MINIMUM ESSENTIAL DATA MEDS What Next? 11/17/15 - Tom Conry

BACKGROUND  “Finalized” around 2005  Identified categories of information in two phases  Initial data set - 13 layers  Minimum essential data set – 26 additional layers  Categories were mostly based on GIS Staff recommendations  No standardization of data elements  Data submitted to COG – Merged onto a CD and redistributed  Not sure it was ever used.  MEDS never realized.

INITIAL DATA SET  Streets  Fire Stations  Police Stations  Hospitals - with Emergency Facility  Schools - Public and Charter  Premise Address  Jurisdiction Boundary  Rail - Lines and Stations  Metro Rail - Lines and Stations - Regional  Airports/Helipads  Night time Population by Census Block - Regional  Cooperative Forecast Employment by TAZ - Regional  Ortho Photo Imagery

“FINAL” MINIMUM ESSENTIAL DATA SET SOME INTERESTING COMPONENTS  CAD911 – real-time data  Emergency Incident Information - real-time  Police Units by location  Fire Apparatus by location  AVL – real-time  LIDAR  Weather  Regional Grid system

CONSIDERATIONS: GOING FORWARD  It is data for emergency response.  What data?  Three general categories of emergency response data used by some  Base Data  Operational Data  Incident Data

BASE DATA EXAMPLES  Buildings  Schools  Streets  Address points  All of the initial data in the earlier slides  NG911 data

OPERATIONAL DATA - GEARED TO RESPONDER SERVICES  Tier II Facilities  Hydrants  Candidate sites for shelters  Pre plans  Water tanker locations  Water sources (ponds)

INCIDENT DATA  911 Calls?  Incident location  Plume footprint(s)  Video feeds  Much of the FINAL MEDS data set  NVERS - Situational Awareness Study: Final Report

NVERS - SITUATIONAL AWARENESS STUDY: FINAL REPORT MAY 2014  Input from public safety and public service stakeholders  Focus groups  Interviews  Final workshop  Included Essential Elements of Information (EEIs) developed in 2011  Recommendations to address regional shortcomings  Create Process for regional information sharing  Identify and increase awareness of available personnel, resources, tools  Strengthen and deepen regional relationships

FIVE OF NVERS 11 KEY FINDINGS  Public safety and public service disciplines struggle to devote enough time or personnel to gather, process, and share information with other disciplines and regionally  Disciplines rely on individual relationships with trusted sources for information rather than more widely available sources making situational awareness about who you know  There have been situations in which disciplines did not receive information that could have helped them more effectively make resource decisions for an emerging incident  There is a general lack of information about what resources are available, can be requested, and can be effectively obtained during a regional incident, including State and Federal assets  There is no automated data sharing from utilities (power outage status and predictions), long term care facilities (power status, evacuation needs), and other community organizations involved in response

NEXT STEPS  What should be our Essential Elements of Information?  How can we prioritize those to pursue?  Engage contractor assistance  Identify jurisdictional reps  Draft report