1. 1 Homeland Security S&T Summit (SE Region) Topic: SERRI Project - Disaster Planning and Response Title: “Disaster Response Intelligent System” (DRIS) Jackson State University Center for Defense Integrated Data (CDID) Speaker: Joy Parikh, Program Manager Radiance Technologies, Inc. Date:April 7, 2009

2. 2 Topic: SERRI Project - Disaster Planning and Response Application to First Responders: Unified application for training, day-to-day, and emergency operation Application to Preparedness: Identify at-risk populations Project hazards Disseminate impact Application to the Southeast: Can support DHS concerns at local, state, and regional levels Homeland Security S&T Summit (SE Region)

3. What is DRIS? Incident management application Dynamic GIS for managing, analyzing & reporting critical incidents Includes: Storm Surge Analysis Tool Chemical Plume Modeling Tool Search and Rescue (SAR) Tool Live-Weather Feed Bottom-up approach What is DRIS?

4. DeSoto County EMA Risks: 7 High-Hazard Dams, Floods, Tornados, Potential Earthquake Port of Memphis Newton County EMA Risks: Floods, Tornados, Chemical Spill, Railway incident Washington County EMA Risks: Flooding, Tornados Hancock County EOC Risks: Hurricanes, Storm Surge, Flood, Wind (epicenter of Hurricane Katrina - 28 ft storm surge) 4 Who Uses It?

5. Two custom toolbars DRIS Interface

6. Desoto County, MS Hancock County, MS Newton County, MS Washington County, MS 6 County Customization

7. GPS Photo & Video Integration

8. Hurricane Tracking Tool

9. Run Storm Surge Tool User identifies the Category of Storm (Cat I-V), Forward Motion, and Tidal Influence Storm Surge Modeling

10. Storm Surge Results Predicted flood areas

11. Population Count Tool Generates on-the-fly population estimate for area of interest

12. Google Earth Visualization Critical Infrastructure Residential Commercial

13. Chemical Plume Footprint Established Traffic Control Points Emergency Vehicle Entry Control Point Critical Infrastructure Major Highway

14. Established Traffic Control Points Entry Control Point. Critical Infrastructure 3D Visualization Export to Google Earth Ingest into DRIS Chemical Plume Footprint

15. Drilldown SAR Analysis

16. Documentation Contract Number DE-AC05-00OR22725 Department of Homeland Security Southeast regional research initiative Prepared by: Jackson State University Center for Defense Integrated Data 1230 Raymond Road Box 1200 Jackson, MS 39204 Final Report Phase I

17. Collaboration with other SERRI Projects Integrating models from other SERRI projects: University of Mississippi National Center for Computational Hydroscience and Engineering’s “Simulation-Based Decision Support System for Water Infrastructural Security” (PI- Dr. Mustafa Altinakar) Jackson State University Northrop Grumman Center for High Performance Computing “Multi-Purpose, Multi-Scale Storm Surge and Flood Forecasting for Planning & Preparedness” (PI-Dr. Sharouz Aliabadi)

18. http://www.thenewtonrecord.com/local/local_story_282145344.html Outreach 18

19. 19 Topic: SERRI Project - Disaster Planning and Response Summary: DRIS integrates a variety of data and analysis tools that have practical homeland security applications for the southeast region Take-Aways: SERRI program combines technology and university research to develop validated approaches for homeland security initiatives DRIS addresses local homeland security issues - integrated product with usability across the region Identifying additional SERRI projects, federal, state and local agencies with associated needs Homeland Security S&T Summit (SE Region) See our poster session: “Disaster Response Intelligent System”

20. Contact Information Gordon Skelton, Principal Investigator Jackson State University Center for Defense Integrated Data 1230 Raymond Road Box 1200 Jackson, MS 39204 P: 601.979.5016 gskelton@c-did.com Joy Parikh, Program Manager Radiance Technologies, Inc. Center for Defense Integrated Data 1230 Raymond Road Box 1200 Jackson, MS 39204 P: 601.979.5006 jparikh@radiancetech.com