GIS application (ArcGIS Viewer for Flex) used in a Civil Protection Exercise. The GIS was used to support planning, decision and action through marking, visualization and geographic contextualization of occurrences.

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Rui Menezes,
C.M. LOULÉ | DAT | DPIG
rui.menezes@cm-loule.pt

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Note:
This work was originally presented in portuguese, at
the Portuguese ESRI User Conference 2013. This
version was translated and adapted to english

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I. INTRODUCTION
II. OBJECTIVES
III. METHODOLOGY
IV. RESULTS
V.CONCLUSIONS
AGENDA
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I. INTRODUCTION

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I.INTRODUCTION
 What was SISMAR?
District Civil Protection Exercise, conducted in
Command Post Exercise mode (CPX), involving no
real means, and that aimed to test the response of
the Civil Protection System in a disaster situation
in the region.
The main goal was to train all operational structure
and entities with responsibilities in the area of civil
protection, as well as engage and trigger various
means and resources to ensure an adequate
response to both district and local levels in the event
of occurrence of an earthquake.
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 What is the role of GIS in SISMAR?
Support planning, decision and action through marking,
visualization and geographic contextualization of occurrences
Enter the occurrences of the earthquake and manage their
status and severity, quickly and with immediate availability
of data
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Manage occurrences
status and severity
Search occurrences
and places
Zoom to parishes
Edit severity

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II. OBJECTIVES

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 Create a visual tool for easy reading and quick
interpretation in the Command Center
 Report quickly and effectively occurrences and
their severity
 Rapidly locate the occurrences
 Manage the location of resources and support
infrastructures
 Integrate different and multiple levels of information on
a single platform
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Allow occurrences and their severity to be
registered quickly and intuitively in a GIS platform in
the Command Post
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 What to register?
• Occurrences status Unresolved
In resolution
Resolved
• Occurrences severity 2 MR2 MR
5 FG5 FG
12 FL12 FL
• Used resources (Human, Mechanical, Others)
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(Fatalities)
(Serious injury)
(Slight injury)

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 Intuitive, clean and fast interface
• ArcGIS Viewer for Flex
• Special areas
 What to register?
• Temporary cemeteries
Concentration and Populations Support areas
Concentration and Reserves areas
Reinforcement reception areas
Others
• Hospitals
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III. METHODOLOGY

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III.METHODOLOGY
2. Data model definition
3. Authoring maps and web services
4. Web application configuration
1. Entities and tools definition
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1. Entities and tools definition
 Entities to register:
• Occurrences (status and severity)
• Resources
• Hospitals
• Special areas
 Available tools:
• Edit tool
• Search (Occurrences)
• Search (Parishes, Places, etc.)
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2. Data model definition
 Define geographic entities - Feature Classes - needed for
the registration procedure
 Define needed attributes
• 6 entities to register and manage occurrences
and resources
• Occurrences status (Unresolved, In resolution,
Resolved)
• Occurrences type (Explosion, Train wreck, etc.)
• Type of Resources (Human, Mechanical, Others)
• Type of Special Areas (ZCAP, ZCR, etc.)
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 Authoring maps
3. Authoring maps and web services
• Symbols
• Labels
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 Web Services
• Regist
• Base maps (Bing)
3. Authoring maps and web services
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4. Web application configuration
 Base maps
 Operational layers
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4. Web application configuration
 Tools configuration examples
Edit tool
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4. Web application configuration
 Tools configuration examples
Query
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4. Web application configuration
 Tools configuration examples
Locate
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IV. RESULTS

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IV.RESULTS ALGARVE SISMAR 2012
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The application…The application…

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 Easily find: Parishes, Address, Coordinates.
 Register occurrences.
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 Fundamental tool for visualizing and managing
occurences on the Command Post
 GIS Team as part of the Cell Technology Resources
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V. CONCLUSIONS

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V.CONCLUSIONS
“GIS, is in my opinion a mandatory tool in the Command Post,
indispensable tool in emergency management in the context of
civil protection operations, in particular support for planning,
coordination and control, enabled the constant monitoring of
events, also providing a geographical and dimensional context of
the on-going situation”
João Matos Lima, Civil Protection Service Head Manager
“Allowed us to have a very intuitive
view of what was going on,
through a map, optimizing, as such,
resources”
Irlandino Santos,
Fire Department Commander
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 The best review: the users feedback

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 GIS – Fire Department / Civil Protecion Service Interaction
Web applications
• Fire Department
• Protecção Civil
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 GIS – Fire Department / Civil Protecion Service Interaction
Mobile applications
• Hydrants
• Senior at Risk program
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Rui Menezes
C.M. LOULÉ | D.A.T. | D.P.I.G.
Final Note:
For further information please contact me by email (
rui.menezes@cm-loule.pt or ruimenez@gmail.com)