Facility Profiler North Dakota Department of Health- Environmental Health Section Gary Haberstroh

Facility Profiler ► Why did we implement the Facility Profiler ► How the Facility Profiler Works ► Facility Profiler Mapping Tool Overview

What Is the Facility Profiler ► Facility Profiler is a warehouse database for Facility Data from multiple programs within the Environmental Health Section ► Data it maintains:  Facility Name  Facility Location (address, TRS, Lat Long) ► Facility Sub Locations  Facility Contacts  Program(s) that permit/regulate the facility  Most recent inspection date by each program

Environmental Health Section (EHS) Organization ► EHS Section has 5 divisions organized by media  Air Quality  Waste Management  Water Quality  Municipal Facilities  State Laboratory (Chemistry and Microbiology)

EHS Organization Cont.- ► Each Division has programs that implement environmental regulations. ► Ex. Waste Water Discharge, Solid Waste Program, Drinking Water Program, Air Quality Permitting Program, etc… ► Each program has developed its own database tracking system.

Data Integration- How do we share data? ► Section Wide Enterprise database solution ► Ware house database ► Hybred ► Very Expensive, Very Process Dependent ► Data is duplicated, but everyone has their own data ► Requires a lot of coordination and who owns what data ► We chose Ware house

How Facility Profiler Works ► FP is a Microsoft.NET with a Microsoft SQL Database. ► Web Application ► Stored Procedures extract facility data from program databases each night ► Data retrieved includes Name, Location (911 address, TRS, Lat Long), Contacts, Program permit data. ► Checks for new facilities and changes to data

How Facility Profiler Works-Cont. ► Program databases must have a name and a location for a facility to load into FP  FP Converts 911 address to Lat long (using ESRI ArcWeb Services)  Converts TRSQ & UTM to Lat Long ► From the Lat Long point, FP uses the state GIS Hub to derive Geographic data. (County, Health Unit, River Basin, Legislative District, TRSQ and Hydrologic Unit)

How Facility Profiler Works-Cont. ► FP has a merge tool that allows you to quickly and easily find duplicate facilities.  Search by Name and/or Address and/or Vicinity ► FP Administrator can merge duplicates or pass them to individual programs to determine if they are duplicates.

How Facility Profiler Works-Cont. ► FP then publishes a table of Facility Locations and Sub Coordinate Locations on the GIS Hub. ► This enables the FP Mapping tool to display facility and sub-coordinate locations. ► FP has a tool where web enabled program databases can be linked to FP

FP Mapping Tool ► The FP Map Tool is a separate component from FP – but integrates with FP. ► The FP Map Tool is based on the state GIS Hub Explorer Map Tool. ► Contains a data layer with all Facilities and Sub Coordinates from FP. ► Provides limited GIS tools for section staff who do not have Desktop GIS License.

Benefits of Using Facility Profiler ► Facility Profiler  Allows for integration of information between programs.  Allows programs to use their same database system. They do not have to change.  Provides additional features such as quick and easy location validation, and facility mapping tool- which provides a simple GIS tool for programs.

Measurable Efficiencies ► FP efficiency.  Staff can easily find what programs permit or regulates a site, as well as contact information.  Some programs are using it for assessing sites for spills or environmental impact which was done manually before.  More access to GIS tools  One program was making aerial pictures of sites, then linking to database. They now link to FP map tool that provides dynamic maps with multiple layers including aerial photographs.

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Contact Information ► Gary Haberstroh Data Coordinator North Dakota Department of Health Environmental Health Section Chief’s Office