Multi-County Sharing of Multi-County Sharing of Resident Data for Public Resident Data for Public

SafetySafety

Public Safety Public Safety GISGIS

Traditional GISTraditional GIS

Scott County Area Plan CommissionScott County, Indiana

John Knight, Executive Director

Public Safety GISPublic Safety GIS

Kosciusko County Regional Dispatch CenterKosciusko County, Indiana

Traditional GIS and Public Safety GISTraditional GIS and Public Safety GIS

TRADITIONAL GIS PUBLIC SAFETY GIS

PURPOSEEnhanced Government

ServicesProtection of Life and Property

PERSONNEL More GIS Experts More GIS Users

JUSRISDICTION Generally a Single Jurisdiction Multiple Jurisdictions

GIS SOFTWARE Few Formats Multiple Formats

DATA CURRENCY Periodic Currency 24 Hour or Real Time Currency

USE OF SENSITIVE DATA

Occasional Frequent

INTERNET CONNECTION

Always Usually but not always

HOURS Normal Business Hours Continuous 24 Hour Coverage

LOCATION Mostly Office, Some Field Some Office, More Field

WORK As Per Schedule Often in Real Time

Much In CommonBut Some Differences

The Emergency Management CycleThe Emergency Management Cycle

Spencer County EMASpencer County, Indiana

Al Perdue and Barbara Ninke

PREPARATION(Public Safety GIS)

RECOVERY(Traditional GIS)

MITIGATION(Traditional GIS)

RESPONSE(Public Safety GIS)

Public Safety Preparation and ResponsePublic Safety Preparation and Response

Hurricane ManagementBeaufort County, South Carolina

Using GIS Under Emergency ConditionsUsing GIS Under Emergency Conditions

The Worst: System Breakdown

1. Loss of Power or Phone Lines2. No Internet Access, Cell

Phones Overloaded3. Operation Center or Dispatch

Center becomes Non-Functional• Computer Breakdown• Loss of Key Personnel• Loss of Stored Data• Communications Failures• Loss of Use of Physical

Facility

Still Bad: Diminished Capacity

1. Geographic Areas Lacking High Speed Internet Access

2. Internet Slows Down as it becomes Overloaded

3. Slow Operation Speeds of Interactive Internet Based GIS

4. Slow Internet Downloads of Memory Intensive Geographic Information

5. Inherent difference of Internet Speed vs. Computer Processing Speed

“Expect the Worst and Prepare for It”

Bergen County, NJBergen County, NJ

Bergen County Public Safety Bergen County, New Jersey

Bob Greenlaw, Director Bergen County Central Dispatch

Indiana Search and RescueIndiana Search and Rescue

Camp Atterbury, Edinburgh – Johnson County, IndianaMari Hulman George Search and Rescue Academy

Making GIS Work in an EmergencyMaking GIS Work in an Emergency

In order to enhance GIS functionality in a Public Safety Emergency you need to:

1. Build in Redundancy2. Maximize Speed

In - Ambulance MappingLawrence County, Indiana

Principles for Building Redundancy and Principles for Building Redundancy and SpeedSpeed

into a Public Safety GIS Systeminto a Public Safety GIS System1. Have in place a system of Data Stewardship2. Have in place a system for exchanging Sensitive Data.3. Have GIS applications and existing GIS data on resident

computers with a means of Internet Data Exchange in Place.4. Have the capability of exchanging new information over the

internet with the means to deliver it to users in their particular format and projection automatically.

5. Be able to monitor and input real time GPS and AVL (Automatic Vehicle Location) information and share this information with others.

6. Use Web GIS for monitoring, and providing information to public officials and the general public.

7. Create an overall Public Safety GIS that uses Resident Data, the Internet, and Web GIS each to their best advantage.

Other Barriers to Data SharingOther Barriers to Data Sharing

Legal Barriers1. The Indiana Open Records

Law (The Data Sharing Traffic Cop)

2. Reasons for Data Sharing3. Data Sharing Agreements

Funding Barriers1. The Cost of Software2. The Cost of Training3. The Cost of Data Maintenance4. The Cost of Data Sharing

Vehicle TrackingStarke County, Indiana

Data Exchange in Vigo Data Exchange in Vigo County RegionCounty Region

Using the WTH Universal Data Using the WTH Universal Data Exchange NetworkExchange Network

UDXUDX

Universal Data Exchange Network Universal Data Exchange Network (UDX)(UDX)

Allows data exchange between Allows data exchange between remote county and regional officesremote county and regional offices

Does not require interoffice networkDoes not require interoffice network Only requires an internet connectionOnly requires an internet connection Data Exchange is controlled by the Data Exchange is controlled by the

Chart of AccountabilityChart of Accountability

Chart of Accountability (COA)Chart of Accountability (COA)

Defines who or which office is Defines who or which office is accountable for each GIS data layeraccountable for each GIS data layer

Only the responsible office can Only the responsible office can change the datachange the data

COA is maintained by the county and COA is maintained by the county and administered by WTH through the administered by WTH through the Universal Data Exchange Network Universal Data Exchange Network (UDX)(UDX)

Typical COATypical COA

911 Center911 Center• AddressesAddresses• RoadsRoads• Emergency Service ZonesEmergency Service Zones

CourthouseCourthouse• ParcelsParcels• Land UseLand Use• SoilsSoils

Emergency Emergency ManagementManagement• County County

ResourcesResources• Weather SirensWeather Sirens• Hazardous Hazardous

Material SitesMaterial Sites

UDX / WTH

Vigo Co. 911 Center (State Plain West)

Parke Co. 911 Center

VermillionCounty

Clay County (Lat-Long)

Sullivan County

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Vigo Co. 911 Center

Parke County 911 Center(ThinkMap)

Vermillion County

Clay County Sullivan County

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End Result:End Result:

Complete Interoperability !Complete Interoperability !