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Query ToolsGIS in Emergency Management and Homeland Security

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Why do you need a selection?

Selectedfeatures

Analysis

Edit

Use to select other features

Create a new flyer

Convert to graphics

Calculate statistics

Report Export

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Available Selection Tools

Interactive, attributes, location, graphics

Selected set

Interactive selection tool

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Selection Methods

Specify from Selection menuCreate new selection

Select from selection

Remove from the selection

Add to the selection

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Interactive Selection

Options from Selection menu

Select features partially or completely within the box or graphic(s)

Select features completely within the box or graphic(s)

Select features that the box or graphic are completely within

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Selection Layers

The Set Selectable Layers option allows you to choose the layers that you can select by clicking on the map.

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Attribute Selection

Select features based on an attribute value.

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Select by Location (spatial query)Use features in one layer to select features in another.

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Calculating Statistics

1. Select some features and open the feature attribute table.

3. Review the summary statistics and close the Statistics box when you are finished.

2. Choose Statistics from the field context menu.

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Query Exercise

Washington County Floodplain

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Questions…

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Academic Applications of GISGIS in Emergency Management and Homeland Security

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Goals

Applications of GIS in an academic environment

Resources – curriculum, user groups and more

Conclusions

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Academic Applications of GIS

Contributes to each facet of faculty professional development

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Academic Applications of GIS

Teaching Course projects, labs, data

Technology, Emergency Management, GIS, Economics, Engineering, Science, Geography, Remote Sensing

Research Grants

Multidisciplinary

Mitigation and Preparedness

Service Collaboration with public/private sectors

Federal, State, Local, community projects

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Teaching

Graduate or Undergraduate level applications

General Education courses

Examples Emergency Management – risk assessment, hazard profile, social

vulnerability, critical infrastructure, lifelines, emergency response

Geography – mapping applications for emergency planning, demographics, physical geography

Planning – zoning, building ordinances, land use

Engineering – modeling, basic engineering applications

Earth Sciences – geology, meteorology

Can we think of others?

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Teaching

California University of Pennsylvania

B.A. Geography concentration in GIS & Emergency Management Demographic Analysis

Climatology

Impacts and Sustainability of Tourism

Developing the Master Plan

Geographic Information Systems

GIS 2

Crime Mapping & Spatial Analysis

Natural Hazards

Emergency Management

Disaster Vulnerability Assessment

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Research

Multidisciplinary collaborations

Private/Public sector and university collaborations

Scenarios, Loss estimates, Models, Economics, Engineering Data

Flood Model

Hurricane/Wind Model

Earthquake Model

Internships – valuable experience for students

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HAZUS-MH – GIS Science and Risk Assessment

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What is HAZUS?

Facilitates a risk-based approach to mitigation

Calculates scientifically-defensible damages, economic losses, and mitigation benefits

Identifies and visually displays hazards and vulnerabilities

Free ArcGIS 9 extension

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What is HAZUS?

HAZUS-MH allows user to IDENTIFY vulnerable areas

ASSESS level of readiness and preparedness to deal with a disaster before disaster occurs

ESTIMATE potential losses from specific hazard events

DECIDE on how to allocate resources for most effective and efficient response and recovery

PRIORITIZE mitigation measures that need to be implemented to reduce future losses (what if)

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What is HAZUS?

Inventory is divided into two categories Common to all hazards

General building types and occupancies

Lifelines

Replacement costs

Demographics Hazard-specific

Specific building types

Elevation

Building configurations

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User Levels

Level 3

Level 2

Level 1

Combinations of local and default hazard, building, and damage data

Default hazard, inventory, and damage

information

Input hazard specific

data Required

User Effort and Sophistication

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Supported Hazards

Hurricanes

Riverine and Coastal Floods

Earthquakes

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Who Uses HAZUS?

Over 4,200 users in 2004 – 19,600 users predicted by 2008

International users – Norway, Turkey, and Sweden pilot programs

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Other Resources

HAZUS Overview

HAZUSLibrary

Model Details

User Group Information

Training

www.fema.gov/plan/prevent/hazus/index.shtm

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Loss Estimation Methodology

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Damage/Loss Functions

Assess damage and losses based on hazard conditions

Example – Hurricane model has 1884 unique building categories 45 damage/loss

functions for each building model

~85,000 unique damage/loss curves

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Output

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Hurricane Model Overview

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Supported States

Model includes 22 gulf and east coast states as well as Hawaii

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Hurricane Scenarios

Individual storms

User-defined

Historical Probabilistic

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Hurricane/Wind Model

Meteorology (wind speed, storm surge, forecast)

