1. DMIS Tools Course Lesson 11 – Disaster Management Map
Welcome to the DMIS Tools Course Lesson 11 - Disaster Management Map.
At the end of this lesson, you will understand the importance of the Disaster Management Map and how to have your incident appear on it.
We recommend you print out this course material as “Notes Pages.” That way, you can read along while you view the slides in Slide Show mode. You could also 3-hole punch the Notes Pages, place them in a binder, and keep it as a handy DMIS desk reference. (click)
DMIS Web Services Release 2.3.3

2. Topics Introduction to the Disaster Management Map (DMM)
Plotting Alerts to the DMM
Plotting Incidents to the DMM
Logging In to the DMM
Viewing the Disaster Management Map Web Page
Navigating the DMM
Viewing Alert Detail
Viewing Incident Detail
These topics will be covered in this lesson. (click)

3. Introduction to the Disaster Management Map
Replaces previous National Incident Summary Map
Two parts: National Map and My Map
Both Alerts and Incidents can be displayed on National Map and/or My Map
Initial step of migration of DMIS Tools to a thin client (browser) environment
The Disaster Management Map (DMM) replaces the DMIS Tools function formerly known as National Incident Summary Map. The DMM consists of two main parts – the National Map and My Map. The National Map is functionally a replacement for the National Incident Summary Map with an additional feature – now you can chose to display Alerts on the National Map. My Map is a “workspace of your own” where members of your COG can choose to display Alerts and Incidents for some purpose of your COG’s choosing. For example, the Colorado State Patrol uses My Map to plot all HazMat incidents on roads throughout the state. This is already revealing trends, relationships, and patterns “at a glance,” and is helping with HazMat prevention and response planning.
The DMM represents the initial step in the migration of DMIS Tools to a thin client or browser environment. (click)

4. Plotting an Alert to the DMM
Four conditions must be met in an Alert record:
Alert must have at least one of the following plotted areas:
Geocode (statecode=VA or fipscode=51179 or zipcode=10036)
All Geocodes must have entries for both the name and value.
Circle in latitude, longitude radius (ex , , 3.4)
Polygon in latitude, longitude latitude, longitude format, with a minimum 3 coordinates.
Status must be “Actual”
Scope must be “Public” (For view on National Map Only).
Effective Date (and time) must be no more than 72 hours prior to current date/time
When in doubt, set conditions so the Alert shows on the Disaster Management Map.
An Alert must meet the following conditions listed on this slide in order to be plotted to the DMM:
Those who author/post alerts should now pause to consider two questions:
Would others want to have this alert plotted on their National Map?
Would members of my COG want this alert plotted on My Map?
Since the alerts can only “stay” on either map for a maximum of 72 hours, we recommend plotting them even if you only suspect others may want to see them. (click)

5. Plotting an Alert to the DMM (cont.)
Check one or both of these boxes
NOTE: ONLY THE AUTHOR / POSTER OF AN ALERT CAN PLOT THE ALERT ON MY MAP OR THE NATIONAL MAP.
To plot an alert on My Map and/or the National Map, simply check the appropriate box on the Post dialog box as shown in this slide. (click)

6. Plotting an Incident on the DMM
To appear on the DMM three conditions must be met in an Incident record:
Incident must have a plotted primary site.
Status must be “Actual”
Time of occurrence must be no more than 90 days.
When in doubt, set conditions so the Incident shows on the Disaster Management Map.
An incident must meet the criteria listed on this slide before it may be plotted to the DMM.
As with alerts, we recommend plotting an incident to the DMM even if you only slightly suspect that it may help someone else. (click)

7. Plotting an Incident on the DMM (cont.)
Select one or both of these buttons to plot an incident on the DMM
To plot information regarding an incident to the DMM, check that the criteria listed on the previous slide have been met, then simply select the National Map or My Map buttons as appropriate. (click)

