Cut Down The Email Noise....Keep Your Crews and Vehicles Moving
Press Release (October 2025)
All Hazards Consortium’s Fleet Response Work Group Launches ReadyOps — A New Secure, Cross-Sector Disaster Communication Service for Private Sector
[WASHINGTON, D.C. — October 2025] — The All Hazards Consortium (AHC) announced today the official launch of ReadyOps, a secure, real-time operational messaging service designed to streamline disaster coordination and improve situational awareness across multiple states and the private sector’s critical lifeline industries including electric, transportation, communications, water, fuel, food, retail, finance, chemical, retail, healthcare, and logistics. Read more....
All Hazards Consortium’s Fleet Response Work Group Launches ReadyOps — A New Secure, Cross-Sector Disaster Communication Service for Private Sector
[WASHINGTON, D.C. — October 2025] — The All Hazards Consortium (AHC) announced today the official launch of ReadyOps, a secure, real-time operational messaging service designed to streamline disaster coordination and improve situational awareness across multiple states and the private sector’s critical lifeline industries including electric, transportation, communications, water, fuel, food, retail, finance, chemical, retail, healthcare, and logistics. Read more....
What Is ReadyOps?
It’s a secure, member only, moderated and FOIA-protected SIGNAL channel connected to a growing, experienced nationwide community of crises response professionals in government and industry that delivers operational updates that matter....from 125+ organizations.
ReadyOps provides a secure and trusted “communications back-channel” designed to safely share critical updates and coordination information not suitable for traditional email exchanges.
ReadyOps isn’t another data or app.
ReadyOps is not available to the public.
To learn more, visit www.readyops.org
It’s a secure, member only, moderated and FOIA-protected SIGNAL channel connected to a growing, experienced nationwide community of crises response professionals in government and industry that delivers operational updates that matter....from 125+ organizations.
ReadyOps provides a secure and trusted “communications back-channel” designed to safely share critical updates and coordination information not suitable for traditional email exchanges.
ReadyOps isn’t another data or app.
ReadyOps is not available to the public.
To learn more, visit www.readyops.org
Why Was ReadyOps Created?
The ReadyOps solution was designed by industry operations professionals, for operations professionals who know firsthand the challenges of disaster communications using traditional email, text groups, and other complicated messaging platforms.
During hurricanes, major storms, and other crisis periods, email inboxes become overwhelmed with duplicative, redundant, and often non-secure messages. While some emails contain vital attachments and guidance, they are frequently forwarded beyond their intended audience, raising concerns about both security and information overload.
To learn more, visit www.readyops.org
The ReadyOps solution was designed by industry operations professionals, for operations professionals who know firsthand the challenges of disaster communications using traditional email, text groups, and other complicated messaging platforms.
During hurricanes, major storms, and other crisis periods, email inboxes become overwhelmed with duplicative, redundant, and often non-secure messages. While some emails contain vital attachments and guidance, they are frequently forwarded beyond their intended audience, raising concerns about both security and information overload.
To learn more, visit www.readyops.org
Who Uses It?
The ReadyOps solution is part of the private sector's Sensitive Information Sharing Environment (SISE) established in 2015 to protection operational information sharing from non-operational users. The SISE today is used by over 750+ and features the SISE's Operational Information Sharing Hub and its working groups of people who work together year-round to planning, training and exercising to enhance their crises response and communications.
ReadyOps is a technology layer, protected by the SISE' legal framework, that moves information in real time securely between vetted users. It runs on the simple but secure SIGNAL app and connects SISE community members nationwide in separate private groups or as a whole community based on user needs and interests.
To learn more, visit www.readyops.org
The ReadyOps solution is part of the private sector's Sensitive Information Sharing Environment (SISE) established in 2015 to protection operational information sharing from non-operational users. The SISE today is used by over 750+ and features the SISE's Operational Information Sharing Hub and its working groups of people who work together year-round to planning, training and exercising to enhance their crises response and communications.
ReadyOps is a technology layer, protected by the SISE' legal framework, that moves information in real time securely between vetted users. It runs on the simple but secure SIGNAL app and connects SISE community members nationwide in separate private groups or as a whole community based on user needs and interests.
