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WSEMA Conference September 2013. Like, Share, Follow, Tweet. Social Media in the Puget Sound. What is FirstToSee ?. Designed and architected as a regional system A Smartphone App to report incident information to a responder Trusted users The public
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WSEMA Conference September 2013
What is FirstToSee ? • Designed and architected as a regional system • A Smartphone App to report incident information to a responder • Trusted users • The public • A System to filter social media for incident information • Presents data in a map • Presents data in a tabular view
The FirstToSee App • Smartphone App • Submit a report of what you see: • Category • Description • Photos • Location (x,y) • Email confirmation that the report was received • Agency (person) is emailed that a report has been submitted (by geography)
The Smartphone App iPhone and Android Submit a report in 4 clicks
FirstToSee System Your Agency’s Secure System Access to View Reports and Tweets
Common Situational Awareness Smartphone app and social media reports Turn on or off layers of information, including buckets
How Data is Categorized and Filtered • In Twitter, only view tweets about WA • Pre-plan Rivers and Buckets for drops (tweets) • FirstToSee will sort/filter drops into the buckets BUCKETS Flood Trapped Injured DROPS RIVER (media, agencies)
Create and List Rivers and Buckets View and manage drops.
The System Architecture FirstToSee App CrowdMap SwiftRiver Social Media Web Page Public & Trusted Users FirstToSee System FirstToSee Map Interface Database Cloud Technology Your Incident Command System
FirstToSee System Components • Amazon Web Services
The Technology Combination of smartphone technology with current open source tools. Can be integrated existing emergency management solutions to provide greater situational awareness.
The Everett Exercise • At the Everett EOC • Incident commander, 3 staff • 18 trusted users • 195 reports filed, 300 tweets • Feedback: • Easy to use submit a report, suggested changes • Map and tabular display helped keep data organized • Conclusions: • Assign PIO/Ops to watch incoming data, no new staff • Will be more immediate information • Trusted users will be important
FirstToSee – Phase II • Add video uploads • Build redundancy and cybersecurity components • System enhancements to all more filtering and other data segregating tools • Advanced natural language translation • Marketing to the Public • Allow agencies outside of WA to use the system
Thank You to Advisory Board Partners • WA Ports Association • JHOC • WSDOT Ferries • PNWER • Pierce County US Coast Guard Port of Everett Everett Emergency Management WA Fusion Center Port of Bellingham
Benefits from FirstToSee • Easy to use system • Manage and use social media data during emergencies • Trusted users add valuable reports • Greater situational awareness, avoid rumors • Map and tabular display of data • Regional perspective • Low to no cost • More eyes on incident, immediate feedback • Train the public to identify and report needed info