Facilitating a Dialog between the NSDI and Utility Companies

1. Facilitating a Dialog between the NSDI and Utility Companies J. Peter Gomez Manager, Information Requirements, Xcel Energy

2. GIS for Critical Infrastructure Protection Protecting critical infrastructure depends onrapid discoveryandaccess to disparate internal and externalspatial information sources. GIS has the innate ability to rapidly access and process spatially enabled infrastructure data to help infrastructure management organizations make informedand timelycritical infrastructure protectiondecisions while planningfor andresponding to a man made or natural event.

3. Telecommunications Transportation Electric Power Oil and Gas Banking and Finance Water Emergency Services Continuity of Govt GIS for Critical Infrastructure Protection • Delivers timely, accurate information • Is easily accessed • Shared by: • Government • Utilities • Industry • Including critical infrastructure protection decisions • Enables planning for/responding to man made or natural events

4. GIS Supports All Aspects Of Protecting Critical Infrastructure Response Recovery Prevention Detection Assessment Preparedness

5. Assessment and Preparedness • Detection is accomplished using video motion detectors, infrared, vibration, closed-circuit television, proximity sensors, and modeling tools. Selecting the right combination of detection devices and modeling tools depend on an organization’s specific needs. GIS uses include: • Emergency Management Planning • Mapping Critical Asset Locations • Infrastructure Inventory • Modeling Events

6. Emergency Management Planning

7. Modeling Events Reservoir Dam Oil Refinery

8. Response and Recovery • The use of GIS in emergency response has been used for many years. GIS applications can answer questions such as who, where, and how long it will take to respond and recover to loss of critical infrastructure. It can be used to create a common operational view during an event. GIS uses include: • Customer Reliability • Emergency Vehicle Dispatchand Tracking • System Restoration Monitoring • Damage Assessment

9. Mapping Critical Assets Chemical Factory Government Center Hospital Telephone Switching Farm Chemicals Theatre

10. Detection and Prevention • The ability to delay an adversary from gaining access to critical infrastructure such as Pumping Stations , Substations, Regulator Stations, Switching Centers is paramount. • Equipment or technology to delay entry or access is based on its spatial relationship to the critical facility or infrastructure. GIS uses include: • Perimeter Management • Barrier Management

11. Detection and Prevention Ground Sensors Sentry Placement Airport Security View shed

12. Response and Recovery • The use of GIS in emergency response has been used for many years. GIS applications can answer questions such as who, where, and how long it will take to respond to potential loss of critical infrastructure. It can be used to create a common operational view during an event. GIS uses include: • Switching/Valve Procedures • Map Creation, Disseminationand Sharing • Tracking Response • Service Restoration Coordination

13. Field Access to GIS Data

14. Coordinating Outages Power Outage Telephone Outage

15. Outage Coordination

16. GIS for Critical Infrastructure Protection Lessons Learned • Data sharing agreements critical • Remote sensing technology is vital to incident management, have advance contracts for data collection • Be prepared to share data with the media • Have mobile mapping capabilities • Have a mechanism to bring your data together and distribute it • Quickly establish map production capabilities, have a list of GIS and other technical personnel and vendors

17. GIS for Critical Infrastructure Protection Lessons Learned • Data integration is essential • Must have organized data • Single, georeferenced database (e.g., buildings, subways, utilities, street addresses) • Predefined database model for emergency response • Metadata standards • Coordination of map production across agencies (Federal, State, City, private organizations) • Coordination of multiple agencies collecting the same data (e.g., environmental monitoring, building inspections)

18. Terrorist Attacks Natural Emergencies Damage Prevention In Summary—Utilities Possess Key Infrastructure Data to Support: Homeland Security Critical Infrastructure Protection

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