To learn more, visit www.readyops.org
ReadyOps Background
Recognizing this gap, the All Hazards Consortium’s Multi-State Fleet Response Working Group, formed in 2013, has identified and addressed multiple operational problems impacting the electric sector and developed solutions that:
A key outcome of the AHC’s 2022 cross-sector annual hurricane season exercise was the need to reduce email traffic during disaster periods and to develop a secure, text-based solution that could reduce email clutter, increase security, and improve coordination across states, companies, and sectors within a vetted and secure environment.
Additionally, there needed to be a capability for states and sectors to have the flexibility to share real-time chats within a private group (e.g., states only, private sector only), person-to-person within any group, or between groups in certain instances.
The ultimate solution would need to leverage the existing AHC partner organizations along with AHC working groups of states and sector representatives that had been planning and responding to disasters together since 2013.
The AHC working groups adopted the SIGNAL app and tested it during the 2023 hurricane season. It proved highly effective, offering strong encryption, ease of use, and 24/7 connectivity for large groups. User monitoring kept discussions focused, timely, and operationally relevant—reducing noise and distractions.
Through SIGNAL, participants could securely share both public information from states—including declarations, waivers, and situation reports—and sensitive operational updates not available anywhere else. These updates often included early warning signs, potential closures of roads, tunnels, or bridges, shortages of fuel or medicine, and other government actions affecting resource movements.
For the private sector, SIGNAL created a dedicated, secure channel to receive critical state updates and contribute essential insights of their own—such as infrastructure disruptions, facility status, supply shortages, and unmet needs.
A report issued in August 2024 outlined how the private sector’s SISE (Sensitive Information Sharing Environment) community effectively used new technology during Hurricane Debbie to gather real-time operational information from states and the private sector into a single trusted place. This information was instantly shared within the SISE-net Hub and the SIGNAL app, improving situational awareness, enhancing decision-making, reducing emails, strengthening community ties, and leading to more effective coordination and response efforts.
Learn more: https://app.typeset.com/play/RKNJZ
What began as a pilot effort to reduce email overload and improve security has now evolved into a trusted, world-class operational information-sharing platform with the potential to support future disasters, exercises, training, and information sharing based on user needs. It is governed by its users, strengthened by real-world experience, and valued because it delivers reliable, timely, and sensitive information when it matters most.
The ReadyOps solution solves the original problem identified in the 2022 exercise and builds on the information already shared within AHC working groups during disasters, giving subscribers access to a growing nationwide network of disaster management professionals who exchange critical insights year-round during crises and recovery operations.
For subscribers to the ReadyOps solution, this means confidence that the service is backed by a proven, resilient organization that has consistently delivered results during the nation’s most challenging crises. With the AHC, you’re not just subscribing to a service—you’re joining a trusted community committed to resilience and recovery.
To learn more, visit www.readyops.org
Recognizing this gap, the All Hazards Consortium’s Multi-State Fleet Response Working Group, formed in 2013, has identified and addressed multiple operational problems impacting the electric sector and developed solutions that:
- reduce mutual assistance delays
- increase regional coordination during disasters with states and other sectors
- streamline electric and other utility resource movements across state lines and the Canadian border
- conduct annual hurricane season exercises to educate new government and industry stakeholders and reduce confusion
- and improve state operational policy to streamline power restoration efforts through the sharing of sometimes-sensitive operational information between government and industry via the SISE Operational Information Sharing Hub (www.siseusa.org)
A key outcome of the AHC’s 2022 cross-sector annual hurricane season exercise was the need to reduce email traffic during disaster periods and to develop a secure, text-based solution that could reduce email clutter, increase security, and improve coordination across states, companies, and sectors within a vetted and secure environment.
Additionally, there needed to be a capability for states and sectors to have the flexibility to share real-time chats within a private group (e.g., states only, private sector only), person-to-person within any group, or between groups in certain instances.
The ultimate solution would need to leverage the existing AHC partner organizations along with AHC working groups of states and sector representatives that had been planning and responding to disasters together since 2013.
