Department of Military Affairs & Public Safety

WV Office of Emergency Services

Primary GIS Missions:

Support Emergency Operations Partner with GIS Data Producers

Collect Homeland Security GIS Data Establish a Geospatial Chain-of-Command

Implement GIS Solutions with DMAPS Agencies

Emergency Operations

Major FloodingMajor FloodingLarge Scale FiresLarge Scale FiresHazMat IncidentsHazMat Incidents

Counter-TerrorismCounter-Terrorism

Partner with GIS Data Producers

WVU GIS Technical CenterArmy & Air National GuardEmergency Medical Services

Dept. Environmental Protection Dept. Health & Human Resources

Homeland Security GIS Data

•Electric Power Facilities

•Communication Hubs

•Water & Sewer Treatment

•Hazadous Materials Facilities

•Schools, Hospitals, and Government buildings

•EMS & Law Enforcement Resources

•Transportation (Bridges, Ports,Locks)

Emergency Services GIS Goals•Production of on-demand situation maps for emergency mgmt.

•Plume modeling in ArcView 8.3 using SAIC’s CATs/Jace software

•Produce historical GIS data for Flood Mitigation programs.

• Support large scale forest fire modeling capabilities for response efforts, and resource management.

•Support state and federal agencies with GIS products and solutions.

•Secure federal funding for data generation & maintenance.

DMAPS GIS Initiatives DHS/NGA – Establish “chain-of-command” for GIS data.

WVU Tech Center – Partnered with OES for improved “critical infrastructure” data sets.

State Police – Have criminal incident data that is GIS ready.

Fire Marshal – Are acquiring a mapping extension for fire incidents.

Army Guard – Implementing GIS for counter-drug and counter-terrorism programs that tie into DHS initiatives.

County OES – Have critical GIS layers accessible via E-Team software for state-wide emergency response.

National Weather Service – Model flooding incidents based upon stream and rain gauge reporting to permit a real-time model.