Entries by GIC

Transforming the Insurance Industry through Disaster Response

Natural disasters are not a new phenomenon, however as these events increase in frequency, insurers must be able to assess damage quickly and respond rapidly to claims, so that communities can get back on their feet quickly. When Hurricane Michael hit the US in 2018, it was one of the strongest hurricanes in history, devastating […]

GIC Collects Imagery over Kincade Fire in Sonoma County

The Kincade Fire has now impacted 76,825 acres in Sonoma County, CA, and is at 45 percent containment as of the last report. According to Cal Fire, a total of 266 structures have been destroyed, 133 being residential, and 47 structures have been damaged, with 32 of those being residential. On Tuesday, in response to […]

GIC Collects Post-Disaster Imagery of Dallas Tornadoes

After tornadoes struck the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area on Sunday night, the Geospatial Intelligence Center (GIC) began flying aircraft over the impacted areas on Monday, collecting high-resolution aerial images of the damaged structures. Imagery was made available to GIC members yesterday afternoon, giving insurers the ability to search an address and view before and after […]

GIC Collects Post-Disaster Imagery over Saddleridge Fire

As evacuation orders lifted and the Saddleridge Fire continued to be contained by the Los Angeles Fire Department, the Geospatial Intelligence Center (GIC) began flying aircraft over the impacted areas on Monday, collecting high-resolution aerial images of the damaged structures. The imagery was made available to GIC members yesterday afternoon, giving insurers the ability to […]

Imagery Collected over Saddleridge Fire Now Available

Imagery collected yesterday over the Saddleridge Fire in Los Angeles County, California is now available. The imagery is available via the NICB app in the Gray Sky 2019 layer and also available via REST API service. The images were collected on 14-October with a Falcon camera over a swath stretching from Chatsworth to Sylmar including […]

Responding to Saddleridge Fire in California

GIC has activated to Level 2 – Partial Activation for imagery collection over the Saddleridge Fire in Los Angeles County, California. With all evacuation orders now lifted, suppression efforts concentrated on the ground rather than the air, and damage assessments begun by CalFire, GIC is in the process of collecting imagery over the area today. […]