Download - GIS Support to the First Responder
October 6, 2009
Jay Arnold, Northrop GrummanIvan Weichert, State of Kansas
The Kansas Eisenhower Center and the
Data Access and Support Center
GIS Support to the First Responder
The Eisenhower Center
The Eisenhower Center
Nichols Readiness Bldg.
Topeka, Kansas
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The Eisenhower Center
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The Eisenhower Center
• Emergency Ops Center• HQ, KS National Guard• KDEM
A public/private consortium of governmental, private sector and educational entities, dedicated to multi-agency multi-discipline homeland security education, technologies evaluation, scenario simulation and best practices.
Eisenhower Centerfor Homeland Security Studies
Client
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Then-Governor Kathleen Sebelius – Adjutant General Tod Bunting – Then-Congresswoman Nancy Boyda
Preparing for and dealing with the entire spectrum of threats to the people of Kansas and the United States.
GIS can help the first responder!
What is Homeland Security (HLS)?
Eisenhower Centerfor Homeland Security Studies
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First Responder Communities
Traditional First Responders National Guard Law Enforcement Fire Hazardous Materials DOD Assets Federal Assets
Non-Traditional Government
Leadership Public Affairs Public Works Transportation etc
Non-Governmental Organizations Community, State, Regional, Federal Agencies Private Institutions Universities Tribal Indian Nations
Greensburg Tornado4 May 2007
EF-5 Tornado 1 ½ to 2 miles wide Winds up to 205 MPH Direct hit on Greensburg,
KS 95% of town destroyed 13 Fatalities Hit at 10:00 PM
Greensburg Tornado4 May 2007
Greensburg Tornado4 May 2007
Greensburg Tornado4 May 2007
Topeka Flooding July 2007
Southeast Kansas FloodingJuly 2007
Southeast Kansas FloodingJuly 2007
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Katrina: Emergency Response
New Orleans Superdomeafter Katrina
GIS has become crucial in large-scale emergency situations for defining flood areas, structural damage, supply distribution points, passable roads, etc.
Little Rock, AR - An example of flooded terrain where the speed of processing time-sensitive data digital information is crucial
Little Rock, AR - Essential emergency evacuation and supply routes defined
5 m Bare-Earth LiDAR Terrain Model
1 m Bare-Earth LiDAR Terrain Model
Vision
• Public/Private Consortium• One Stop Shop for KS HLS• Independent Entity• Partners:
• The Adjutant General’s Department
• Kansas Universities• Community Colleges• Emergency Managers• Local, State & Federal
Responders• Private Industry• Non-Governmental
Organizations• Elected Officials
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Core Missions
IdentificationEvaluationValidation
And IntegrationOf Technologies
Multi MediaMulti Discipline
Leadership Development and Education
Emergency Operations Support Research and Forecasting
(Contingency Planning)
Homeland Security Best Practices
Technologies
• Distance Learning
• C & A Accredited Communications Network
• Weather Based Situational Awareness
• GIS Situational Awareness
• GIS Data Layers
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State of Kansas
Data Access and Support Center (DASC)
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A basic data viewer…
Image Viewer (DRG superimposed on top of DOQQ)
Kansas Green Report (KARS)
The Kansas Green Report provides images showing current vegetation conditions, greenness maps, and difference maps as compared to the previous week, the previous year, and the average vegetation conditions.
Dynamic data – satellite imagery updated weekly…
Water Information Storage and Retrieval Database (WIZARD)
Linking from pre-existing databases to the map…
Local Data Backup – November, 2007
Local Data Backup – April, 2008
Data stored at DASC
Data to be delivered to DASC
DASC GIS Data Back Up InitiativeCounty Status
Local Data Backup – August, 2008
Local Data Backup – January, 2009
Data stored at DASC
Data to be delivered to DASC
DASC GIS Data Back Up InitiativeCounty Status
Local Data Backup – March, 2009
Data stored at DASC
Data to be delivered to DASC
DASC GIS Data Back Up InitiativeCounty Status
Local Data Backup – June, 2009
Local Data Backup – September 1, 2009
Kansas GIS Inventory – October 1, 2009
Remote Operations – GIS\PAO
• GIS\PAO response to disaster scenes – 24 hour max
• GIS PAO support directly to Incident Commander via voice, satellite, internet or cellular connectivity
• On scene printing of GIS information
• Reach back to the EC, TAG or Kansas EOC
• Designed to work independently or in concert with fixed facilities or other mobile command vehicles
• Supports Experimental Missions– UAV– Smoky Hill
• Crisis City• The Village• Rail Disaster Training
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Mobile GIS\PAO Command Vehicle
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Remote Operations – GIS\PAO
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Interior Side View – Work Stations
Summary and Future Plans
• Eisenhower Center is a central focal point for:– Technology Insertion and Experimentation– Leadership Education
• DASC provides central data repository and outreach
• Fusion Center is coming online
• Mobile command vehicle is coming online
• Continued partnerships are key
• GIS Data Layers to Augment the Program– Statewide airborne LiDAR (and output products such as flood
plains)– Statewide airborne imagery (digital orthophotography)– Statewide parcel data– Statewide transportation network– Live weather data– Sensitive/hazardous/critical data layers38
Future GIS Tools
The imagery and the LiDAR were captured simultaneously. They can be used independently, together as overlays in a GIS, or fused into a single LAS format dataset where the RGB values from the imagery are pushed onto the LiDAR X,Y,Z values.
Future GIS Tools
Supporting customers with advanced technology and services
Integrated GIS-GPS systems provide clear advantages while collecting data in potentially hazardous and/or inaccessible areas.
Partners – Eisenhower Center
• Kansas National Guard
• State of Kansas IT Services and GIS
• Kansas Attorney Generals Office
• US Attorney's Office - Kansas City
• FEMA Region 7 Preparedness Office
• Kansas Bureau of Investigation
• Kansas Highway Patrol
• Kansas Division of Emergency Management
• Kansas Division of Health and Environment
• Kansas Department of Transportation
• Kansas Fire Marshal's Office
• Kansas Department of Corrections
• KU Medical
• K-State/NABC
• Kansas Animal Health Department
• Westar Energy
• Wolf Creek Power Plant
• Westar Energy
• Midwest Energy
• Kansas Rural Electric Cooperative
• Kansas Emergency Management Association
• Shawnee County Emergency Management
• Barton County Community College
• Hutchison Community College
• Dodge City Community College
• Kansas Court Systems
• Shawnee County Public Works
• Kansas City Kansas Police Department
• Wichita Police Department
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Eisenhower CenterCollaboration and Partnership