Lee County Emergency Management was selected to participate in a pilot program for the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate’s Community Lifeline Status System, a tool designed to accentuate emergency management and disaster response. As one of eight agencies participating in this nationwide initiative, Lee County Emergency Management will implement a data-driven approach to assessing and prioritizing critical community infrastructure during emergencies. County officials said the CLSS enables emergency managers to quickly evaluate essential services and infrastructure status, facilitating rapid decision-making during complex incident responses. Key features of the CLSS that the agency will leverage include rapid impact assessments of community lifelines, customizable reporting capabilities, data sharing across jurisdictions and integration with existing Esri ArcGIS frameworks.