The Midwest Floods of 2008 Wisconsin’s Response

Overview Events Lake Delton International Charter EOC GIS Support Lessons Learned

Events

Lake Delton

International Charter

EOC GIS Support

Lessons Learned

Event June 5 - 13

Lake Delton

Lake Delton Debris

Devil’s Lake

Hwy 33 and Interstate 94

Reedsburg

Baraboo River

Pardeeville

Pine Island Levee

Rock Springs

Lake Delton

Lake Delton Collection process FEMA project USGS contract 90/10 cost share LIDAR suitable for 1 foot contours 3 inch and 6 inch 4 band digital photography Less than 3 weeks delivery Total Cost: $67,431.17

Collection process

FEMA project

USGS contract

90/10 cost share

LIDAR suitable for 1 foot contours

3 inch and 6 inch 4 band digital photography

Less than 3 weeks delivery

Total Cost: $67,431.17

Lake Delton Partners: FEMA USGS WI-DNR WI-DOT WI-DMA Sauk County Private Mead and Hunt Aerometric Ayres and Associates MSA

Partners:

FEMA

USGS

WI-DNR

WI-DOT

WI-DMA

Sauk County

Private

Mead and Hunt

Aerometric

Ayres and Associates

MSA

Proposed Design

Proposed Design

International Charter

Purpose An International agreement among Space Agencies to support with space-based data and information relief efforts in the event of emergencies caused by major disasters. Disaster response Multi-satellite data acquisition planning Fast data turn-around – priority acquisition Archive retrievals and spacecraft tasking Data processing at pre-determined level Space Agency contribution in image/data Space Agency initiative for value-added-data fusion

An International agreement among Space Agencies to support with space-based data and information relief efforts in the event of emergencies caused by major disasters.

Disaster response

Multi-satellite data acquisition planning

Fast data turn-around – priority acquisition

Archive retrievals and spacecraft tasking

Data processing at pre-determined level

Space Agency contribution in image/data

Space Agency initiative for value-added-data fusion

CSA Canada NOAA USGS USA CONAE Argentina CNES France ESA DMC Europe ISRO India JAXA Japan Charter Member Agencies CNSA China

Satellites used

RADARSAT-1

Spot

Spot

Final Spot Flooding Polygons

Ground Truth 9 pre-released 2008 NAIP images (band 4) GPS points and pictures.

9 pre-released 2008 NAIP images (band 4)

GPS points and pictures.

RADARSAT-1

Spot

NAIP 08

State EOC Support June 5 – 27

GIS support GIS staffing from the 8 th to the 24 th . 26 staff covering 658 hours of support. Over 350 custom maps. 1500+ 8.5 x 11 copies 1000+ 11 x 17 copies 400+ emails

GIS staffing from the 8 th to the 24 th .

26 staff covering 658 hours of support.

Over 350 custom maps.

1500+ 8.5 x 11 copies

1000+ 11 x 17 copies

400+ emails

GIS Procedures Orientation SOP’s Directory structure Hardware roles Map themes Field team roles GIS roles

Orientation

SOP’s

Directory structure

Hardware roles

Map themes

Field team roles

GIS roles

GIS Roles GIS-LIA – GIS liaison EOC-GIS1 – GIS specialist SRC-GIS – GIS RASCAL plume PLUME-GIS – GIS plume modeler GIS Specialist for the Emergency Operations Center (EOC-GIS1): Description: This position will be located within the EOC (Room 101). The mapping tasks will be highly varied, depending on the incident prompting the activation of the EOC. Some types of maps requested of this position may include: REP exercises or real nuclear power plant events, floods, tornado/high wind damages, chemical releases, winter road conditions, wildfires, special events, terrorist activities, and human or animal pandemics,. Individuals staffing this position may be asked to………..

GIS-LIA – GIS liaison

EOC-GIS1 – GIS specialist

SRC-GIS – GIS RASCAL plume

PLUME-GIS – GIS plume modeler

GIS Specialist for the Emergency Operations Center (EOC-GIS1):

Description: This position will be located within the EOC (Room 101). The mapping tasks will be highly varied, depending on the incident prompting the activation of the EOC. Some types of maps requested of this position may include: REP exercises or real nuclear power plant events, floods, tornado/high wind damages, chemical releases, winter road conditions, wildfires, special events, terrorist activities, and human or animal pandemics,. Individuals staffing this position may be asked to………..

Directory Structure

Esponder EOC activation the morning of June 5 th EOC deactivation late evening on June 27 th 1516 events collected

EOC activation the morning of June 5 th

EOC deactivation late evening on June 27 th

1516 events collected

Incident Map

VIP Mission Maps

Red Cross Shelters

Dam Status

Flood Maps

Target Deck

Lessons Learned

What would we do different? Log phone calls Expand EOC GIS roles Add/upgrade some computers Acquire/relocate color laser printer Acquire a laminator Reorganize some of the directory folders Incorporate new map products into SOP Establish a map naming convention More desk space

Log phone calls

Expand EOC GIS roles

Add/upgrade some computers

Acquire/relocate color laser printer

Acquire a laminator

Reorganize some of the directory folders

Incorporate new map products into SOP

Establish a map naming convention

More desk space