Department of Water Resources (DWR) Emergency Response/Services (ER/ES) GIS Unit

1. Department of Water Resources (DWR) Emergency Response/Services (ER/ES)GIS Unit Melody Baldwin Flood Operations Center

2. Outline DWR priorities Standardized Emergency Management System Flood Operations responsibilities GIS Data Management & Tools

3. DWR Emergency Response Priorities Protect life, property, and infrastructure Protect water quality and water supply Protect the environment

4. Statewide Response • Responsible for entire state • Majority of responses within Central Valley • Respond to any event that impacts our watersheds

5. CooperatingandCo-located Agencies

6. DWR’s Role: Emergencies • Emergencies are declared by local, county (OA) or the State (Governor), not DWR or NWS • DWR and NWS do not order evacuations • The FOC provides public warnings & technical assessments for emergency managers, law enforcement and government agencies • The FOC provides public information to the media and citizens

7. Agency Roles & Responsibilities

8. Standardized EmergencyManagement System (SEMS) • A framework for coordinating emergency response in California • Utilizes the Incident Command System originally developed by fire agencies for managing wildfire response

9. SEMS Organization MANAGEMENT PLANNING / INTELLIGENCE FINANCE / ADMINISTRATION LOGISTICS OPERATIONS

10. Management Functions • Sets policy for the jurisdiction • Provides for continuity • Directs overall emergency response • Ultimate accountability

11. Operations Functions • Coordinates inter-agency response • Receive/evaluate/respond to requests for assistance • Set jurisdiction priorities • Provide field status reports to Management and Plans/Intel

12. Planning / Intelligence Functions • Collect/analyze information • Develop situation reports • Action Planning • Advance Planning • Technical Specialists • Demobilization

13. Logistics Functions • Personnel • Transportation and Facilities • Equipment • Supply/Procurement of goods • Communications

14. Flood Operations Organizational Concept

15. FOC Program Background DWR’s state-wide flood emergency responsibilities include: • Coordinating with local, State, and federal agencies • Providing technical assistance during a flood emergency • Requesting technical and/or flood fight assistance from USACE on behalf of local agencies using PL 84-99 • Joint production and dissemination of flood forecasts and warnings in cooperation with the National Weather Service and the California-Nevada River Forecast Center

16. FOC Program Background Year-round the FOC provides: • Emergency preparedness and response training • Flood fight training • A focal point for gathering, analyzing, and disseminating forecasted meteorological and hydrological information to cooperating agencies, emergency managers, law enforcement, the news media, and the public. • Development and maintenance of emergency response and business recovery plans, procedures, manuals, etc.

17. State-Federal Joint Flood Operations Center • Flood Center (916) 574-2619 flood_center@water.ca.gov • Recorded Conditions and Forecasts (800) 952-5530 • Public CDEC access - http://cdec.water.ca.gov • Agency access - http://cdec4gov.water.ca.gov Call (916) 574-1777 to Apply • Web Cast Weather/Hydrology Briefings wx_webcast-request@water.ca.gov • Directory of Flood Officials and Emergency Phone Cards: Wendy Stewart (916) 574-2619 or wstewart@water.ca.gov

18. Flood Alerts and Activation Flood Alertis declared by the Flood Operations Branch Chief due to: • Forecasts of sustained storm patterns and resulting flood potentials • Need for coordinated field operations • Technical assistance requests from local agencies • Activation of local / regional emergency operations centers A Flood Alert is what “activates” the FOC under SEMS up to 24 hour operation

19. Flood Alerts and Activation Flood Mobilization is declared by the Flood Operations Branch Chief when the FOC needs additional: Personnel Equipment Material Financial resources

20. Events • Fall 2007 – Southern California wildfires • July 2008 – Mud/debris flows – Inyo County Mud Flow • January 2009 – Medford Island Levee repair • August 2009 – Ship soft grounding – Bradford Island • October 12-13, 2009 – Columbus Day Storms

21. Tools • Confronting Catastrophe: A GIS Handbook, Esri Press • FloodSafe GIS Standards (Nov 2009) • Flood Emergency Operations Manual State-Federal Operations Manual February 2002 • Common Operating Picture (Public and Intranet) http://cop.resources.ca.gov/cop_public/Default.aspx • CDEC

22. Tools • California Levee And Stream Information System (CLASIS) viewer FloodER http://cdecgis.water.ca.gov/clasis • Floodplain Managements viewer: http://cdecgis.water.ca.gov/flooder • Cal Atlas, DWR Image Server, Jane, Joel, Harry • Northern Region, GIS Portal • GIS Standard Operating Procedures on Incidents (PMS 936- NFES 2809) • Directory of Flood Officials DWR Oct 2010

23. Data Management • FOC GIS Data (read only) • X drive • \\gis1\Data • FOC GIS Projects (special requests) • Y Drive (share folder) • \\gis1\Staff Data

24. ER GIS Data Storage

25. ER GIS Data Storage

26. Example

27. Naming • Relative Path • Admin • County Boundaries > CntyBdry • CntyBdry_NAD83.gdb • T = Teale Albers • SP = State Plane • II = Zone • 83 or 27

28. Future? • GIS Desk Reference • Build library – Templates in 10 • GIS Training • Adopt standards for Flood Emergencies • Questions to answer • Do a survey to find out who has GIS skills and what level?

29. Questions and Answers Open to all

30. Weather and Operations Briefings • Seasonal weather briefings during stormy weather • Operational briefings added during FOC activation • Reservoir operations conference calls • Joint media conferences and briefings • FOC facilitates coordinated operations

31. River Stages Defined Typical Non-Leveed Stream Typical Leveed Stream