Assess-Report-Map: How a GIS tool was used for Tuscaloosa's Damage Assessment

Agenda Where We Started What We Did What Went Right What We Learned

Where we started.. GIS Data Hardware ArcGIS Server tiled mapservices Addressing ArcSDE / ArcGIS Server inside the firewall Hardware Esri / Geocove Personal devices (5) Loaned devices

What we did Round 1 Installed Esri software in DMZ Loaded damage assessment schema and base data Built deployment packages Round 2++ Setup COP Viewer / reporting tool Added more data to deployment packages

Screenshot of Round 2 Field App (note, basemap is still available)

Screenshot of Round 3 Field App Addition of post Tornado Imagery

Results 4207 Residential Structures $172,150,420 in residential loss Assessments automated in 5 days Incident Commander assigned ‘whatever you need’ resources to GIS Manager to complete process using tool

What Went Right Referencing Existing Data COP Photos ‘Automation’ of Assessments

What Could Have Been Better… PROCESS Assessment Grids Deploy immediately Hardware provisioning Training

Process, Process, Process Who Multi-agency, multi-jurisdictional Volunteers What Windshield assessments Safety / Damage / Both Worksheet assessments Public Health Search and Rescue When Windshield vs. Worksheets Concurrent vs. consecutive How Consider hardware

Tool Considerations Typing? How many clicks? GIS based / no integration “Sometimes connected” Open development environment / fat finger buttons! Feed the COP Reporting?

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