Scott County Iowa Flooding – Donation Management

Flooding donation management supported by Salamander Channel Partner Midwest Card and ID Solutions on May 9th and 10th, 2019.

Salamander Solutions Used

• SalamanderLive™
• RAPID TAG
• INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
• INVENTORY APP

Outcome

On May 9th and 10th, Midwest Card and ID Solutions, Salamander’s Kansas City-based partner, assisted Scott County, Iowa (Emergency Management) with the ability to manage donations for the recent flooding in Scott County (Davenport area). It was important for Scott County EM to account for the items being donated to the affected flood victims (residents). Utilizing Salamander’s SalamanderLive and INVENTORY MANAGEMENT APP, Scott County EM/CERT team members were able to easily account for items leaving the Salvation Army facility.

Once donated items were brought into the facility, CERT teams members utilized the “Equipment” side of SalamanderLive to enter 105 unique consumable items into the database with a quantity on hand. These products included things like cases of water, flood clean-up kits, buckets, bleach, gloves, masks, and more. Throughout the first 4 days, the Salvation Army donations center has donated over 4,200 items to the affected community.

Scott County EM also wanted to TRACK where the donated items were going. By utilizing Salamander’s RAPID TAG, the volunteers were able to scan a state issued ID card/ driver’s license and create an incident specific ID card for the affected residents of Scott County, Iowa and Rock Island County, Illinois. RAPID TAG was then re-used if residents returned to the Donations Center for additional items in subsequent days. Once residents received the donated goods, the Salamander INVENTORY APP was utilized on 3 iPAD devices for the CERT volunteers to check-out items leaving the facility, associate the goods to a resident/city, and have accurate reporting for FEMA.

Media Coverage

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