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EPA Data Management. Lessons Learned from TOPOFF II Region 10, Seattle May 2003. Lessons Learned from 9/11. Form one integrated unified command Get valid, useable data as quickly as possible to end users. Integrate data management in UC to avoid different results from different agencies.
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EPA Data Management Lessons Learned from TOPOFF II Region 10, Seattle May 2003
Lessons Learned from 9/11 • Form one integrated unified command • Get valid, useable data as quickly as possible to end users. • Integrate data management in UC to avoid different results from different agencies
TOPOFF II • May 2003 • Rad “dirty bomb” (RDD) in Seattle, bio attack in Chicago • Seattle venue: 4000 responders and personnel, dozens of agencies • The exercise ran 36 consecutive hours • Rad plume impacts much of downtown and thousands of homes, businesses, and roads • Rad runoff impacts Puget Sound and POTW
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EPA Data Management Model • Digitize all data including field screening and real-time monitoring • Integrate Quality Assurance and equipment calibration process systems into data management system to expedite validation of data • Expedite delivery and interpretation of data to end users (UC, public, press, agency management, DHS)
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Lessons Learned • The federal government must have a robust data management process. • Public and political pressure for data cannot be overstated. • During crisis phase, EPA not in the driver seat.