Dewberry completed two task orders under the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s
(FEMA) Logistics Construction Support Contract (LCSC) to support the FEMA Logistics
Management Directorate (LMD) in collecting and analyzing data on the private-sector
supply chain. The task orders were completed in preparation for Hurricanes Erik
and Flossie in August and for Hurricane Dorian, which made landfall in
September.
Dewberry, with the Center for Naval Analyses
(CNA), American Logistical Aid Network (ALAN), and Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT) Center for Transportation and Logistics, deployed a team of supply chain
analysts, engineers, geospatial information system (GIS) technicians, and
emergency management professionals to Washington, D.C., to support the FEMA LMD
in collecting and analyzing data on the private-sector supply chain for Hawaii
in preparation of Hurricanes Erik and Flossie that threatened the Hawaiian
Islands on August 2, 2019.
On August 27, 2019, the firm, along with CNA,
ALAN, and MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics, reactivated teams to
collect and analyze data on the private-sector supply chain along Hurricane
Dorian’s path. The team focused on the status of life-sustaining private-sector
supply chains, such as food, water, and energy; their critical enablers,
including grid power, transportation infrastructure, pipelines, telecommunications,
and banking systems; and the upstream portions of these supply chains outside
the impacted area in the event of a nationally declared disaster. The team
analyzed impacts to lifelines for Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands,
Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia.
FEMA’s LMD provides an efficient, transparent,
and flexible logistics capability to procure and deliver goods and services
that support disaster survivors during response and recovery efforts for
communities. The program focuses on delivering resources efficiently in support
of state, local, and tribal governments and territories.
