1. Planning for and Responding to Natural Disasters using GIS Data E. Stefan Coutoulakis, Capt. Ret. EGFD, R.I. EPA Region 1

2. RI FLOODS: Cameo as a First Responder Tool

3. State of R. I.

4. West Warwick, R. I.

5. RT 95 & Rt 295, R. I. (Overview)

6. RT 95 & RT 295, R. I.

7. RT 95 & RT 295, R. I. (Flood Zones)

9. RT 95 & RT 295, R. I. (Flood Zones/Effected Areas)

10. RT 95 & RT 295, R. I. (Flood zones/Effected Areas)

11. RT 95 & RT 295, R. I. (Flood Zones/Effected Areas)

12. Flood Zones/Effected Areas)

14. Warwick WWTP Warwick WWTP

15. Arctic Dam: Using Marplot

16. Arctic Dam: Using Cameo

17. Lessons learned: How we applied lessons learned from our flood to help Nashville, Tenn

18. City of Nashville, Tenn

20. City of Nashville, Tenn: Bldg Footprints

21. City of Nashville, Tenn: DFIRM Flood Zone Data 2010

22. City of Nashville, Tenn: Bldg in Flood Zones

23. City of Nashville, Tenn: Bldg Footprints/Parcels

24. City of Nashville, Tenn: Bldg Search within Flood Area

25. Effected Addresses

26. How was this handled? How was this handled? - This exercise actual occurred with fire and law enforcement resources. It took nearly 5 hours to determine the affected populated areas… - We did it in less than 5 minutes.

27. Lessons Learned

28. - Develop a tiered system for flood stages - Ensure reverse 911 system is accurate - Educate the public to warning messages -What can be done -What will be done -What will happen if ignored - Deployment of resources based flood stage warnings.