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HERE2 Homeland Emergency Response Exchange
Elonda Bacon
Iowa DNR
Emergency Response & Homeland Security Unit
LEPC Planning Workshop
Mason City, Iowa
June 6, 2013
HERE2 Homeland Emergency Response Exchange
HERE is a software application that
displays Tier 2 data. It may be run with
or without an internet connection.
This is the dashboard
Tells you if you are connected to the
internet
Saved searches New searches
Environmental Interest
area
Listing of sites matching
search criteria
Search by: site name, alternate name, fire department, and city.
You can search more than 1 state, county, and/or environmental interest type.
You can search using latitude/longitude within a certain radius.
Search by Fire Department
Search by city
State for data
retrieval
Environmental Interest
Start Search
Search by Facility
Click to close box
Click to expand box
Chemical storage information.
Click on arrow to expand chemical details.
Map the facility using Google Earth
You can search for certain chemicals by adding it to the search criteria.
Search by CAS# or chemical name
Click on Execute Search
Locate chemical
Click on Add
Click on OK Chemical is selected
You can save your search criteria.
Click on Data Download to schedule updates
If you do not want the data to
run, you can click on Schedule
to set the time.
Schedule tab
You can pick which states data you want
to receive. Iowa is already checked. If
picking more than Iowa you will need to
click on Request access.
Source tab
Authentication tab:
Username and password
Mapping options
Under Startup Options, uncheck the Start HERE upon Windows
startup. This will allow you to determine when you want to open
HERE 2.
Application tab
When you map to Google Earth, this is the Legend that comes up.
You can change the icons that appear by left clicking on the one you
want to change. Wait a minute then right click. It brings up a list of
available icons.
You can also pull up the Chemical Data Sheet for
chemicals. Type in the Name or CAS# and click on the
magnifying glass to search for the data sheet.
Click the blue “here”
to download Version 2
HERE2 Homeland Emergency Response Exchange
Elonda Bacon
Iowa EPCRA Coordinator
515-725-0302