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Mark Garvey AFSM Manager, GIS Services Country Fire Authority of Victoria Country Fire Authority (CFA) at a glance 1250 Brigades / 60,000 Volunteers / 800 Staff 1 Incidents 30,000+ per year Victoria prone to regular bushfires 2 CFA

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Mark Garvey AFSM Manager, GIS Services Country Fire Authority of Victoria Country Fire Authority (CFA) – at a glance

1250 Brigades / 60,000 Volunteers / 800 Staff

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Incidents – 30,000+ per year Victoria prone to regular bushfires

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CFA responds to structure fires, bushfires, hazmat incidents and road accidents Longford Refinery Fire 300 Km from Melbourne Melbourne’s growth - most is in CFA area Current population in CFA approx: 2.4M

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Special Risks

  • eg. Prisons,

Wharves, Nursing home etc.

Industrial Areas - Buffers

High Low

Transport Risks

Main haulage transportation routes Wildfire fuel loads Low fire fuel areas Weather data Slope/aspect

Wildfire Risks

High High Low Low

Structure Risk

High High Low Low

Residential, Commercial

Demographic Risks

High High Low Low

Population & Socio-economic factors

Spatial Information assists in assessing assists in assessing a variety of risk environments a variety of risk environments

Know your business - Fire statistics

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Know your Customers – Demographic data Know your Workforce – HR databases

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6 Know your Limitations - Road Network Models

Know your Future – Urban growth forecasts

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Install fire detection Site education/ Industry training

Inspect Industries Relocate station New appliance required Adjust Staffing

Increased fire prevention

  • Eg. Community

education programs.

Variety of decisions supported by a variety of GIS analyses

Achieving the GIS Vision

“Creating the Capacity” Develop easy to use interfaces to GIS Three examples built by CFA GIS Services

  • Maps Online
  • CFA Mapper
  • Firebox Lite
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Maps Online

3500 digital maps available to all CFA staff and volunteers over the intranet and internet Only requires Acrobat to view maps as they are all in .pdf format Maps Online Topographic Maps 1:25,000 1:50,000 1:100,000 General Maps e.g. Admin Boundaries

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Making GIS mapping more accessible to novice users Installed in all Region HQs

CFA Mapper

100 + layers of GIS data available

  • Imagery
  • Air photos
  • Admin bdys
  • Topographic
  • Transport
  • Demographic
  • Operational

CFA Mapper

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Visualization of Bushfire Data Brings together GPS derived fire perimeter data into GIS Standard products created

FireBox Lite Achieving the GIS Vision

“Expert Spatial Analysis and Services” Two examples

  • Infrastructure planning – Road Network

Modelling

  • Targeted education campaign – “Bushfire

Blitz”

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Dispatch boundaries calculated Dispatch boundaries calculated

Breathing Apparatus - Numbers on scene by time Breathing Apparatus - Numbers on scene by time

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In a recent drought risk mapping was used to identify high risk areas for an education program known as “Bushfire Blitz”. Initially a 100km radius of Melbourne was identified as the area containing the highest risk…

Achieving the GIS Vision

“Expert Spatial Analysis and Services” Targeted education campaign – “Bushfire Blitz”

GIS analyses integrated fire behaviour and Census data to identify 200 towns having the highest risk…

High risk towns identified

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GIS Services produced 200 A1 fire behaviour maps in 6 days which enabled the fine scale targeting of threatened communities …

Local risk maps printed

Bushfire Blitz in action

RESULTS

  • 8 week program
  • 1,400 Street

meetings

  • 35,000 people

attended

  • Highly targeted

treatment

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NSW Bushfires Joint Services GIS Unit

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Participating organizations Government: NSW Rural Fire Service NSW Fire Brigades NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service NSW SES Victorian DSE Fire Management Victorian CFA Private: Lagen Spatial MapInfo Image Analysis and Mapping Air Target Services Rapid Map Global

The set up:

11 Organizations 55 people in total Full deployment – 18 days Hours of operation 2:00 AM – 10:00 PM

The skill sets:

GIS Cartography Image interpretation and analysis GPS field data collection Programming Web development Wildfire Science

