During the February 2010 snowstorms, Witt Associates activated a team to provide round-the-clock staffing support for the City of Alexandria, Virginia, lasting nearly a week. Mid-morning on Friday, Feb. 5, 2010 the City of Alexandria contacted Witt Associates on a no-notice basis with an... Read More

  Witt Associates has an on-going relationship with the California State University System (CSU) that includes hazard vulnerability analyses, mitigation and response planning (to minimize risks associated with earthquakes, fires, floods, terrorism and avian flu), leadership training and... Read More

  Witt Associates was retained by the state of Maryland to provide technical expertise to analyze and recommend actions to enhance the Emergency Management and Homeland Security structure within the State. Witt Associates assessed the State’s level of preparedness and provided... Read More

  The Baltimore Regional Disaster Debris Planning Task Force and Plenary Regional Debris Management Tabletop Exercise was developed to evaluate the region’s debris management planning, operations and management of regional debris management sites and regional coordination capabilities.... Read More

  In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the Governor’s Office in the State of Louisiana retained Witt Associates to advise the State on overall response and recovery efforts. Within 48 hours of the storm’s landfall, and before a contract had been formally signed, James... Read More

When Hurricane Ike made landfall in Galveston on September 13, 2008, one of the hardest hit institutions was the University of Texas Medical Branch. The storm flooded every building on the campus, causing an estimated $800 million in damages and lost revenue. The emergency services offered at... Read More

  On September 14, 2008, Hurricane Ike washed over the city of Galveston with a fury that surprised many of the 20,000 people who decided to stay despite the voluntary and mandatory evacuation orders issued throughout the region. Damages were estimated in the tens of billions of dollars. In... Read More

  Immediately following the beginning of the 2008 flooding and severe storms in Iowa, the State hired Witt Associates to help them manage the planning and coordination effort for long-term recovery. Within days, Witt Associates deployed a team of skilled professionals to provide the State of... Read More

  The 2008 summer floods were a series of events that dealt heavy blows to America’s heartland States of Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota and Missouri. After months of heavy rainfall, rivers overflowing, levees failing, and combined damage from tornadoes, these states were... Read More

  The State of New York contracted Witt Associates to provide a comprehensive, independent review and evaluation of emergency preparedness for the areas surrounding the Indian Point nuclear power plant and those New York juridictions within ten miles of Connecticut's Millstone nuclear power... Read More

  Witt Associates was hired by the Government of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) to assist in its efforts to strengthen its emergency management and homeland security systems, plans and processes. Witt Associates performed an independent analysis of emergency preparedness in the USVI... Read More

  When Hurricane Ike swept through the Gulf Coast in the summer of 2008, Houston, Texas was significantly impacted, suffering millions of dollars in damages. Witt Associates was contracted to provide hazard mitigation services and assistance to the City of Houston in navigating through... Read More

  Since 2006, Witt Associates has lobbied Congress on behalf of the City of Little Rock. In 2006, Witt Associates began procuring federal funds for the Little Rock National Airport and the City of Little Rock. Also in 2006, Witt Associates facilitated meetings between the... Read More

  On October 17, 2003, a deadly fire at the Cook County Administration Building claimed the lives of six people who were trapped in a locked stairwell. The disaster at the county’s high-rise building located in the Central Chicago Loop District, impacted citizens and government leaders... Read More

  After watching the impact of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans, the City of Philadelphia determined that there was a need for a comprehensive review of Philadelphia’s emergency preparedness, both in government and in the private sector. The City hired Witt Associates to conduct an... Read More

  After the deadly tsunami of December 26, 2004, Witt Associates traveled to the tsunami-affected countries of Thailand, Indonesia and Sri Lanka to meet with natural and regional leaders and advise them on how to structure the rebuilding and long-term recovery of their communities. Witt... Read More

  Witt Associates assisted the Government of the Cayman Islands in their recovery operations during the aftermath of Hurricane Ivan. The Witt Associates team organized local and overseas resources around critical functional areas, including debris removal, mass care, housing, health,... Read More

  In cooperation with the UN-ISDR, Witt Associates is working to develop public-private partnerships for disaster risk reduction at the community level in the Maldives and Pakistan. Such partnerships have proven to be very successful in achieving disaster risk reduction in... Read More

  Witt Associates performed a thorough review of evacuation planning and crisis management planning for a major US corporation in Mexico City. Our team provided amendments to employee preparedness and response manuals and clarified employee roles and triggers for response action... Read More

  Recognizing their roles as social, cultural and economic assets, universities have a heightened awareness of the importance of all-hazards mitigation and business continuity planning. George Mason University (GMU) retained Witt Associates to perform a Business Impact Analysis,... Read More

  The George Washington University retained Witt Associates at the end of 2008 to advise the university concerning two important issues. The first related to reconsidering the structure of GW's safety and security functions, focusing primarily on: the University Police Department, Risk... Read More

  In 2009, Witt Associates was hired by the Virginia Polytechnic and State University (Virginia Tech) to develop protocols for the university’s Emergency Notification System (ENS) and delivered trainings for Senior University leadership and system operators on the protocols. The... Read More

    Witt Associates is under contract with Arlington County, Virginia to augment and provide additional capacity to the County's Emergency Operations Center (EOC). Under this scope of work, Witt Associates will provide experts to coordinate with the County on its recovery from an... Read More

  Since 2007, Witt Associates has been working with the City of Alexandria to develop Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) plans, across all city departments. This process began by developing a custom, Alexandria-specific COOP template. The template was developed by working initially with... Read More

  The California State University System (CSU) engaged Witt Associates to work with their 23 campus system to minimize the risk associated with earthquakes, fires, floods, and terrorism. In addition, Witt Associates was retained to create a system-wide emergency response plan, and... Read More

  In September of 2005, Witt Associates was tasked by the State of Louisiana to establish a debris program monitoring effort to oversee what was to become the largest debris removal and disposal operation in United States history. The mission, issued in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina... Read More

  In the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the State of Louisiana Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP), in concert with other Gulf Coast States, requested the establishment of a pilot grant program to support development of more detailed hazard... Read More

  Immediately following the start of the 2008 flooding and severe storms in Iowa, the State hired Witt Associates to help them manage the planning and coordination effort for long-term recovery.  A team of experts was deployed within days, and recommended the establishment of... Read More