Badreya Mohamad Shamma H. Rashid Maryam Al Naqbi

 Meaning of ER  segments of ER  Examples

E.R  Emergency Response is term for a series of appropriate actions and precautions in the event of a disaster

UAE ER  Example : Bird Flu – Swine Flu  Awareness Campaign  Education Programs  Medical Examination  Vaccination

Applicable Methodologies  Address Matching/Geocoding  Routing  Allocation  Buffering  Thiessen Polygon  Dynamic Segmentation  GPS-GIS

Buffering  Where a polygon is created around an object (point, line, polygon)  is a zone around a map feature measured in units of distance or time.  Why?  Estimation  Example :  Population  Ecologically sensitive areas

Routing  Any line feature, such as a street, highway, river, or pipe, that has a unique identifier.  It’s a tool facilitate path finding within a network.  Shortest Path  Quickest Path  Why ?  Evacuation purpose  Minimize potential risk

Address Matching/Geocoding  4 steps of Geocoding: 1.Preparing a reference theme or base map 2.Creating an address table that’s contains the addresses 3.Matching the addresses 4.Creating Geocoding points Example: Evacuation

Example  Route Identification and characterization  Location & characteristics of ER  Response Time Analysis

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Reference  Urban Planning & Development Applications of GIS  response.pdf response.pdf  committee-reviews-swine-flu-response-plan committee-reviews-swine-flu-response-plan   /February/theuae_February887.xml&section=theuae&col /February/theuae_February887.xml&section=theuae&col 

 UAE ready to deal with bird flu  Feb  (Khaleej) The National Committee for Emergency Response to Bird Flu has said that the country has its emergency plans ready to deal with any threat of the bird flu. “The UAE has an integrated stand-by emergency plan to handle possible bird flu outbreak among human beings or birds. We have drawn up quarantine plans in case the infection is detected among human beings,” said Majed Al Mansouri, Coordinator of the Committee. The official asserted that no infection had been found among residents so far. Three suspect cases had been reported but the medical tests showed negative results. Al Mansouri discounted any threat from migratory birds, saying the current migration season is for return trips, from south to north. He informed that the number of monitoring teams in bird sanctuaries had been increased. “Tests have been conducted on more than 30,000 birds of various species,” said Al Mansouri. He added that a recent meeting presided over by the Minister of Environment and Water, Dr Mohammed Saeed Al Kindi. and attended by the Director General of Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority, Rashid Al Shuraiqi, discussed a plan for coordinating efforts in Abu Dhabi to keep all kinds of birds and animals entering the emirate under strict surveillance.

 The official also pointed out that airports and border checkpoints in Al Ghuweifat and Al Muzaid were ready to tackle any emergency. The Abu Dhabi Executive Council has earmarked Dh5 million for the quarantine facilities, he announced. The Committee had also contacted Kuwaiti officials as soon as the Gulf state announced the occurrence of bird flu. He said the source of the infection was yet to be determined. Meanwhile, Kian Akram, Resident Representative of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), termed the UAE emergency plan as one of the best to combat avian flu in the region. He said the FAO and the World Organisation for Animal Health were closely monitoring the latest developments. Dr Hussein Hassanien, Secretary General of the UAE Poultry Producers’ Association, said all farms in the country had their own precautionary measures in place. “These measures are being observed at all times without any leniency,” he confirmed. The Ghuweifat border checkpost has taken strict measures to check incoming food shipments, a senior customs official has said. Sayah Sultan Al Mansouri, Director of Customs at the border checkpost, said food consignments would not be allowed entry without valid health clearance certificates issued by accredited government laboratories in the countries affected by bird flu. “The certificate should be issued 15 days before the date of forwarding the consignment to the UAE. This is to make sure that the shipment is free of the avian flu disease,” he pointed out. As for the avian-free countries, he said random samples of inbound consignments would still be collected for tests to ensure they are free of the disease. “All shipments that have recently entered through the checkpost were subjected to these measures,” he informed. References 

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