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The Products

Detailed topographic maps Overview of fire situation including maps, area and perimeter statements Digital library of loss information Development of Intranet mapping facility to enhance distribution of products

Operational Maps

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Strategic maps “Tourist” maps

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Loss register - Intranet Lessons learnt for future emergency GIS deployment

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“Investigating use of GIS in response to the attack on New York City”

Victorian Emergency Services Foundation Scholarship July - August 2002

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GIS Products – Air photo’s

Photo courtesy FDNY Photo courtesy FDNY

GIS Products – Grid maps

Map courtesy FDNY Map courtesy FDNY

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GIS Products – Thermal Imagery

Map courtesy FDNY Map courtesy FDNY

GIS Products – Informative maps for the Public

Map courtesy FDNY Map courtesy FDNY

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GIS Products – Models and analyses Report to Victorian Emergency Services Foundation

  • Summary of GIS activities reported
  • Innovative use of GIS noted
  • Recommendations with respect to

Victoria made

  • How to operate a GIS at a large incident assessed
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Advice - examples

Fly aerial photography early in the incident and fly

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Map courtesy FDNY Map courtesy FDNY

Advice - examples

Prepare a purpose built electronic map request system

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Advice - examples

A single integrated database utilizing an effective data model is required for large incidents

FIRE may be identified as part of a FIRE COMPLEX may be identified as part of a ENTITY relationship Participation Cardinality Participation Cardinality Symbol must
  • ne
must many may
  • ne
may many Key: {name} GPS LOG may indicate the geometry of a may be identified as belonging to a BURNT AREA FIREMAP CD MAP may indicate the geometry of a Hand drawn annotation on a paper map may indicate the geometry
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a may indicate the geometry of a FIRE LINE may be identified as belonging to a may indicate the geometry of a may indicate the geometry of a MISCELLANEOUS/ OTHER SPOT FIRE may be identified as belonging to a must be identified a s belonging to a THERMAL IMAGE may indicate the geometry of a may indicate the geometry of a
  • bserved
datetime accuracy/certaintity FIRE GROUND MANAGEMENT OBJECT Notes: * All entities are to have a created_date attribute which automically records the date/time the instance was created. * Current ? * Change log. Everytime a field value is changed from a pre-existing value this fact needs to be recorded including the old value. * Fire naming convention in relation to IMS * Automate mapping of georeference in IMS. * Use of existing geometry to create new geographic features. type:
  • Containment
Line
  • Sector
Boundary
  • Division
Boundary
  • ICC
  • ICP
  • Hot
Spot status (planned, completed.) {name} POO start date/time burnt area(derived) perimeter length(derived) may be linked to many GENERAL OPERATIONS OBJECT type:
  • Staging Area
  • Assembly
Area
  • Landing
Ground
  • Helipad
  • Water points
  • Refuge Area
  • Strike Team
  • Aircraft
status (operational, non-
  • perational)
accuracy/certaintity
  • bserved/predicted datetime
type (active, in-active, predicted) fire line based
  • n
(type=predicted
  • nly)
IMT may manage many BACKBURN may indicate the geometry of a may indicate the geometry
  • f
a point
  • bserved datetime
accuracy/certaintity polygon point / line or polygon point / line or polygon CONTAINMENT LINE line accuracy/certaintity type(dozer, rakehoe, road,.. ) status (future,in-progress,complete) first_ignition_datetime name line

Advice - examples

Deliver more electronic maps and less paper maps

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CFAs GIS Unit CFA initially assisted DSE Fire Management (Public Land Fire Management Agency) GIS effort both in Melbourne and in the field After the fires had been running for a week CFA required it’s own GIS capacity to support both Operational and Community Safety programs

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CFA GIS Unit Located in Melbourne behind the central operations room As the fires grew the GIS Unit expanded; Additional support was requested from outside CFA Office of the Emergency Services Commissioner Deakin University RMIT Frankston City Council VicRoads

Expandable GIS staff management model developed and used

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The audience for GIS products: Operational planners, firefighters Fire industry partners e.g. plantation and power companies The community Government – Ministers, Commissioners, Advisers The media Data combined in an Access Database to keep track of incoming/outgoing data (versioning)

