Department of Water Resources (DWR) Emergency Response/Services (ER/ES) GIS Unit Melody Baldwin Flood 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

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 Emergency Management 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 Background DWR’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 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) Recorded Conditions and Forecasts (800) Public CDEC access - Agency access - Call (916) to Apply Web Cast Weather/Hydrology Briefings Directory of Flood Officials and Emergency Phone Cards: Wendy Stewart (916) or State-Federal Joint Flood Operations Center

Flood Alerts and Activation Flood 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) CDEC

Tools California Levee And Stream Information System (CLASIS) viewer FloodER Floodplain Managements viewer: 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 \\gis1\Staff

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 Defined Typical Non-Leveed Stream Typical Leveed Stream