The AHC working groups adopted the SIGNAL app and tested it during the 2023 hurricane season. It proved highly effective, offering strong encryption, ease of use, and 24/7 connectivity for large groups. User monitoring kept discussions focused, timely, and operationally relevant—reducing noise and distractions.
Through SIGNAL, participants could securely share both public information from states—including declarations, waivers, and situation reports—and sensitive operational updates not available anywhere else. These updates often included early warning signs, potential closures of roads, tunnels, or bridges, shortages of fuel or medicine, and other government actions affecting resource movements.
For the private sector, SIGNAL created a dedicated, secure channel to receive critical state updates and contribute essential insights of their own—such as infrastructure disruptions, facility status, supply shortages, and unmet needs.
A report issued in August 2024 outlined how the private sector’s SISE (Sensitive Information Sharing Environment) community effectively used new technology during Hurricane Debbie to gather real-time operational information from states and the private sector into a single trusted place. This information was instantly shared within the SISE-net Hub and the SIGNAL app, improving situational awareness, enhancing decision-making, reducing emails, strengthening community ties, and leading to more effective coordination and response efforts.
Learn more: https://app.typeset.com/play/RKNJZ
What began as a pilot effort to reduce email overload and improve security has now evolved into a trusted, world-class operational information-sharing platform with the potential to support future disasters, exercises, training, and information sharing based on user needs. It is governed by its users, strengthened by real-world experience, and valued because it delivers reliable, timely, and sensitive information when it matters most.
The ReadyOps solution solves the original problem identified in the 2022 exercise and builds on the information already shared within AHC working groups during disasters, giving subscribers access to a growing nationwide network of disaster management professionals who exchange critical insights year-round during crises and recovery operations.
For subscribers to the ReadyOps solution, this means confidence that the service is backed by a proven, resilient organization that has consistently delivered results during the nation’s most challenging crises. With the AHC, you’re not just subscribing to a service—you’re joining a trusted community committed to resilience and recovery.
To learn more, visit www.readyops.org
About Us
Since 2005, the All Hazards Consortium (AHC) has been a trusted partner to both the private sector and state governments, providing a safe, secure, and legally sound framework for collaboration before, during, and after disasters. Built on a foundation of integrity and proven performance, the AHC brings together critical infrastructure operators, state agencies, and private sector leaders to solve operational challenges that no single organization can address alone. (www.ahcusa.org)
The AHC governed by a Board of Directors comprised of former state and industry leaders with decades of disaster management experience. This leadership team ensures that every initiative is grounded in practical, real-world expertise and guided by the highest standards of accountability. Over the past decade, the AHC has successfully managed tens of millions of dollars in projects and grants on behalf of states, serving as a trusted fiduciary agent and undergoing annual independent audits to guarantee financial transparency.
Today, the AHC represents a stable, nationwide platform supported by thousands of nationwide stakeholders across government and essential sectors, including electric power, communications, fuel, water, medical, finance, chemical, food, retail, transportation, and logistics.
This broad coalition gives the AHC unmatched reach and credibility in coordinating complex, multi-sector operations when it matters most.
Since 2005, the All Hazards Consortium (AHC) has been a trusted partner to both the private sector and state governments, providing a safe, secure, and legally sound framework for collaboration before, during, and after disasters. Built on a foundation of integrity and proven performance, the AHC brings together critical infrastructure operators, state agencies, and private sector leaders to solve operational challenges that no single organization can address alone. (www.ahcusa.org)
The AHC governed by a Board of Directors comprised of former state and industry leaders with decades of disaster management experience. This leadership team ensures that every initiative is grounded in practical, real-world expertise and guided by the highest standards of accountability. Over the past decade, the AHC has successfully managed tens of millions of dollars in projects and grants on behalf of states, serving as a trusted fiduciary agent and undergoing annual independent audits to guarantee financial transparency.
Today, the AHC represents a stable, nationwide platform supported by thousands of nationwide stakeholders across government and essential sectors, including electric power, communications, fuel, water, medical, finance, chemical, food, retail, transportation, and logistics.
This broad coalition gives the AHC unmatched reach and credibility in coordinating complex, multi-sector operations when it matters most.