• Hawaii Temporary Housing Market Research

    MIT Humanitarian Supply Chain Lab and Dewberry EngineersPartner: FEMA FEMA, along with other federal, state, local, non-profit and private entities, quickly began implementing programs to house displaced disaster survivors following the Hawaii Lahaina Fire on August 9, 2023. The…

  • SCAN New Madrid Seismic Zone Supply Chain Assessment

    Supply Chain Analysis Network: Dewberry Engineers, CNA, ALAN, and MIT Humanitarian Supply Chain LabPartner: FEMAYear: 2025 The Supply Chain Analysis Network (SCAN), which includes the team from the MIT HSCL, was engaged by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)…

  • SCAN Southern California Supply Chain Assessment

    Supply Chain Analysis Network: Dewberry Engineers, CNA, ALAN, and MIT Humanitarian Supply Chain LabPartner: FEMAYear: 2025 The Supply Chain Analysis Network (SCAN), which includes the team from the MIT HSCL, was engaged by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)…

  • Post-Hurricane Supply Chain Adaptability Study

    Project Partners In December 2017, MIT hosted a roundtable titled “Supply Chain Resilience: Restoring Business Operations After a Hurricane.” Following that roundtable, FEMA sponsored a Federal Advisory Committee Act consensus study titled “Post-hurricane Supply Chain Adaptability Study.” The…

  • Alternatives for FEMA Disaster-Related Housing Assistance

    Project Partners In the spring of 2017, Acting Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Robert Fenton acted on a recommendation from a national Housing Summit, initiating a partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to undertake an…

  • Models and Metrics for Humanitarian Response Capacity

    Jason Acimovic, Jarrod GoentzelPartners: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA), UN Humanitarian Response Depots (UNHRD), US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Many organizations stockpile inventory in strategic locations in order to respond quickly and cheaply to disasters. This project developed…