8. Why Plot to the National Map?
Your puzzle piece might complete the picture!
Suppose you have a train derailment in your jurisdiction that involves the minor release of a toxic industrial chemical. You are able to respond and resolve the situation with your own resources. No big deal, no need to tell the state or Federal folks, right? But what if there were 5 other similar incidents in your geographic region near the same time? Now there is cause for suspected terrorism calling for high level investigation. If local responders appreciate that their local incident might be a “piece of a puzzle,” and they make their incident visible on the summary map, watch officers at higher levels of government may be assisted with “at a glance” trend analysis.
We understand that the need for incident trend analysis is a bit counter to the responder-driven DMIS principle of “the creator of information is in control of where it goes and what can be done with it.” The way we implemented Disaster Management Map remains true to that principle. We also realize that you may not know if your incident is a piece of an intelligence puzzle. As a veteran responder, however, you have probably developed a “nose” that senses when an incident may be man-made. When you get that suspicion, we ask that you set the conditions of the incident so that those at higher levels of government have the opportunity to quickly detect trends, patterns, or relationships. You also have the ability to only view your incidents on the Disaster Management Map. We will discuss this further on in this course. (click)

9. Viewing the Disaster Management Map
To access the Disaster Management Map:
Select the DMI-Services Menu.
Select the Disaster Management Tools menu.
Select the Disaster Management Map command.
The Disaster Management Map web site appears.
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10. Logging into the Disaster Management Map
You must successfully login before entering the Disaster Management Map web site.
Enter your DMIS COG user name and either hit the tab key or select the password textbox. This will allow the system to load the COG dropdown box with all of the COGS you are registered with this username.
Enter the password for the specific COG you need.
Select the COG you need from the COG dropdown box. If the COG you desire is not in the list then try a different username. If this does not work then please contact the help desk. ( ) or
Select the Login Button. (click)

11. Disaster Management Map
The page above will load upon successfully logging in. Using the controls on the Disaster Management Map screen, you can refresh incident information, obtain details about an incident or alert on My Map or the National Map, zoom in and out, and pan around the map. (click)
The Disaster Management Map displays after successfully logging in.

12. Map Navigation Directional Panning Tool
Click an arrow to pan across the map in the direction selected.
Crosshair
By clicking the red button in the center of the arrows, a crosshair is centered on the Map.
By “grabbing” the map with a “click and hold,” you may drag your center of interest under the cross hair.
Then use the zoom “slider” to view at the desired zoom level
There are some user-friendly tools that allow you to navigate the Disaster Management Map. You have probably used the same navigation tools on other web-enabled mapping products.
Directional Panning Tool and Crosshair object
The four arrows of the Directional Panning Tool allows a user to pan East, West , North and South. Just by clicking on one of the arrows.
A crosshair appears in the middle of the map when the red button is pushed.
Drag the point of interest on the map to the center of the cross hair. You do this by placing your mouse cursor over the point of interest, click and hold the left mouse button and drag the point to the center of the crosshair. Then enlarge the map by pressing the “+” button or clicking down the rungs of the slider tool.
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13. Map Selection National Map
You can view National Events by selecting the check boxes underneath the National Map Headline
Only the icons for the events that meet the requirements for National Viewing will be displayed
My Map
Only icons for posted and/or received alerts by your COG will be displayed on the map
Only icons for Incidents created by your COG will be displayed on the map.
Once you have navigated to your area of interest, you can chose to view any combination of alerts or incidents on the National Map or My Map by simply checking the boxes desired as shown on this slide. (click)

14. View Information
Alert Tool Tip
Incident Tool Tip
You can view event information by hovering the mouse pointer over an Alert or an Incident icon. Just place the mouse pointer over the top of an icon and a small popup window will display summary information about the specific event. (click)
You can view summary information by hovering the mouse pointer over an Alert or an incident icon

15. Double click the Incident icon to view Incident Details
You can view detailed incident information by double clicking the incident icon on the map. Some of the detail you can view (Read Only) are:
Attachments
Notification Level
Incident Type
Incident Category
Incident Name
Incident Number
Site name and address
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Double click the Incident icon to view Incident Details

16. Double click the Alert icon to view Alert Details
You can view detailed Alert information by double clicking the Alert icon on the map. Some of the detail you can view (Read Only) are:
Status
Scope
Headline
Event
Description
Effective and Expires dates
Site name and address
Sender name
Geocode (For Plotting)
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Double click the Alert icon to view Alert Details

17. End of DMIS Tools Course – Lesson 11 Disaster Management Map
This concludes Lesson 11 of the DMIS Tools Course - Disaster Management Map. (click)