Crisis Mapping in an emergency

Matt Lythe

Eagle Technology Group Ltd

Colin Klenner

IT Manager EQC

What happened

Agencies Involved in Response

The member organisations of the Coordinating Executive Group are:•The local authority members of the CDEM Group, including Environment Canterbury.•NZ Police•NZ Fire Service•Canterbury District Health Board•South Canterbury District Health Board•St John Ambulance•Department of Conservation•Canterbury Employers Chamber of Commerce•Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry•Canterbury West Coast Rural Fire Committee•Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management•Canterbury CDEM Group Controller

ECan’s Response to the Quake

• Establishment within 24hrs of www.Canterburyearthquake.org.nz

• Hosted outside of Ecan infrastructure

• Collaborative site - All agencies involved could post entries themselves. (users only

needed an internet connection and a

web browser)

GIS Response

• Activities- preparing data/maps for internal response teams

- hand digitising information from situational reports into GIS data for a regional picture

- providing GIS and IT support for agencies not normally based in Christchurch e.g. EQC, Red Cross, Fire Service, Ministry of Social Development

- setting up GIS portals (public, and secured for response agencies) to make information available

Public Incident Web Map

Public Incident Web Map

Portaloo’s

Social Content

Bringing data together

Transportation planning

• Have the best people there at the start

• Have all the base data you need in one place

• Expect incomplete and ambiguous data

• Avoid rushed decisions based on ideas

• Check that there is a purpose for actions

• Reduce barriers to access to information

• Have contact points & communication paths established

between agencies

Learnings

Active LandscapesActive LandscapesGoing up…..Going up…..

Coming down….Coming down….

Thank you

Eagle are in the Exclusive Briefing Room

11:10am to 12:10pm