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2008 FEMA Higher Education Conference

2008 FEMA Higher Education Conference. The Polis Center Homeland Security Projects Kevin Mickey, Director Professional Education and Outreach. The Polis Center Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis. Multi-disciplinary organization started in 1989.

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2008 FEMA Higher Education Conference

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  1. 2008 FEMA Higher Education Conference The Polis Center Homeland Security Projects Kevin Mickey, Director Professional Education and Outreach

  2. The Polis CenterIndiana University Purdue University Indianapolis • Multi-disciplinary organization started in 1989. • Staff comprised of university faculty as well as technical and content experts having private and public sector experience. • Over 500 projects completed ranging from local to international in scope. • Focus on applied research.

  3. Polis and Homeland Security Service Education Research

  4. Service Projects • All-hazard risk assessments in 183 Midwest counties • Community collaboration • Student involvement • Additional projects in Florida, NYC and South Carolina

  5. Coalition of Universities for Spatial Information Sciences (CUSIS) • Six of seven state funded universities in Indiana collaborate thru an MOU signed in 2005 to combine service, research, and teaching to promote the use of geospatial technologies to address community needs. • Purdue University • Indiana University • Ball State University • University of Southern Indiana • Indiana State University • Vincennes University

  6. National Flood Project • CUSIS is currently supporting a FEMA funded national flood study that will produce a nationwide assessment of potential losses from floods.

  7. Education

  8. HAZUS-MH and GIS Education • Polis has supported • Course instruction and conference workshop support in 23 states • Curriculum development support for state, federal and local governments

  9. HAZUS-MH Trained Professional and HAZUS-MH Trained Practitioner Programs

  10. HAZUS-MH Virtual Courses • 7 courses now available on the ESRI Virtual Campus • HAZUS-MH for Decision Makers • HAZUS-MH Overview and Installation • Intro to Using HAZUS-MH to Assess Losses from a Riverine Flood Hazard • HAZUS-MH Flood Model Output and Applications • Integrating User Supplied Hazard Data into the Flood Model • Intro to HAZUS-MH for Hurricane Loss Estimation • Intro to HAZUS-MH for Earthquake Loss Estimation • www.esri.com/hazustraining

  11. Research Example: Flood Science

  12. Project Objectives Determine an effective approach to support the needs of the flood community by Producing useful information about economic and social impacts of flooding in a rapid, but credible fashion Applying the latest geospatial modeling technologies (HAZUS-MH and FastMech) and geospatial web services Developing a methodology that can be realistically applied on a wide scale

  13. Collaborative effort Silver Jackets: A Natural Hazard Mitigation Team City of Indianapolis Indianapolis Mapping and Geographic Infrastructure System Indianapolis Museum of ART Indiana Department of Homeland Security US Army Corps of Engineers Indiana Department of Natural Resources National Weather Service United States Geological Survey The Polis Center

  14. Study Area

  15. Project Approach Compile GIS and HAZUS-MH datasets Calibrate, verify and implement hydraulic model “FastMECH” Automate data retrieval from USGS/NWS and create input files for FastMECH Generate a flood grid for a simulated flood and perform a HAZUS-MH analysis Install, test, and implement web and map servers

  16. Data needs FastMECH Observed and predicted stream-flow and water-surface elevation data (USGS, NWS) High-resolution digital elevation data HAZUS-MH Observed and predicted flood-inundation maps from FastMECH Building location data from E911 and local government GIS and building replacement cost from assessor’s files

  17. User DefinedFacilities Used in this project in order to assess losses to individual homes and other structures.

  18. Products Web-based near-real-time flood-inundation maps updated hourly. Web-based forecast maps updated every 6 hrs per NWS Downloadable flood grids for HAZUS-MH Results from the HAZUS-MH analysis USGS Report Evaluation of models/techniques

  19. Next Steps – SOA Grant • Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) grant from USGS - Geospatial Service Oriented Architecture for Flood Inundation Mapping and Hazard Assessment • Partners – IU Community Grids Laboratory, Polis, USGS and NWS • One year project

  20. SOA Grant • ‘Implement an orchestrated workflow of discrete geospatial flood modeling and hazard assessment Web Services using hydrological models, geospatial data, and real-time and forecast flood data to enable federal agencies to more efficiently coordinate flood warning and response activities with state and local agencies.’

  21. SOA Grant • Support two scenarios • “emergency trigger” mode, data from flood gages trigger flood models, which in turn issue warnings, create maps showing inundation areas (with probabilities), and damage estimates. • “planning mode” - users interactively create flooding scenarios and generate loss estimates as part of planning operations.

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