Emergency response

Wind engineering

Building codes, zoning

Mitigation and preparedness activities (evacuation routes, shelters, awareness)

Debris removal

Infrastructure and utilities

Vulnerability

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Flood Model Overview

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Flood Scenarios

Specific Return Intervals

Specific Discharge Frequency (riverine)

Annualized Losses

Quick Look

What-If Levees

Flow Regulation

Velocity

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Flood Model Meteorology, Geology, and Hydrology (data input, forecast)

Building codes, zoning

Emergency response

Army Corps of Engineers

NFIP and FIRM

Mitigation and preparedness activities (buyouts, dams, 100 year flood, cost-benefit analysis, awareness)

Emergency response

Infrastructure

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Earthquake Model Overview

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Earthquake Scenarios

User defined events

Historic events

Probabilistic events

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Earthquake Model Geophysics (shaking, liquefaction, landslides)

Geology (soils)

Earthquake engineering

Building codes

Mitigation and preparedness activities (e.g. retrofitting, awareness programs)

Utilities

Infrastructure

Emergency response

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Miles

Thomas St

I- 40

E Shelby Dr

I- 240

S Germantown Rd

Walnut Grove RdI- 55

US Hwy 70

Bridge Functionality Operational Operation w/ Minor Damage Restored w/in 30 Days Restored after 30 Days

Transportation Plan and Implementation Strategy

Greater Memphis Region

Approx 15% of Bridges Operational

10 Operational

47 Operational w/ Damage

16 Restored w/in 30 Days

365 Restored after 30 Days

Surface Streets most viable Alternate Routes

Majority of 5-State Region Bridges are Undamaged

Emergency Route Planning: Scenario Impact on Bridges

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HAZUS - Data

National database

Valuable resource

Must realize limitations (e.g. buildings dispersed evenly in county)

Data analysis methods/models

GPS data

Level 2 and 3 analyses

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Service Learning

Data collection to improve local data inventory

GIS support for risk assessment and mitigation planning

Technical support for Level 2 and Level 3 analysis

Engineering and planning support for mitigation

Evacuation, shelter, medical, emergency response, debris removal needs assessment

Cost benefit analysis

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Service

Improve understanding of hazards and potential impacts

Data and mapping repository for regional users

Technical training support for HAZUS-MH and applications

Participation in regional HAZUS User Groups

Students as “cheap” labor, internships

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Resources

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HAZUS User Groups

Networking

Communication

Collaboration

Projects

Training

Information

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Resources

Research Centers Natural Hazards Center in Boulder, CO

Universities

Journals

Training Regional HUGs

State Emergency Management

EMI http://www.training.fema.gov/emiweb/

Curriculum http://www.training.fema.gov/emiweb/edu/

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Resources http://www.esri.com/industries/public_safety/business/fema_ha

zus-mh.html Service pack, GIS, Examples, Computer Requirements

http://www.fema.gov/plan/prevent/hazus/ HAZUS Information, Order Form, HAZUS Tools, FEMA, HAZUS Library,

Contacts

http://hazus.org/ HAZUS Users Groups (HUG), Training, Resources, Data, Reports, Blog,

News

http://www.polis.iupui.edu/tpc/

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Conclusions

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Conclusions

Win-win situation University improves community relationship, collaborations, networking,

resources

Faculty develops professionally, tenure promotion, combines teaching, research, and service agendas

Students gain experience, learn state-of-the-art technology, internships, research, useful projects, marketable for jobs

Private sector gains opportunity, contacts, resources, interns, business continuity planning

Government improves emergency management, proactive mitigation activities, protects citizens, valuable cheap labor from students, improves data/resources, private sector expertise

Community safety, loss reduction, raised awareness, knowledge

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ConclusionsTremendous opportunity for increasing use of GIS and HAZUS-MH in academia.

HAZUS can be used to contribute to each facet of faculty professional development.

Collaboration is the key (multidisciplinary, multiagency, multijurisdictional) and the challenge

Many resources available and many are free!

HUGs are a valuable resource

Real impact – reduce casualties and damages

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Acknowledgements

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Kevin Mickey

Hazus.org

California University of Pennsylvania

3RiversHUG

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Discussion Points

Advantages/Disadvantages

Probability of using HAZUS/Inhibiting Factors

HAZUS User Groups

University uses of HAZUS

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Questions?