GIS for Disaster ResponseGIS for Disaster Response

For IAFC Leadership SummitFor IAFC Leadership SummitNovember 4, 2005November 4, 2005

Jennifer Schottke, ESRIJennifer Schottke, ESRI

AndAnd

Dr. Robert Pierce, USGSDr. Robert Pierce, USGS

IAFC-ESRI GIS Grant RecipientsIAFC-ESRI GIS Grant RecipientsIAFC-ESRI GIS Grant RecipientsIAFC-ESRI GIS Grant Recipients

           

Fire Department Street Address City State Zip Pop

Ankeny Fire Department 120 NW Ash Drive Ankeny IA 50023 28,000

Anne Arundel County Fire Dept 8501 Veterans Hwy Millersville MD 21108 489,600

City of Orange Fire Department 300 East Chapman Orange CA 92866 140,000

City of Raleigh Fire DepartmentPO Box 590, 310 West Martin Street,

Suite 200 Raleigh NC 27602 208,000

City of SeaTac Fire Dept 2929 S 200th St SeaTac WA 98198 25,000

County of Albemarle Dept of Fire Rescue 460 Stagecoach Rd, Ste F

Charlottesville VA 22902 79,000

Jackson County Fire District No. 3 8333 Agate Road White City OR 97503 5,400

Mount Laurel Fire Department 69 Elbo Lane

Mount Laure

l NJ 08054 10,000

Omaha Fire Dept 1516 Jackson St Omaha NE 68102 609,000

Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire Civic Bldg, 200 Ross St, 5th Fl Pittsburgh PA 15219 335,000

St Tammany Fire District 12 115 Northpark Blvd Covington LA 70433 10,000

Sun Prairie Volunteer Fire Dept 135 N Bristol St Sun Prairie WI 53590 20,000

Unified Fire Authority 3380 S 900 WestSalt Lake

City UT 84119 350,000

City of Hartford Fire Department 275 Pearl Street Hartford CT 06103 122,000

2005 IAFC-ESRI Grant Recipients2005 IAFC-ESRI Grant Recipients2005 IAFC-ESRI Grant Recipients2005 IAFC-ESRI Grant Recipients

Take Home Points re: GISTake Home Points re: GISTake Home Points re: GISTake Home Points re: GIS

• GIS is layer centricGIS is layer centric

• geography is the “unique key”geography is the “unique key”

• more than a map: its an more than a map: its an information systeminformation system

Weather informationWeather information

Roads/InfrastructureRoads/Infrastructure

Vehicle locationsVehicle locations

Land use/Land coverLand use/Land cover

EnvironmentEnvironment

Raster imageryRaster imagery

Forming collections of data to create Forming collections of data to create information and knowledge …information and knowledge …

BasemapsBasemaps

Geography is a “key.”Geography is a “key.”

GIS Integrates All Types of DataGIS Integrates All Types of DataGIS Integrates All Types of DataGIS Integrates All Types of Data

Parcel ManagementParcel Management

AndAnd

FloodFloodAnalysisAnalysis

DroughtDrought

Inundation Modeling Inundation Modeling Inundation Modeling Inundation Modeling

Evacuation RoutingEvacuation RoutingEvacuation RoutingEvacuation Routing

GIS For Situational AwarenessGIS For Situational AwarenessGIS For Situational AwarenessGIS For Situational Awareness

• Integrates and manages these disparate, data types – Static base layers: political boundaries, roads– On-demand raster imagery – Real-time data: weather , vehicles, humans with GPS-

enabled phones, devices- like electrical transformers.

• Supports workflow intelligence models– complex geoprocessing– realtime global visualization tools– automated cartography– data publishing

• Assimilates vast amounts of data into one common frame of reference providing situational awareness for– Better command decisions– Effective resource management,– Accurate information to the public.

GIS For the GulfGIS For the GulfGIS For the GulfGIS For the Gulf

Dr. Robert PierceDr. Robert PierceUS Geological SurveyUS Geological Survey