Emergency Management and GIS

Establishing Baseline OperationsThomas Sivak

Executive DirectorHamilton County

Emergency Management

Objectives

• Understand Emergency Management Responsibilities before, during, after events

• Share experiences from the past 3 years and how GIS had great impacts on the outcome of the events

• Identify future growth in expanding GIS into Emergency Management functions

Emergency Management

• Resource Coordinators• Situational Awareness • Planning• Communication • Coordination

*Before, During, and After Disasters / Special Events*

Setting the bar

“The only thing harder than planning for an emergency is explaining why you didn’t”

State Fair Pre-Planning 2011

Pre-Planning and Mapping

• State Fair Pre-Planning started during Summer of 2011

• Enhanced relationships with Local and State Partners • Worked with GIS to identify a divisions system for

events taking place at the State Fairgrounds

State Fair Collapse 2011

• Preplanning areas enabled rapid response• Allowed for rapid primary search of area• Enabled responders to complete a thorough

secondary search within hours of the incident

Super Bowl 2012

Pre-Planning and Coordination

• Planning started 3 years before event• Many changes took place within the last 6

months• Planning and mapping worked hand in hand

for various abilities to leverage GIS

Briefings (Supervisors)

Final Pre-Planning Meeting

Numerous Maps to Discern

• Super Bowl Committee Maps• Public Safety Maps• CAD Drawings • NFL Contractor Maps

Georgia Street Super Bowl Village

Zip Line and Entrance to the NFL Experience

Train Line

Main Stage

Pacers Fieldhouse and Hosted 2 Home Games

Public Safety Compound

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Henryville F4 Tornado

Henryville Sit Awareness

Henryville F4 Tornado Saturday Morning

Henryville – Sunday Morning

Richmond Hills November 10th

Richmond Hills November 11th

Response to Recovery

• ~700 (911) calls • 2 Deaths• ~10 injuries• 80+ homes affected• Shelter Established at Community Church

Initial Damage Assessment *Best Practice*

November 13th Engaging the Whole Community

• Ingress Egress credentials and plan executed• Roadmap created• Incident Management Team Coordinated• Recovery meeting established• Ingress and Egress systems in place • Establishing relationships with Insurance Agencies

Ingres / Egress / Checkpoints *Best Practice*

Area Affected

Conclusion

• The use of GIS mapping in Emergency Management is growing

• Incorporating GIS in the Emergency Operations Center is a Best Practice

• Continued growth in education of what can be done with GIS is needed within the Emergency Management Community

• Enhanced Critical Infrastructure Mapping