Your GIS department will be called on during the next disaster. Do you have a plan?
Continuity Atlas walks your GIS team through 8 structured planning phases: mapping essential functions, dependencies, and recovery strategies, then generating a professional plan document when you're done.
The problem
GIS doesn't get a pass during a disaster. It gets more requests.
Emergency operations need mapping. 911 addressing needs GIS. EOC leadership needs situational awareness. None of that stops when conditions degrade. It intensifies.
And yet most GIS departments have no documented answer to the question: what do we do if our systems, staff, or data are unavailable?
When that question gets asked in the middle of an incident, it's already too late.
The solution
A guided process built specifically for GIS, not adapted from generic templates.
Continuity Atlas is not a blank Word template. It's a structured 8-phase workflow with GIS-specific prompts, real examples, and built-in guidance at every step.
You answer the questions. The tool translates your answers into a professional continuity plan, formatted for leadership review, aligned with FEMA's Continuity Guidance Circular, and ready to submit.
How it works
Three steps from blank page to finished plan.
Work through 8 guided phases
Each phase focuses on a distinct planning element, from your department mission and service catalog through risk assessment and continuity strategy. Real GIS examples are built into every prompt so you're never staring at a blank field.
Your answers become your plan
As you fill in each phase, Continuity Atlas organizes your responses into a structured plan document. No copying and pasting into Word. No reformatting. When you're done working, the document is ready.
Export and share
Generate a full continuity plan, an executive summary, and an activation checklist, all from the same input. Export to Word (.docx) or print to PDF. Share with leadership, emergency management, or your accreditation reviewer.
Continuity Atlas
No subscription. No seat limits. Yours to use at your own pace.
Built by Carley Fitzgerald, GIS Manager, GISP, and Florida Associate Emergency Manager, from direct experience being responsible for GIS when conditions weren't normal.