Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Emergency Response/Services (ER/ES)

GIS Unit

Melody BaldwinFlood Operations Center

Outline

• DWR priorities

• Standardized Emergency Management System

• Flood Operations responsibilities

• GIS Data Management & Tools

DWR Emergency Response Priorities

• Protect life, property, and infrastructure

• Protect water quality and water supply

• Protect the environment

Statewide Response

• Responsible for entire state

• Majority of responses within Central Valley

• Respond to any event that impacts our watersheds

Cooperating and Co-located Agencies

DW RFlood Operations

Hydrology / Forecasting

National W eather ServiceW eather Forecast Office

CN River Forecast Center

Bureau of Reclam ation

Corps of Engineers

G eologic Survey

FederalCooperating

Agencies

Cal EMA

Forestry & Fire Protection

Conservation Corps

National Guard

State W ater Project

StateCooperating

Agencies

Levee M aintaining Agencies

Operational Areas

Other Agencies

LocalCooperating

Agencies

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

Agency Roles & Responsibilities

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

SEMS Organization

MANAGEMENT

OPERATIONS PLANNING /INTELLIGENCE

LOGISTICS FINANCE /ADMINISTRATION

Management Functions

• Sets policy for the jurisdiction• Provides for continuity• Directs overall emergency response• Ultimate accountability

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

Planning / Intelligence Functions

• Collect/analyze information• Develop situation reports• Action Planning• Advance Planning• Technical Specialists• Demobilization

Logistics Functions

• Personnel• Transportation and Facilities• Equipment• Supply/Procurement of goods• Communications

Flood Operations Organizational Concept

FOC Program BackgroundDWR’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

FOC Program Background

• 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.

Year-round the FOC provides:

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

State-Federal Joint Flood

Operations Center

Flood Alerts and ActivationFlood Alert is 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

Flood Alerts and Activation

Flood Mobilization is declared by the Flood Operations Branch Chief when the FOC needs additional:

•Personnel•Equipment•Material•Financial resources

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

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

Tools

• California Levee And Stream Information System (CLASIS) viewer FloodERhttp://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

Data Management

• FOC GIS Data (read only) X drive \\gis1\Data

• FOC GIS Projects (special requests) Y Drive (share folder) \\gis1\Staff Data

ER GIS Data Storage

ER GIS Data Storage

Example

Naming

• Relative Path• Admin• County Boundaries > CntyBdry• CntyBdry_NAD83.gdb

T = Teale Albers SP = State Plane II = Zone 83 or 27

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?

Questions and Answers

• Open to all

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

River Stages DefinedTypical Non-Leveed Stream

Typical Leveed Stream