Gerry Kobelski’s Blog

Gerald E. Kobelski, CEO

“The ASSIST-U.S.^® Focus on Government Missions” (The Leading Edge, 21-April-11 Newsletter)

In the March 2011 edition of our monthly newsletter, David Trahan (Director of Sales & Marketing) and Bill Bedor (Chief Financial Officer) discuss how ASSIST-U.S.^® is meeting state and local governments’ needs for aerial mission support. Despite budget constraints, their need to be able to manage critical situations has not changed, yet internal government sources of aerial support have been severely cut back.

ASSIST-U.S.^® intends to fill that need with our professional, cost-effective services that give decision makers the real time information they require in order to effectively command, control and communicate with their ground-based emergency resources. Please read on to learn how we plan to do this:

Bill Bedor, CFO’s Corner: “ASSIST-U.S.^® Helps Governments Save Funds While Maintaining or Increasing Service Levels”
David Trahan, Sales & Marketing Director: “Using ASSIST-U.S.^® Services to Maximize Your Operational Efficiency”

“ASSIST-U.S.^® and the Environment” (The Leading Edge, 31-Mar-11 Newsletter)

The small town where I grew up sprouted up around a fairly large brook that provided fresh water to five separate paper mills that employed most of the populace over many years. The water that came out of those mills was of different colors, depending upon the dyes being used by the mills. It wasn’t unusual to see the brook flowing yellow, or red or blue. The waters of the brook also contained discarded pulp that was eventually deposited along its banks and collected on debris, like dead trees or junk, that people had discarded. Read on…

“ASSIST-U.S.^® and the UAV Question” (The Leading Edge, 24-Feb-11 Newsletter)

Recently there has been a flurry of articles citing the interest by law enforcement personnel in using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to support their missions in U.S. domestic airspace. These requests to the FAA are not new. Nearly three years ago, on March 27, 2008, the New York Times carried an article entitled Spy Drones in Demand by U.S. Police Departments but Approval Pending. Approval is still pending, for reasons cited in Bruce Seibert’s accompanying article (below). Read on…

Our Emergency Response Team Is Ready to Support First Responders, Insurance Claims Adjusters, Utility and Transportation Industry Personnel During Spring & Summer Storm Seasons

ASSIST-U.S.^® stands ready to support public and private sector emergency management directors and incident commanders with streaming real-time aerial, full motion video imagery of any spring and summer storm damage occurring throughout the Northeast Region.

For first responders, our aerial data acquisition services can improve your situational awareness and enable more efficient deployment and better control of human resources with minimum risk to your personnel. Our aerial documentation is available for all types of post-storm damage assessment – flood and wind damage causing downed lines, blocked tracks and rights-of-way, etc. – to help claims adjusters process claims quickly and accurately and help utility and transportation freight companies provide evidence of completed work and satisfied customers.p>

The homepage video shows some of the 2011 tornado and flood damage in New England.

To schedule our resources to guide emergency response efforts, acquire damage assessment imagery, or for other aerial data acquisition applications, please contact:

Jim Bail: Director of Sales & Marketing
(603) 219-0922, x103

Our EnviroEye^SM product is aimed at supporting law enforcement, homeland security and emergency response resources, environmental engineers, insurance risk managers and electronic news organizations throughout New England. Read more here.

ASSIST-U.S.^® is a proud sponsor of the New Hampshire Association of Chiefs of Police.