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Tornado, Jet Crash, Wind StormA busy year in Adams County
emergency response GIS
Tyler GrosshueschAdams County GIS
WLIA Annual Meeting – February 2012
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This is not in Adams County
Photo: Heather Bleick, courtesy of AVO/USGS.Mount Redoubt, Cook Inlet, AKMarch 26, 2009
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Map by Janet Schaefer, courtesy of AVO/ADGGS.
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Volcano Threatens Oil Terminal -AK Oil & Gas Cartography Unit Preparedness = 0
Map: SkyTruth, Imagery: NASA
• VERY limited data• No training or
preparation• Therefore, poor
response and lousy maps• Oil & Gas was far down
the list of responding agencies, many others were better prepared
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Adams County GIS
• Started work in August, 2009 – a few months after the volcano
• Emergency response is part of the job– Preparedness expected– No training provided– Wanted to learn
• Opportunity with DNR Fire IMT
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DNR Fire Incident Management Team
• Volunteer opportunity to provide GIS support• Adams County receives:
– Excellent training– An opportunity to think about preparedness– An opportunity to work with other GIS professionals
• DNR receives:– A trained volunteer they can call on in an
emergency
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DNR Fire Incident Management Team (cont’d)
• Situation Unit led by John Hintz (DNR)• Other GIS volunteers
– Justin Conner (Wood County)– Paul Schneider (City of Marshfield)– Jim Lutes (US Fish and Wildlife)
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DNR Fire Incident Management Team (cont’d)
• Meet annually to review our roles, hardware, software– Standardized maps and data– Documented and tested hardware
• Portable network storage, wireless• Printer – 11x17 color, job storage
– Review procedures and priorities• Also have less frequent event simulations
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Things I’ve learned from IMT participation
• Have laptop ready with:– Spatial data– Tax roll – as important as spatial data
• Simplify access to styled data– My way: layer file library– DNR way: pre-made maps
• Periodically think things through– What will be requested?– What will I need?
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Good thing I learned something...
• Tornado – April 10th, 2011• Fighter jet crash – June 7th, 2011• Wind storm – September 2nd, 2011
• No deaths or severe injuries
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Tornados in Adams Countyet al.
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Initial Response – night of the tornado
• Clearing roads• Electrical safety• Determining location and extent of damage
– Normal confusion, communication problems– Might have been facilitated by GIS support
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Activated DNR IMT
• Adams County requested support from the DNR, DNR activated the IMT
• IMT convened at the Incident Command Post the morning after the tornado
• My first time in an active IMT was for an Adams County incident– In a way, this is good – my participation had been
questioned
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Morning After the Tornado
• Picked up my laptop (data was ready to go)• Started mapping the tornado path and areas
of worst damage based on:– Description from Sheriff’s Captain– Listening to the morning briefing
• Verified the map after the briefing• Printed some wall maps at the office• After this, began to participate in DNR IMT
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DNR Support
• Well trained, experienced people– New County EM Director– New County Sheriff– New County GIS Specialist
• IMT equipment trailer – lots of goodies• Recon flight
– More accurate mapping of the extent– Observed unreported damage– Photos taken from the air
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Cottonville Tornado
Photo: Curtis Ambulance
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Town of Preston shop
Photo: Curtis Ambulance
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Chair, Town of Strongs Prairie
Photo: John Hintz, DNR
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Hectic, then calm
• Morning, afternoon– Getting set up– Figuring out what was going on– Meeting immediate needs for information
• Evening, subsequent two days– Updates and refinements
• Restricted access map and list• Law enforcement assignments
– At ICP to fulfill other requests (hanging out)
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At the EOC
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Productive Outcomes
• County & DNR GIS response well regarded• DNR support especially appreciated• Good real-world experience for new county
staff• Working with EM, LE facilitated later work• Time to work with DNR staff
– Getting to know each other, equipment– Wrote backup script discussed at planning mtg.
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Friends and Neighbors Helping
Photo: Curtis Ambulance
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Photos: Curtis Ambulance
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Karma, Schadenfreude
Photo: John Hintz, DNR
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F-16 Crash
Photo: F-16.net, Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems
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An F-16 crashed? Really?
• Early grapevine reports of a plane crash• Assumed it was a crop duster• Heard from news reports that it was an F-16• Training run from Truax field (Madison)• Mechanical failure• Pilot ejected safely• Jet crashed into an unoccupied house
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Before
County WROC imagery – March 2012
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After
DigitalGlobe / Bing imagery - August 2011
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On-The-Ground Response
• New Chester Fire Department first on the scene (volunteer, rural)
• Military arrived about 2 hours later• New Chester Fire Captain remained Incident
Commander• New Chester Fire Department widely praised• Little known about the military activity• Concerns continue regarding chemical release
and groundwater contamination
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GIS Response
• Nothing requested during work hours• After work, stay home with the kids• Prep and print, meet EM Director• No maps – needed a list of land owners in the
restricted area• Fulfilling data requests from WI Dept. Military
Affairs (Emergency Mgt., National Guard)
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Aircraft Accident Investigation Board ReportLt. Col. David B. Faulk
Crater: 9ft. deep, 30 ft. diameter
There used to be a house here.
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Wind Storm
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Wind Storm
• Friday before Labor Day• Widespread damage
– Trees down– Electric lines down – many without power
• GIS requests were simple– Map the affected area based on hand drawn map– Updated the map 3 times within 2 hours as more
reports came in
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Getting Ready for Next Time
• Continuing with DNR IMT• New laptop
– Emergency response requirements justify purchase
– Can handle ArcGIS 10, imagery storage• Scripted & scheduled updates to keep laptop
data fresh