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Homeland Security S&T Summit (SE Region)

Topic: SERRI Project - Disaster Planning and Response

Title: “Disaster Response Intelligent System” (DRIS)Jackson State UniversityCenter for Defense Integrated Data (CDID)

Speaker: Joy Parikh, Program Manager Radiance Technologies, Inc.

Date: April 7, 2009

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Topic: SERRI Project - Disaster Planning and Response

Application to First Responders: • Unified application for training, day-to-day,

and emergency operation

Application to Preparedness:

• Identify at-risk populations

• Project hazards

• Disseminate impact

Application to the Southeast: • Can support DHS concerns at local, state,

and regional levels

Homeland Security S&T Summit (SE Region)

What is DRIS?

• Incident management application

• Dynamic GIS for managing, analyzing & reporting critical incidents

• Includes:• Storm Surge Analysis Tool• Chemical Plume Modeling Tool• Search and Rescue (SAR) Tool• Live-Weather Feed

• Bottom-up approach

What is DRIS?

DeSoto County EMA

•Risks: 7 High-Hazard Dams, Floods, Tornados, Potential Earthquake

•Port of Memphis

Newton County EMA•Risks: Floods, Tornados, Chemical Spill, Railway incident

Washington County EMA

•Risks: Flooding, Tornados

Hancock County EOC

•Risks: Hurricanes, Storm Surge, Flood, Wind (epicenter of Hurricane Katrina - 28 ft storm surge)

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Who Uses It?

Two custom toolbars

DRIS Interface

Desoto County, MS

Hancock County, MS Newton County, MS

Washington County, MS

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County Customization

GPS Photo & Video Integration

Hurricane Tracking Tool

Run Storm Surge Tool

User identifies the Category of Storm

(Cat I-V), Forward Motion,

and Tidal Influence

Storm Surge Modeling

Storm Surge Results

Predicted flood areas

Population Count Tool

Generates on-the-fly population estimate for area of interest

Google Earth Visualization

Critical Infrastructure

ResidentialCommercial

Chemical Plume Footprint

Established Traffic Control Points

Emergency Vehicle Entry Control Point

Critical Infrastructure

Major Highway

Established Traffic Control Points

Entry Control Point

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Critical Infrastructure

3D Visualization

Export to Google Earth

Ingest into DRIS

Chemical Plume Footprint

Drilldown

SAR Analysis

Documentation

Contract Number DE-AC05-00OR22725

Department of Homeland SecuritySoutheast regional research initiative

Prepared by:

Jackson State UniversityCenter for Defense Integrated Data

1230 Raymond Road Box 1200Jackson, MS 39204

Final Report Phase I

Collaboration with other SERRI Projects

Integrating models from other SERRI projects:

University of Mississippi National Center for ComputationalHydroscience and Engineering’s “Simulation-Based Decision Support System for Water Infrastructural Security” (PI- Dr. Mustafa Altinakar)

Jackson State University Northrop Grumman Center for High Performance Computing “Multi-Purpose, Multi-Scale Storm Surge and Flood Forecasting for Planning & Preparedness” (PI-Dr. Sharouz Aliabadi)

http://www.thenewtonrecord.com/local/local_story_282145344.html

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Topic: SERRI Project - Disaster Planning and Response

Summary: DRIS integrates a variety of data and analysis tools that have practical homeland security applications for the southeast region

Take-Aways:

•SERRI program combines technology and university research to develop validated approaches for homeland security initiatives

•DRIS addresses local homeland security issues - integrated product with usability across the region

•Identifying additional SERRI projects, federal, state and local agencies with associated needs

Homeland Security S&T Summit (SE Region)

See our poster session: “Disaster Response Intelligent System”

Contact Information

Gordon Skelton, Principal InvestigatorGordon Skelton, Principal InvestigatorJackson State University

Center for Defense Integrated Data1230 Raymond Road Box 1200

Jackson, MS 39204P: 601.979.5016

gskelton@c-did.com

Joy Parikh, Program ManagerRadiance Technologies, Inc.

Center for Defense Integrated Data 1230 Raymond Road  Box 1200

Jackson, MS 39204 P: 601.979.5006

jparikh@radiancetech.com