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The April 27The April 27thth 2011 Tornados in 2011 Tornados inThe City of TuscaloosaThe City of Tuscaloosa
Jeff Motz, GISP, CGCIOGIS Manager
City of Tuscaloosa
City of TuscaloosaCity of Tuscaloosa
• County seat of Tuscaloosa County
• Home of The University of Alabama
• Home of Mercedes Benz
Tuscaloosa GIS before the stormTuscaloosa GIS before the storm
• The City of Tuscaloosa - 1,300 employees• GIS efforts evolved from CADD work• Growing popularity of GIS, especially web-
based application• Distributed responsibility of data updates• GIS Division a part of Information
Technology Department
Incident Command SystemIncident Command System
standardized, on-scene, all-hazards incident management approach that:
•Allows for the integration of facilities, equipment, personnel, procedures, and communications operating within a common organizational structure.•Enables a coordinated response among various jurisdictions and functional agencies, both public and private.•Establishes common processes for planning and managing resources.
Emergency Management InstituteEmergency Management Institute
Incident Command SystemIncident Command System
Gaining ExperienceGaining Experience
Trained using NIMS at non-emergency events
• College football games• Concerts• Triathlon• Airshows
The Blizzard of 2011The Blizzard of 2011
The April 15th Tornado
The “Sugarland”
Tornado
The Morning of the Storm
Storm Damage
DESTROYED:•EMA•Fire Station 4•Police East Precinct•Environmental Services Dept.•Salvation Army• Red Cross
Richard M. Curry BuildingEMA/Environmental Services
Incident Command CenterIncident Command Center
……a little help from my friends.a little help from my friends.
Overwhelming GIS needs•Immediate•Short Term•Long Term
Keith Cooke, EsriKeith Cooke, Esri
Karyn Tareen, GeoCoveKaryn Tareen, GeoCove
Assess-Report-Map: How a GIS tool was used for Tuscaloosa's Damage Assessment
AgendaAgenda
• Where We Started
• What We Did
• What Went Right
• What We Learned
Where we started..Where we started..
GIS Data◦ArcGIS Server tiled mapservices◦Addressing◦ArcSDE / ArcGIS Server inside the firewall
Hardware◦Esri / Geocove Personal devices (5) ◦Loaned devices
What we didWhat we did
Round 1•Installed Esri software in DMZ•Loaded damage assessment schema and base data•Built deployment packages
Round 2++•Setup COP Viewer / reporting tool•Added more data to deployment packages
Screenshot of Round 2 Field App (note, basemap is still available)
Screenshot of Round 3 Field AppAddition of post Tornado Imagery
ResultsResults
4207 Residential Structures
$172,150,420 in residential loss
Assessments automated in 5 days
Incident Commander assigned ‘whatever you need’ resources to GIS Manager to complete process using tool
What Went RightWhat Went Right
Referencing Existing Data
COP
Photos
‘Automation’ of Assessments
What Could Have Been Better…What Could Have Been Better…
PROCESS
Assessment Grids◦ Deploy immediately
Hardware provisioning
Training
Process, Process, ProcessProcess, Process, Process Who
◦ Multi-agency, multi-jurisdictional◦ Volunteers
What◦ Windshield assessments
Safety / Damage / Both◦ Worksheet assessments◦ Public Health◦ Search and Rescue
When◦ Windshield vs. Worksheets
Concurrent vs. consecutive
How◦ Consider hardware
Tool ConsiderationsTool Considerations
Typing?How many clicks?GIS based / no integration“Sometimes connected”Open development environment / fat finger buttons!Feed the COPReporting?
ContactContact
Copyright 2011 Geocove, Inc. All rights reserved.
Karyn Tareenktareen@geocove.com
800-614-9850 x 701
Visit us at Esri/Geocove booth in Exhibit Hall
Some of life’s best lessons are Some of life’s best lessons are learned at the worst times.learned at the worst times.
Software – ELA worth the priceSoftware – ELA worth the price• Tier one is for towns and counties with
populations up to 25,000.• Tier two is for cities and counties with
populations between 25,001 and 50,000.
• Tier three is for cities and counties with populations between 50,001 and 100,000
Hardware/Network Hardware/Network
• WiFi unreliable• Prepare with drills and exercises• Laptops, Tablets ready to deploy• Hardcopies sometimes the best solution
ManagementManagement
Be ready to accept help when offered
Data
LeadershipLeadership
Learn from other people’s Learn from other people’s mistakes; you won’t live mistakes; you won’t live
long enough to make long enough to make them all yourself.them all yourself.
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