Massachusetts Maritime Academy

FEMA Higher Education Conference June

2010GIS in Emergency Management

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Massachusetts Maritime AcademyFounded in 1890One of nine Massachusetts State CollegesOriginally for education of merchant mariners

Marine EngineeringMarine Transportation

Expanded programs intoMarine Environmental ProtectionFacilities EngineeringEmergency ManagementInternational Maritime Business

Technical Educational ProgramsRegimental Life Style

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Emergency Management courses using Geographical Information Systems

Every student will select a town in Massachusetts and build on data struvture for that town and a surrounding 10 mile buffer in the following courses

Introduction to GIS Risk Management Natural Hazards Emergency Management Operations Information Technology in Emergency Management

The data structure will be used to simulate emergency situations throughout the program

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Introduction to GISArcGIS

Minimum Essential Data Set (MEDS) map Town Base Map (projected and geographic

coordinates) Town Boundary (selected from the state town

map) Roadway Data Emergency Response Sites Population ( blocks and 3 types of block group) USGS GNIS Infrastructure Aerial Photographs Hillshaded Digital Elevation Maps

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County Hillshade

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Introduction to GIS Maps

Newburyport Massachusetts

Spanish speaking Aerial Photograph

Flood DataFlood Zones

Income less than $10000

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Risk ManagementALOHA

Creating a chemical plume Simulating a transportation incident Varying meteorological conditions Linking the plume to the ArcGIS MEDS Base Map Investigate Population effected Investigate Road Closures

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Aloha Propane Toxic Vapor Plume

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Aloha Propane Toxic Vapor Plume

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Risk Management Propane Explosion

Propane Toxic Plume

Newburyport Massachusetts

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Newburyport Massachusetts

Population effected by vapors

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Road Closures

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Natural HazardsArcGIS MEDS Base Map

Flooding Scenario Census population affected in various demographic categories Attach HAZUS daytime population distribution Triage locations Shelter requirements and locations

HAZUS level 1 Hurricane and Earthquake scenario Probabilistic Hurricane Damage assessment Mitigation

Farsite 4 GIS Wildfire Simulator Perform tutorial Wildfire simulation using spatial analysis

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Newburyport Massachusetts

Population effected by floods

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Barnstable County Massachusetts

Probabilistic Hurricane

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Barnstable County

Damage and Shelter Assessment

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Barnstable County

Apply 100% Mitigation Measures

Rerun the Model

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Compare tabulated data

Non Mitigated

Mitigated

Barnstable Massachusetts Mitigation for Probabilistic Hurricane

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Information Technology in Emergency Management

ArcGIS MEDS Base Map refined to includePopulation vulnerabilityNetwork Analysis

Emergency Response service areas Shortest route to triage

3D Analysis 3D view of town center

Raster Analysis Model Builder Viewsheds and Contours Population vulnerability analysis

Image Processing (ArcView 3.2, Image J)

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Field Percentage

inc_lo_prc 30% % of households with "low" income

lng_noteng 30% Non-English speaking households Calculate as percent

age65_over 20% Total population age 65 and older Calculate as percent

age_lt18 20% Total population under age 18 Calculate as percent

Vulnerable Population

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Vulnerable Population

Calculate the function

Investigate the distribution

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Vulnerable Population

Map the distribution

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Network Analysis

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Network Analysis

Service AreasDelivery Route

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Viewshed from 2 points

Using a

Hillshade draped with a DEM at 50% transparency

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Raster Analysis

Rasterized Flood ZonesRasterized Vulnerable Population

Combine

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Resulting Critical Areas

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Emergency Management Operations

Incident Commander Emergency Response GameResource allocation is a critical function3 Teams of 7 or 8 players in each class.Practice runs3 official runs

Radio and Web EOC communications Each student plays an IC chief After Action Report Team competition

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Emergency Management Computer Lab

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Verbal Communications between Players

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MMA Emergency Management Simulator

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Main Console At Scene Station

Radio and Web EOC Communications between Players

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Massachusetts Maritime AcademyMarine Safety and Environmental Protection Department

I will be happy to address any questions you have during this session or via emailProfessor Malcolm MacGregor (mmacgregor@maritime.edu)

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