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The Products Maps - Overview of strategic fire situation including maps, area and perimeter statements Data - fire perimeter data accessible via an FTP site so others could use data in their own system Statistics - Areas, spread rates Analyses - Risk identification such as schools, hospitals and chemical plants in the fire path Community information hotlines

  • 1300 public call-

taking facility

  • Call-takers had

latest maps

  • Web-site access
  • Situation reports
  • n individual fires
  • Maps – pdf’s

, jpegs

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Many materials publicly accessible via Internet Planning - pre-calculated fire models

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Planning – dwelling locations in fire path Planning – Risk identification Schools w ithin 70 Km

  • f fire front
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Planning – Resource depletion Local operational Mapping support – Lysterfield fires

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Media Products – Biggest fire since … Your Colony of Victoria…

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Quotable Quotes Victorian Alpine Fires 2003

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Victorian Alpine Fires 2003 Victorian Alpine Fires 2003

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Fire area comparison - North Island Fire area comparison – South Island

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Source: “Economic costs of natural disasters in Australia” Bureau of Transport Economics, 2001

Cyclone Tracy Ash Wednesday Bushfires New castle Earthquake Sydney Hailstorm

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EM use of GIS has increased markedly in past five years 1998 Sydney Hailstorm

During this incident a “Joint Services” GIS Unit was created to manage the thousands of calls for assistance. Staff were sourced from several agencies including the NSW State Emergency Service, the NSW Fire Brigade and NSW Rural Fire Service.

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  • In 1999 the Victorian Emergency Services GIS

User Group was formed

  • Police, Fire, Ambulance, State Emergency

Service, ES Commissioner and Land Victoria are members and meet every two months

  • A similar group known as

ESSIC and was created in NSW The Victorian EM GIS User Group:

  • Runs workshops for operational staff
  • Shares data and resources
  • Plays an advocacy role on state GIS issues
  • Joint operations during large events
  • Have prepared information papers giving
  • pinions on Vic Govt. spatial information

policies

  • e.g. Access to spatial information
  • e.g. Use of common projections

and datums

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One example of the success of the Vic EM GIS User Group is that all the Emergency Services use a common digital topographic map set known as “FireMap CD”. Statewide 1:25,000 Digital Topographic Maps.

Victoria Police Metropolitan Fire Brigade DSE Fire Management Metropolitan Ambulance Service Rural Ambulance Service State Emergency Service Parks Victoria Country Fire Authority

Used by all ESO’s

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Fire, Flood and Search and Rescue Map Templates Common Symbology

A workshop with 80 participants was held in Canberra in October 2001. A national Emergency Management GIS User Group “EMSINA” was formed

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  • Other states formed their own GIS User Groups
  • Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia,

Tasmania, New South Wales, ACT and Victoria all participate in EMSINA

  • Three federal agencies joined EMSINA:

– Emergency Management Australia – Geoscience Australia – Bureau of Meteorology Typical Agenda Items at EMSINA

  • Common Symbology
  • Comparison of State Data Supply Arrangements
  • State GIS ES Projects - Develop database
  • Run GIS Workshop at a Disaster Management

Conference

  • Share ideas and technology
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EMSINA submission to Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Bushfire Inquiry

EMSINA example

“Improvements at local and state levels in the coordination and use of GIS are likely to deliver short-term improvements in information management however true benefits are to be derived from the longer- term strategic improvements. No one agency or state can do this on it’s

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Gravelly Ridge Fire – Fire Boundary 16 November 2002

Task: Gravelly Ridge View: 15 Oct 1630 Printed: 15 -1 1-2002 16:22 By: DvG

Share technology in the form of

  • perational GIS /

mapping systems from different states

Technology

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GIS Staff shared across and within states during recent counter terrorism exercises e.g. Operation Labyrinth in Melbourne where the three state fire services (MFB, CFA and DSE) were involved

Staff

Emergency Management GIS is not just about bits and bytes and wires and databases ... It’s about creating a network for emergency management personnel to use GIS effectively

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EMSINA – a network of people creating the capacity of EM workers to use spatial information tools

For further information see: www.emsina.net NB: Site being built

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