Emergency Data Collection

The Easton Tornado-2004Adams County, WI

Adams County

Land Records Status Parcel mapping completed 2004 Digital Ortho Photo projected March 2005 ArcIMS site available intranet Fall ‘04 Tabular data available on web

Land Information Office Staff Responsibilities

Emergency Management Mapping

Project with WI DNR to create response area grids

Partner in orthophoto project

Sponsoring data verification project

Sponsoring HazMat project

Installing equipment and software in Emergency

Operations Center and Mobile Command Post

June 23, 2004

Flooding F1 tornado Response

Field EOC

FEMA Declaration 1526 Injuries Damage

Homes Business Agriculture

Recovery Grants Loans

Edgewood Estates Mobile Home Park

Limitations Communication Address data

Structures vs. address points Numerous addressing systems

On-site hardware State damage report

DNR Contributions- GIS Data/EOC

DNR Emergency Response Team Set up at Incident

Command Site Provided shapefile

of tornado path

Quincy Bluff

MSA’s Role – June 23

Address Mapping Plot New Maps

Add New Parcels Aerial Photo Backdrop

Multiple Sizes Command Post Volunteers

Damage Assessments

Obtained DNR Damage Path Path Analysis

Improved Parcels Assessed Values

Improved vs. Un-Improved Forestry Lands Impacted

Field GIS - Damage Assessment

GPS use to field verify damage path Resource Grade Coordinate Systems

Tested GIS in Field Database Standards

Addressing Standards/Parcel Integration FEMA Damage Forms

Lessons Learned Need trained, practiced and equipped damage

assessment team Improve Communication Plans

Telephone Internet

Need coordination of GIS activities with all response agencies

Integrate Land Records Assessment w/ Rapid Response Needs

Future Projects/Plans Train staff to use GIS to help with

damage assessment; exercise competency

Link data into an application that completes UDSR automatically

Create layers that will help responders