resources in real-time – Get instant updates on your phone about responder locations, available resources, and critical infrastructure.
✅ Enable rapid, distributed decision-making – Every organization has access to real-time updates, reducing delays and miscommunication.
✅ Communicate instantly across organizations – Secure, real-time messaging keeps teams in sync with push notifications —so no one is left in the dark.
Second, SpotOnResponse adapts to you. Within 10 minutes you can build a custom form to gather the information you need. With our easy-to-follow videos it is so fast to create exactly what you need for your community. And if you have a problem, ask a 12-year-old to help.
Third, SpotOnResponse exercises are revolutionary. You don't just send out the software and expect miracles. No, you'll modify templates or build your own, then distribute to the dozens of organizations that are your community cavalry. Then, you send them an exercise announcement that pops right up on their phone. And everybody practices. Even just over coffee, for 5 minutes, everyone stays in touch. SpotOnResponse has a whole bundle of mini-exercises that make your team effective.
So what do you end up with. Dozens or hundreds of people in your community organizations with the SpotOnResponse mobile app or web application ready to serve. No waiting. No confusion. Just collective action of your whole community to assure there are no gaps when FEMA abandons you.
And what do you need? Just the common smartphone to have hundreds of people and organizations informed and collaborating.
A Revolutionary Way to Pay for It ... SpotOnResponse Business-Community Partnership
The Business-Community Partnership provides free SpotOnResponse mobile app software to the community. A business or group subscribes and gets licenses to give to anyone in the community, government or private sector. For pennies a day, you can bring the whole community on board for emergency planning and response.
This is a necessary revolution in funding. With federal funds disappearing, you can't count on the slow local government budget process when the next disaster is right around the corner. That’s why the Business-Community Partnership enables businesses or any other organization to sponsor access to SpotOnResponse—so communities can take control of their disaster response without waiting.
For just $1,000/year, any business, nonprofit, or group like the Chamber of Commerce or Main Street America can:
✔️ Give access for up to 100 government and community organization SpotOnResponse users.
✔️ Ensure emergency managers, first responders, and every other local organization has real-time, mobile-ready tools.
✔️ Act immediately—without waiting for grants or budget approvals.
No bureaucracy. No delays. Just emergency plans and response action —delivered directly to the phones of those who need it most.
How the SpotOnResponse Business-Community Partnership Works
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Need a sponsor?
We're here to help you secure a sponsor for the $1,000 annual subscription to SpotOnResponse. The button below downloads your Sponsor Outreach Kit. It includes an introduction email and an electronic brochure. With the Kit you can easily approach potential sponsors who share your vision to request that they subscribe.
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become a sponsor
Any business, community organization, or other group is eligible to subscribe to the SpotOnResponse mobile app and web application. Then you donate access to 100 individuals or organizations, more than enough to empower the whole community to better coordinate response and speed recovery.
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Sponsor a community
With FEMA and the Feds pulling back, sponsoring lets you take action, build for the future, calm community concern, and provide tangible evidence that the community has sound leadership. For only $1000 you can take your community from fearing the loss of FEMA to building Local First resiliency.