Government at all levels (federal, state, and local) has primary responsibility for emergency management. In the local government environment. Police and Fire Departments along with state and federal agencies, participate in the management of a wide range of emergencies including crime, fires, storms, floods, industrial accidents, as well as civil disobedience and terrorism. Emergency management includes both pre-incident planning and post-incident activities.

Most of the data requirements for emergency management are of a spatial nature and can be located on a map. Orthorectified images and LiDAR data are a major contributor to the accuracy of and to the information that can be derived from these maps.

LasermapUSA provides the data necessary to support emergency management mapping.