Strategies and Implications for Strategies and Implications for Integrating GeoSpatial Technologies in Integrating GeoSpatial Technologies in

Emergency Management Education Emergency Management Education Programs – New Directions and Programs – New Directions and

PossibilitiesPossibilities

National Emergency Management National Emergency Management Institute Institute

Higher Education ConferenceHigher Education ConferenceJune 8, 2010June 8, 2010

Kevin Mickey, GISPKevin Mickey, GISPDirector Professional Education , The Polis Center, IUPUIDirector Professional Education , The Polis Center, IUPUI

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Loma Linda UniversityAdjunct Assistant Professor, Loma Linda University1200 Waterway Boulevard, Indianapolis, IN 462021200 Waterway Boulevard, Indianapolis, IN 46202

317.371.4479317.371.4479kmickey@iupui.edukmickey@iupui.edu

PollPoll► How many emergency management practitioners How many emergency management practitioners

(non-academic) are in the audience?(non-academic) are in the audience?

► How many of you engage students and/or faculty in How many of you engage students and/or faculty in helping you support your emergency management helping you support your emergency management needs and goals?needs and goals?

► How many faculty are in the audience?How many faculty are in the audience?

► How many of you currently encourage How many of you currently encourage your students to support emergency your students to support emergency management practitioners as part of management practitioners as part of your classes?your classes?

Academia and Emergency Academia and Emergency ManagementManagement

► The emergency management community is The emergency management community is increasingly seeking support for a variety of services increasingly seeking support for a variety of services

► Identified needsIdentified needs Experts who are familiar with the latest advances in Experts who are familiar with the latest advances in

technology and science and can successfully apply that technology and science and can successfully apply that experience in the fieldexperience in the field

Experts who are capable of working in a collaborative Experts who are capable of working in a collaborative environment and who can successfully engage a variety environment and who can successfully engage a variety of stakeholdersof stakeholders

Organizations with the capacity to support projects on a Organizations with the capacity to support projects on a variety of scalesvariety of scales

Tool (GIS and others) expertsTool (GIS and others) experts

Service and Teaching Service and Teaching Opportunities and Opportunities and

StrategiesStrategies

The Polis CenterThe Polis Center

►Applied research center at Indiana Applied research center at Indiana University Purdue University IndianapolisUniversity Purdue University Indianapolis

►Formed in 1989Formed in 1989

►Over 300 projectsOver 300 projects

►Strong collaborative emphasis with Strong collaborative emphasis with academia, private sector, and public sector academia, private sector, and public sector entitiesentities

►Multiple opportunities for internshipsMultiple opportunities for internships

►Polis engages in a diverse range of projects Polis engages in a diverse range of projects but has particular expertise in applications of but has particular expertise in applications of geospatial technology in emergency geospatial technology in emergency management.management.

►ExamplesExamples

Expertise in use and application of HAZUS-MH Expertise in use and application of HAZUS-MH and other hazard modeling toolsand other hazard modeling tools

Development of dozens of mitigation plansDevelopment of dozens of mitigation plans

Workshops conducted in nearly every stateWorkshops conducted in nearly every state

The Polis CenterThe Polis Center

The value of collaborationThe value of collaborationMidwest All Hazard DMA 2000 Mitigation PlanningMidwest All Hazard DMA 2000 Mitigation Planning

► University partnersUniversity partners Indiana University Purdue Indiana University Purdue

University Indianapolis (The University Indianapolis (The Polis Center)Polis Center)

Southern Illinois University Southern Illinois University CarbondaleCarbondale

Augustana CollegeAugustana College University of Wisconsin - University of Wisconsin -

MadisonMadison University of Minnesota – University of Minnesota –

DuluthDuluth

►Multiple private sector Multiple private sector partnerspartners

PDM ProjectsPDM Projects

►Wisconsin, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Illinois, and MinnesotaMinnesota

All hazard risk All hazard risk assessments assessments either have either have been or are in been or are in the process of the process of being conducted being conducted in each state.in each state.

Indiana PDMIndiana PDM

►Detailed plans Detailed plans have been have been developed for developed for all of the all of the counties counties

►Local data Local data collected as part collected as part of this effort is of this effort is the best in the best in existenceexistence

Service Example Service Example National 100 Year Flood StudyNational 100 Year Flood Study

►31 States Completed by University Consortium Coalition of Coalition of

Universities for Universities for Spatial Information Spatial Information Sciences (CUSIS)Sciences (CUSIS)

Purdue UniversityPurdue University

Indiana UniversityIndiana University

Ball State UniversityBall State University

University of University of Southern Southern IndianaIndiana

Indiana State Indiana State UniversityUniversity

Vincennes Vincennes UniversityUniversity

Intern BenefitsIntern Benefits

►Developed familiarity with a number of Developed familiarity with a number of GIS applications and modeling toolsGIS applications and modeling tools

►Applied experience included Applied experience included interaction with local and state interaction with local and state government entitiesgovernment entities

► IncomeIncome

Research Research OpportunitiesOpportunities

Research Example Research Example Indiana Risk Assessment Model (RAM)Indiana Risk Assessment Model (RAM)

► Indiana Risk Indiana Risk Assessment Model Assessment Model (RAM)(RAM)

Research ExampleResearch ExampleService Oriented Architecture for the Indiana Flood Service Oriented Architecture for the Indiana Flood

GRIDGRID

► Collaborative Team of Agencies

State

Federal

Regional

Research ExampleResearch ExampleService Oriented Architecture for the Indiana Flood Service Oriented Architecture for the Indiana Flood

GRIDGRID

Model Calibration(USGS Water Scientists)

Real-Time Water Flow Gauge Data (USGS)

FastMech Process(IU Big Red)

Loss Calculation Process (Polis)

Maps

Flood Depth Grid Data

CGNS Data

Water Flow Data

Loss Estimate

Property Assessment Data

Flood Map

Parcel & HAZUS Data Service (Polis)

Reports

SAVI (Polis)

Parcel Boundaries (Marion County)

Parcel Map

Demographics

Distributed Processes and Asynchronous

I/O

Research OpportunitiesResearch Opportunities► Improvements in hazard loss Improvements in hazard loss

estimation scienceestimation science

► Identification of effective Identification of effective methods of risk communication methods of risk communication (i.e. Risk MAP)(i.e. Risk MAP)

►Creating new ways to effectively Creating new ways to effectively distribute data to current and distribute data to current and new audiencesnew audiences

►Others???Others???

Group Discussion Group Discussion