Fire Planning Associates Relies on ViaWest to Provide Critical Infrastructure Planning for Montgomery County
May 17 2016 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Hybrid IT Solution Ensures Emergency Agencies
Can Operate Effectively During Hazardous Material Incidents on Rail
Lines
ViaWest, a leading provider of Hybrid IT Solutions and
Colocation in North America, today announced that Fire Planning
Associates (FPA) has selected the client-centric company as its
hosting provider. Recently hired by Montgomery County, PA to
provide critical infrastructure planning for hazardous material
incidents on local rail lines, FPA relies on ViaWest to manage its
cloud environment and keep its emergency preparedness platform
running so it can focus on emergency planning.
FPA works with Montgomery County, PA and many organizations and
municipalities around the world to provide pre-incident planning
following NFPA standards, improve lines of communication and take
the most modern approach possible to protect the lives of
responders and civilians. FPA’s contract with Montgomery County
includes identifying staging areas, mapping terrain and pinpointing
vulnerable communities and practicing derailment response. FPA’s
Blazemark® platform runs entirely in the cloud and requires
security and access considerations, an environment ViaWest is
uniquely qualified to fulfill.
“We’re in the business of saving lives and reducing the impact
of major emergencies and incidents, so ensuring our app and servers
are running is a matter of life or death,” said Barton Krauss,
President, Fire Planning Associates. “When our app went down with a
previous hosting company, a ViaWest customer referred us to ViaWest
to get the situation resolved quickly and we decided to move our
entire platform to their servers. In our high-risk, high-reward
business model, I know that relying on ViaWest gives me one less
thing to worry about.”
FPA wanted a more reliable and robust solution than what their
previous third-party provider offered. ViaWest designed a
cloud-based solution on their public cloud, focused on security
design and availability. The cost-effective solution allows FPA to
scale quickly when needed in an emergency and allows their platform
and offerings to work instantaneously. The company also leverages
CloudFlare through ViaWest for additional security features and
content delivery.
“Reliability for a company like Fire Planning Associates means
the difference between having a plan in case of a major public
emergency and operating in the dark when lives are on the line,”
said Andrew Hodes, VP of product development, ViaWest. “We
recognize the trust Fire Planning Associates has placed in our team
and have addressed their pain points to map out a flexible and
reliable environment to continue their critical mission. We treat
them as our partner as we do with all of our clients and act as an
active extension of their team.”
“Montgomery County is one of the most densely populated areas in
the region,” said Krauss. “To try and deal with any kind of
emergency at that scale by the seat of your pants will not result
in a good outcome. When we were hired by the county to provide
critical infrastructure planning around the transportation of
hazardous materials, I felt confident in our task with ViaWest
hosting our solution.”
About ViaWestViaWest is a leading Hybrid IT solutions
provider offering cloud, colocation, compliance services and
security solutions, and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Shaw
Communications Inc. (NYSE: SJR). With more than 16 years of
experience, 30 North American data centers and nine cloud nodes,
ViaWest offers IT and infrastructure solutions that solve business
challenges while balancing cost, scalability and security
requirements. ViaWest delivers tailored solutions designed for
maximum reliability and flexibility backed by our 100% uptime
commitment.
For additional information on ViaWest, please
visit www.viawest.com or call 1-877-448-9378. Follow ViaWest
on at LinkedIn and Twitter.
About Fire Planning AssociatesFire Planning Associates
Inc., with offices in Bucks County, PA, are the designers and
developers of Blazemark® software which creates preplans
assisting emergency response and facility management personnel with
quickly developing an incident action plan, maximizing firefighter
effectiveness and safety and aiding in fire investigation.
Blazemark also plays a critical role in helping corporations deal
with emergencies as the front end to their business continuity
plans and is used by major corporations on a global basis.
Learn more at http://fireplanningassociates.com/.
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