Delivering an Evacuation Planning Tool - Exodus

1. Delivering an Evacuation Planning Tool
(Exodus)
Adrian Brotherton
GIS Manager, North Wales Police
Tony Colby
Principal Consultant, Helyx SIS

2. Adrian Brotherton
GIS Manager, North Wales Police
Tony Colby
Principal Consultant, Helyx SIS
North Wales Police
• Covers 6,360km2 (2,460mi2)
• Population of >685,000
• >1,500 Sworn Officers and >1,200 Police Staff
• Boundaries with Cheshire, Merseyside, Dyfed Powys and West Mercia
Forces

3. • GIS at NWP
– ArcGIS Server – core of corporate GIS
– LocatorHUb – As a corporate gazetter
– LocalView Fusion – Internal Map Viewers
– Desktop with Crime Analyst – for Analyst Community
– ProductitySuite – OS Data Management
– Oracle 11g
– BeatMaps – Officer Briefing

4. • In the last 3 years we have had some of
the worst flooding in 60 years
• The frequency, severity and impact of the
weather on our communities shows little
signs of abating
• We also need to be prepared for
man‐made disasters including terrorism
and industrial accidents

5. How do we …..
…..determine the evacuation priority?
…..determine the resources required?
…..disseminate a plan?
…..coordinate with multi‐agency partners?
…..provide consistent accurate updates to SPG, GOLD or even COBR?
…..help support the vulnerable in our communities?
…..support the recovery process of getting people back home?

6. • What are the options for managing an evacuation….
– Pre‐Plan Events
• Plans need to keep up to date
• Where do you create plans for?
• How do you prioritise planning effort?
– Use best endeavours and hope for the best
• How do you judge success?
• How do you effectively co‐ordinate?
• How do you understand where to start?
• How do you know everyone is safe?
– Or, is there a third way forward?

7. • St Asaph, Denbighshire – November 2012
• 14 hours between a ‘Flood Guidance Statement’ and a ‘Flood Warning’
• A 91 year old lady decided to remain in her property but her daughter was
to receive updates.
• Police had no cause or power to remove her from her home.
• Updates weren’t received when flood waters rapidly rose from
approximately 12” to over 5 foot.
• Information regarding who had and who hadn’t been evacuated had not
been adequately tracked by the various responding agencies and as a
result, with great sadness, this lady was not rescued in time and
unfortunately lost her life.

8. • Solution Overview
– Tool supports a wider evacuation process
– Process support real Emergency Responders on the ground working
with the public during an emergency (reassurance that there is a plan!)

10. • Specific Challenges
– Licencing with some tools
– Workflow
– Map Books
– Data challenges – AddressBase / MasterMap
– Understanding the Manual vs Geoprocessing outputs
– Multi‐tenancy buildings (flats in particular)

11. DEMONSTRATION

13. • What Next
– Wales Resilience
– Resilience Direct?
– DCLG / Civil Contingencies Secretariat
– Interested from US Homeland Security

14. QUESTIONS…

15. Adrian Brotherton, North Wales Police
adrian.brotherton@nthwales.pnn.police.uk
Tony Colby, Helyx SIS
a.colby@helyx.co.uk
More information about Exodus is available at the Helyx stand
on the 3rd Floor