1. Virtual Alabama School Safety System
Lamar Davis
Project Director,
Center for Government and Public Affairs,
Auburn University at Montgomery

2. Virtual Alabama
Provides Alabama’s first-responders the situational awareness needed to protect lives and safeguard citizens before, during and after man-made and natural disaster
Displays photographic imagery provided by the State in a secured Google Earth application
Allows building and display of information layers; self-determined items of interest
No-cost tool available to State and local Government/Education officials

3. Virtual Alabama School Safety System Partnerships
Alabama Department of Homeland Security is the functional proponent for Virtual Alabama, funding source, and project management lead for this program
Alabama State Department of Education is the functional proponent for school safety, and monitors School Safety Plans
Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center is the application host for this program and manages all technical-related security matters
Alabama Geographic Information Program Office coordinates, promotes, develops, uses, and shares geographic information, geospatial data, and the promotes efficient use of GIS and related technologies for the long term benefit to the citizens of Alabama.
Auburn University at Montgomery is the fielding agent for this program, and provides outreach, training, and mapping services

4. Virtual Alabama School Safety System
Purpose: Bring Alabama’s K12 schools into the State’s common operating picture for disaster planning, response and recovery: Virtual Alabama Process: Input School Safety Plans and virtual maps into Virtual Alabama, and train first-responders and education officials on the use and maintenance of the information Pay-off: Enhance security for our most valuable resource – our children; and a safer working environment for our teachers and school officials

5. Virtual Alabama School Safety System
Provides schools and first-responders secure Internet-accessibility to:
School Safety Plans
Virtual maps with 51 items of interest from School Safety Plans:
Hazardous Materials
Evacuation Routes
Disaster Staging Areas
Video Cameras, including real-time camera feeds
Promotes information sharing and planning between schools and first-responders

6. Virtual Alabama School Safety System Data Entry and Visualization

7. Virtual Alabama School Safety System Information Security Overview
Application/Layer
Security Control
Virtual Alabama
AL Dept. of Homeland Security
School Floor Plan/Security Plan
Local School District Officials
(Working through ACJIC)
Security Camera Feeds
Local School Officials

8. Virtual Alabama School Safety System
Video Demonstration

9. Virtual Alabama School Safety System