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Jul 11
Esri: Safety & security Conference (ES3) + User Conference (UC)

Join BES & Kentucky Emergency Management (KYEM)

Learn how Bent Ear Solutions and KYEM built KERMIT, their statewide incident management system, by leveraging their existing technology, cutting subscription costs in the process.

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News & Updates

  • BES Welcomes Jamie Jacobs as Director of Technical Services

    23 June 2026

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  • James 'Jim' Featherstone announces blog series with BES

    6 June 2026

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  • Craig Fugate announces Newsletter for the EM community

    3 May 2026

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  • BES Recognized by Inc. regional ranking for 3rd consecutive year

    2 April 2026

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  • BES & Whisker Labs Provide free Access to ting data during severe storm

    22 January 2026

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  • Logos of SAMDESK on the left and BES on the right with a vertical line between them, on a white background with rounded corners.

    BES & Samdesk Partner to Bring Real-Time Risk Detection to Utilities

    21 November 2025

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  • Logo for The Alerting Authority with the slogan 'Every Second Has a Story' and Bent Ear Solutions logo on a dark blue background.

    BES Sponsors Inaugural Alerting Authority Podcast Episode with Fugate

    17 November 2025

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  • A digital graphic featuring the logo of Bentear Solutions at the top, with two circular photos below it. The first photo shows a bald man in a suit and tie, smiling, with the name Alan Bradshaw beside it. The second photo shows a woman with shoulder-length brown hair, also smiling, with the name Beth Bartholomew beside it. The background includes an illustration of a power line tower.

    BES Expands executive consulting team with utility industry leaders

    7 October 2025

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  • Logo of Bent Ear Solutions and Whisker Labs over a stylized waveform graphic on a dark blue background.

    partnership with whisker labs provides unrivaled grid intelligence

    13 August 2025

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  • Logo for Inc. 5000, an awards program for America's fastest-growing private companies, with a black background and colorful text.

    Celebrating four straight years on inc. 5000

    8 August 2025

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  • A map of the United States with the Mid-Atlantic region highlighted. A marker with a logo is placed over the Mid-Atlantic region. Text at the top reads 'Inc. Regional'. At the bottom, it says '#42 Mid-Atlantic'.

    BES Jumps 30 Spots in Inc. Magazine Regional Ranking

    8 April, 2025

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  • Logo for Inc. 5000, an American fast-growing private companies list, with a black background, white circular border, and colorful text: 'inc.' in black, '5' in orange, '000' in blue.

    Bes recognized on inc. 5000 for 3rd consecutive year

    13 August, 2024

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  • Map of the United States highlighting the Mid-Atlantic region with a marker showing a logo, and labeled as #72 Inc. Regionals.

    BES RANKED NO. 72 BY INC. MAGAZINE

    4 March, 2024

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  • Vet 100 award badge for fastest growing veteran owned business, Inc. 5000 list 2024.

    BES NAMED TO INC. MAGAZINE’S VET100

    13 November, 2023

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  • Close-up portrait of Craig Fugate, BES Executive Consultant, a middle-aged man with light-colored hair, glasses, and a beard, smiling, wearing a dark jacket and light blue shirt.

    BES WELCOMES CRAIG FUGATE

    25 October, 2023

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Blogs & Articles  

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Case Study of Kentucky Emergency Management: Why KYEM Replaced Its Legacy Incident Management System with KERMIT
Case Study of Kentucky Emergency Management: Why KYEM Replaced Its Legacy Incident Management System with KERMIT

KYEM worked with BES to replace a legacy system by building KERMIT on ArcGIS and Microsoft 365 tools the state already owned, giving all 120 counties a scalable common operating picture.

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BES Strengthens Leadership with Appointment of Jamie Jacobs as Director of Technical Services
BES Strengthens Leadership with Appointment of Jamie Jacobs as Director of Technical Services

Jamie Jacobs joins the growing BES team as Director of Technical Services.

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A forced fit: Why HSEEP Is the Wrong Framework for Executive Crisis Leadership
A forced fit: Why HSEEP Is the Wrong Framework for Executive Crisis Leadership

Your last crisis exercise probably ran flawlessly. That's a problem. Validating what your organization already knows how to do is not the same as preparing when the scenario goes off-script.

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Inc. Names Bent Ear Solutions to Its 2026 List of the Fastest-Growing Private Companies in the Mid-Atlantic
Inc. Names Bent Ear Solutions to Its 2026 List of the Fastest-Growing Private Companies in the Mid-Atlantic

BES ranks on Inc. Regionals Mid-Atlantic list for the third consecutive year, driven by growth in GIS consulting and data services.

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The Disaster Always has a Vote
The Disaster Always has a Vote

What happens when your emergency plan's assumptions fail mid-crisis? Jim Featherstone draws on three decades of experience to answer that question.

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Deploying Real-Time Power Grid Intelligence during Winter Storm Fern
Deploying Real-Time Power Grid Intelligence during Winter Storm Fern

Learn how, during Winter Storm Fern, BES published Ting Insights’ hyper-granular outage data in a freely accessible Esri ArcGIS dashboard.

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Stop Automating Chaos
Stop Automating Chaos

Before you sign up for another platform, software, or AI solution, map your workflows. Learn how a process-first approach turns existing tools into faster, clearer decisions when minutes matter.

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Why Power Outage Data from Ting Insights Is the Right Choice for Emergency Managers
Why Power Outage Data from Ting Insights Is the Right Choice for Emergency Managers

Get earlier, street-level outage signals—GIS-ready—so your EOC can act faster, target the most vulnerable, and move from awareness to action.

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Signal over noise: what consulting should actually look like.
Signal over noise: what consulting should actually look like.

Tired of consultants selling ‘signal’ while delivering noise? Craig Fugate explains how to spot the real operators—the ones who cut through clutter, tell hard truths, and leave results, not slide decks.

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Your Plan Is Only as Good as Its Worst Assumption
Your Plan Is Only as Good as Its Worst Assumption

Frameworks vs. plans in crisis management, real-time outage data during Winter Storm Fern, Inc. Regionals three years running, and open positions at BES.

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Leading Innovation in Grid Intelligence with Ting Insights
Leading Innovation in Grid Intelligence with Ting Insights

BES partners with Whisker Labs to deliver real-time power outage data, expands the executive consulting team, and enters IAEM 2025 as a top-tier Driving Partner.

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Confident Resilience: How BES Is Handling Hurricane Season
Confident Resilience: How BES Is Handling Hurricane Season

BES partners with FloodMapp for hurricane season readiness, Craig Fugate and Greg Brunelle on situational awareness, open EM positions, and why one-size-fits-all fails.

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It's Preparedness Season: National Preparedness Month Recap and IAEM 2024
It's Preparedness Season: National Preparedness Month Recap and IAEM 2024

BES partners with FloodMapp for hurricane season readiness, Craig Fugate and Greg Brunelle on situational awareness, open EM positions, and why one-size-fits-all fails.

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What Every Emergency Manager Needs to Know About Emergency Alerts & Warnings
What Every Emergency Manager Needs to Know About Emergency Alerts & Warnings

Join BES, the University at Albany, and FEMA IPAWS for a free virtual webinar on the social science behind effective emergency alerts — including wildfire warnings, missing persons alerts, jargon, and the Message Design Dashboard.

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