[CentOS] CentOS tools for public safety

A friend of mine from the CentOS community is extremely close to several 
northern CA fires.

http://tinyurl.com/5vp933
http://tinyurl.com/3mk4ah
http://tinyurl.com/4jm67

Once things die down (he was evacuated last week), he and I are planning 
on investigating various CentOS / nix public safety tools for future 
events like this.

Any suggestions in this area would be greatly appreciate.  I just 
recently found out at Sahana, and if there is anything else along those 
lines, I'd be very grateful.