Gis for Emergency Management

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GIS for Emergency Mitigation

You need to know where your

vulnerabilities are beore an

emergencystrikes.Ageographic

informationsystem(GIS)givesyou

tools to proactively identiy risks

andtakeaction.Powerfulmapping

and analysis capabilities help you

plan ahead and be prepared.

Planning and Analysis

GIS technology provides the capa-

bility to map and analyze hazards

o all types and visualize their

potential impacts. When natural or

man-made hazards are used with

critical inrastructure, population

densities, and other community

values, vulnerabilities can be better

understood.

Whenhazardshavebeenidentiedandmapped,theirseverity

and proximity to community values drive mitigation strategies. You

can begin to prioritize plans using GIS-based intelligence.

The NOAA weather warnings and watches let the EOC know if there are any forecasts of severe weather that could

impact the jurisdiction.

Hydrogen sulfide plume modeling and area of dispersion using ArcGIS.

GIS can help identify community

values at risk to drive mitigation

priorities.


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GIS for Emergency Management

Terrorist attacks; devastating natural disasters; budgetary con-

straints; and a greater mandate or collaboration among local,

state, and ederal agencies are just a ew o the challenges youace today.

Emergency management organizations are responsible or

reducing vulnerabilities and establishing an eective response.

Identiying hazards, analyzing community values at risk, develop-

ing mitigation and response plans, maintaining situational aware-

ness, managing resources, and supporting response and recovery

are complex responsibilities.

Many Data Sources

GIS Applies the Geographic Approach

Coordinated

Action

Creating the

Common Operating

Picture

Share Communicate Collaborate

Turn into Actionable

Intelligence

Integrate

and Analyze

GIS technology gives you the capability you need to overcome chal-

lenges and meet mission requirements. It provides powerul yet

easy-to-use tools or the our phases o emergency management:

Mitigation

Preparedness

Response

Recovery

GIS enables emergency management proessionals to collect vast

amounts o data that can be quickly transormed into actionable

inormation. You can reduce response times, gain comprehensive

situational awareness, and improve communication.

GIS provides the capability to meet every aspect of the emergency management decision support cyclefrom acquiring, analyzing, and managing

disparate data to supplying coordinated action. This results in better decisions, greater efficiency, and more effective communications.


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GIS for Emergency Preparedness

Emergencymanagersfacethedifculttaskofdevelopingcom-

prehensive plans to prepare or all types o disasters. They are

responsible or protecting emergency sta and the public as well

as property and natural resources. GIS technology builds and

enhances emergency preparedness by providing in-depth data

management, optimizing situational awareness, and supporting

emergency personnel.

Data Management

To achieve comprehensive preparedness, a great deal o inorma-

tion must be gathered and maintained in advance o an event.

ArcGIS is a fexible inormation platorm that enables

Fullintegrationwithotherinformationsystems

Astandards-basedarchitecturefortrueinteroperability

Storageandanalysiscapabilityforalltypesofdata

AccuratecatalogingofGISdataandservices

Situational Awareness

Gaining an accurate understanding o events on the ground as

an emergency unolds is paramount to an eective response. GIS

aids in quickly establishing ull situational awareness by linking

people, processes, and inormation together using geography.

GIS supplies

DecisionsupportthroughaGIS-basedcommonoperatingpicture

Theestablishmentofcommunicationsandcollaboration

among participating departments and agencies

Resourcemanagementforrapiddeploymentofemergency

personnel, supplies, and equipment

Accesstolivedatafeedsandgeoprocessingservices

Supporting Emergency Operations and Staff

Emergency management mobilizes services and resources to sup-

portrstresponders.TheEmergencyOperationsCenter(EOC)

supports incident management operations as well as continuity

o government operations. The sta uses GIS to support the

response mission at all levels by

Acquiringandtrackingresourcesfrommultiplelocations

Providingpublicwarnings,notications,andgeneralinformation

Evacuatingaffectedpopulationsandprovidingsheltersupport

Maintainingincidentstatusanddamageassessment

Preparingmapsandstatusreportsforcommunityleadersand

decision makers

This vulnerability assessment

was generated for a hazard

mitigation plan. It is published

both in paper form and as

an overlay in the common

operating picture.

Learn more about GIS or emergency management atwww.esri.com/publicsafety.


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GIS for Emergency Response and Recovery

Field Operations

Gettingaccurateinformationfromeldopera-

tions back to the command center can be adifcultchallenge.MobileGISgivesyouthe

advantage you need. Field crews can easily

capture data and have it instantly sent back or

incorporation in the common operating picture.

Commanders get a more accurate, dynamic

understanding o conditions on the ground.

Newdatacanbesenttoeldteamssothey

have the best inormation possible or staying

sae and protecting lives. Whether its response

or recovery, mobile GIS gives you the capabil-

ity you need or getting the right inormation,

wherever it may be.

Recovery Operations

GIS is essential or both short-term and long-term recovery. Itsupplies a central inormation repository or damage assessment.

It allows you to

Collectassessmentdatafromeldpersonnel.

Assessimpactsviaacommonoperatingpicture.

Determinerecoveryresourcesfrombothpublicand

private sectors.

Selectthebestpossiblelocationsforpublicassistancesites.

Buildcontinuityplansforreestablishinggovernmentoperations.

Determinealternatetransportationroutes.

Monitorreconstructionefforts.

Publishrecoveryprogressmapsforthepublicandgovernment organizations.

Situational awareness can be obtained with this common operat-

ing picture illustrating a chemical plume that identifies road

closures and critical infrastructure.

ArcGIS is used to display areas damaged by a tornado as well as a

chemical plume from a facility.


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