Recently, for my GIS Internship course, we were assigned to choose an ESRI UC tech session topic that interests us then post on the class discussion board some important details and things from the session other students may want to know. The session I watched is called ArcGIS Solutions: Emergency Management. I chose this session because there is a large focus on emergency management at my internship for the county, especially regarding natural disasters, flooding in Downtown Savannah, and hurricanes. We just contracted a third party agency called Crisis Track that is helping to facilitate emergency management for the county so I wanted to compare this service with ESRI's ArcGIS Solutions.
During this session, there were a few demonstrations on their services within the ArcGIS Solutions application which can be accessed through an ArcGIS Online account. One demonstration used recent wildfire spatial data to show what the Emergency Management Operation solution could be used for. You can view summarized information about the demographics of the impacted area to understand who and what is being impacted so appropriate action can be taken. You can also provide information on shelter and distribution locations. It also lists FEMA's Community Lifelines and provides incident status dashboards. Through this service you can also create public messages about what actions residents should take and details about the emergency. Another interesting feature is the Road Closure Solutions where local governments can share road closer data with commercial GPS providers. The final demonstration was on the Watch Center feature where you can keep track of alerts in your area. Residents can also fill out damage assessments if they were not evacuated or they can be damage assessments of their own property even if they had to evacuate and are away from the area. Survey 123 is built into the program to do damage assessments developed by FEMA. I enjoyed this session and it has helped be reflect on emergency management in my personal life and how I can obtain information in an emergency and also the services and programs we use within the county where I intern.
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