GIS Support to the First Responder

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October 6, 2009

Jay Arnold, Northrop GrummanIvan Weichert, State of Kansas

The Kansas Eisenhower Center and the

Data Access and Support Center

GIS Support to the First Responder

The Eisenhower Center

Nichols Readiness Bldg.

Topeka, Kansas

The Eisenhower Center

• Emergency Ops Center• HQ, KS National Guard• KDEM

A public/private consortium of governmental, private sector and educational entities, dedicated to multi-agency multi-discipline homeland security education, technologies evaluation, scenario simulation and best practices.

Eisenhower Centerfor Homeland Security Studies

Client

Then-Governor Kathleen Sebelius – Adjutant General Tod Bunting – Then-Congresswoman Nancy Boyda

Preparing for and dealing with the entire spectrum of threats to the people of Kansas and the United States.

GIS can help the first responder!

What is Homeland Security (HLS)?

Eisenhower Centerfor Homeland Security Studies

First Responder Communities

Traditional First Responders National Guard Law Enforcement Fire Hazardous Materials DOD Assets Federal Assets

Non-Traditional Government

Leadership Public Affairs Public Works Transportation etc

Non-Governmental Organizations Community, State, Regional, Federal Agencies Private Institutions Universities Tribal Indian Nations

Greensburg Tornado4 May 2007

EF-5 Tornado 1 ½ to 2 miles wide Winds up to 205 MPH Direct hit on Greensburg,

KS 95% of town destroyed 13 Fatalities Hit at 10:00 PM

Greensburg Tornado4 May 2007

Topeka Flooding July 2007

Southeast Kansas FloodingJuly 2007

Katrina: Emergency Response

New Orleans Superdomeafter Katrina

GIS has become crucial in large-scale emergency situations for defining flood areas, structural damage, supply distribution points, passable roads, etc.

Little Rock, AR - An example of flooded terrain where the speed of processing time-sensitive data digital information is crucial

Little Rock, AR - Essential emergency evacuation and supply routes defined

5 m Bare-Earth LiDAR Terrain Model

1 m Bare-Earth LiDAR Terrain Model

Vision

• Public/Private Consortium• One Stop Shop for KS HLS• Independent Entity• Partners:

• The Adjutant General’s Department

• Kansas Universities• Community Colleges• Emergency Managers• Local, State & Federal

Responders• Private Industry• Non-Governmental

Organizations• Elected Officials

Core Missions

IdentificationEvaluationValidation

And IntegrationOf Technologies

Multi MediaMulti Discipline

Leadership Development and Education

Emergency Operations Support Research and Forecasting

(Contingency Planning)

Homeland Security Best Practices

Technologies

• Distance Learning

• C & A Accredited Communications Network

• Weather Based Situational Awareness

• GIS Situational Awareness

• GIS Data Layers

State of Kansas

Data Access and Support Center (DASC)

A basic data viewer…

Image Viewer (DRG superimposed on top of DOQQ)

Kansas Green Report (KARS)

The Kansas Green Report provides images showing current vegetation conditions, greenness maps, and difference maps as compared to the previous week, the previous year, and the average vegetation conditions.

Dynamic data – satellite imagery updated weekly…

Water Information Storage and Retrieval Database (WIZARD)

Linking from pre-existing databases to the map…

Local Data Backup – November, 2007

Local Data Backup – April, 2008

Data stored at DASC

Data to be delivered to DASC

DASC GIS Data Back Up InitiativeCounty Status

Local Data Backup – August, 2008

Local Data Backup – January, 2009

Data stored at DASC

Local Data Backup – March, 2009

Data stored at DASC

Local Data Backup – June, 2009

Local Data Backup – September 1, 2009

Kansas GIS Inventory – October 1, 2009

Remote Operations – GIS\PAO

• GIS\PAO response to disaster scenes – 24 hour max

• GIS PAO support directly to Incident Commander via voice, satellite, internet or cellular connectivity

• On scene printing of GIS information

• Reach back to the EC, TAG or Kansas EOC

• Designed to work independently or in concert with fixed facilities or other mobile command vehicles

• Supports Experimental Missions– UAV– Smoky Hill

• Crisis City• The Village• Rail Disaster Training

Mobile GIS\PAO Command Vehicle

Remote Operations – GIS\PAO

Interior Side View – Work Stations

Summary and Future Plans

• Eisenhower Center is a central focal point for:– Technology Insertion and Experimentation– Leadership Education

• DASC provides central data repository and outreach

• Fusion Center is coming online

• Mobile command vehicle is coming online

• Continued partnerships are key

• GIS Data Layers to Augment the Program– Statewide airborne LiDAR (and output products such as flood

plains)– Statewide airborne imagery (digital orthophotography)– Statewide parcel data– Statewide transportation network– Live weather data– Sensitive/hazardous/critical data layers38

Future GIS Tools

The imagery and the LiDAR were captured simultaneously. They can be used independently, together as overlays in a GIS, or fused into a single LAS format dataset where the RGB values from the imagery are pushed onto the LiDAR X,Y,Z values.

Future GIS Tools

Supporting customers with advanced technology and services

Integrated GIS-GPS systems provide clear advantages while collecting data in potentially hazardous and/or inaccessible areas.

Partners – Eisenhower Center

• Kansas National Guard

• State of Kansas IT Services and GIS

• Kansas Attorney Generals Office

• US Attorney's Office - Kansas City

• FEMA Region 7 Preparedness Office

• Kansas Bureau of Investigation

• Kansas Highway Patrol

• Kansas Division of Emergency Management

• Kansas Division of Health and Environment

• Kansas Department of Transportation

• Kansas Fire Marshal's Office

• Kansas Department of Corrections

• KU Medical

• K-State/NABC

• Kansas Animal Health Department

• Westar Energy

• Wolf Creek Power Plant

• Westar Energy

• Midwest Energy

• Kansas Rural Electric Cooperative

• Kansas Emergency Management Association

• Shawnee County Emergency Management

• Barton County Community College

• Hutchison Community College

• Dodge City Community College

• Kansas Court Systems

• Shawnee County Public Works

• Kansas City Kansas Police Department

• Wichita Police Department

Eisenhower CenterCollaboration and Partnership

Contact Information:

Ivan Weichert Jay Arnoldivan.weichert@da.ks.govjay.arnold@ngc.com 785-296-0257 985-774-3714