1. MINIMUM ESSENTIAL DATA MEDS What Next? 11/17/15 - Tom Conry

2. BACKGROUND  “Finalized” around 2005  Identified categories of information in two phases  Initial data set - 13 layers  Minimum essential data set – 26 additional layers  Categories were mostly based on GIS Staff recommendations  No standardization of data elements  Data submitted to COG – Merged onto a CD and redistributed  Not sure it was ever used.  MEDS never realized.

3. INITIAL DATA SET  Streets  Fire Stations  Police Stations  Hospitals - with Emergency Facility  Schools - Public and Charter  Premise Address  Jurisdiction Boundary  Rail - Lines and Stations  Metro Rail - Lines and Stations - Regional  Airports/Helipads  Night time Population by Census Block - Regional  Cooperative Forecast Employment by TAZ - Regional  Ortho Photo Imagery

4. “FINAL” MINIMUM ESSENTIAL DATA SET SOME INTERESTING COMPONENTS  CAD911 – real-time data  Emergency Incident Information - real-time  Police Units by location  Fire Apparatus by location  AVL – real-time  LIDAR  Weather  Regional Grid system

5. CONSIDERATIONS: GOING FORWARD  It is data for emergency response.  What data?  Three general categories of emergency response data used by some  Base Data  Operational Data  Incident Data

6. BASE DATA EXAMPLES  Buildings  Schools  Streets  Address points  All of the initial data in the earlier slides  NG911 data

7. OPERATIONAL DATA - GEARED TO RESPONDER SERVICES  Tier II Facilities  Hydrants  Candidate sites for shelters  Pre plans  Water tanker locations  Water sources (ponds)

8. INCIDENT DATA  911 Calls?  Incident location  Plume footprint(s)  Video feeds  Much of the FINAL MEDS data set  NVERS - Situational Awareness Study: Final Report

9. NVERS - SITUATIONAL AWARENESS STUDY: FINAL REPORT MAY 2014  Input from public safety and public service stakeholders  Focus groups  Interviews  Final workshop  Included Essential Elements of Information (EEIs) developed in 2011  Recommendations to address regional shortcomings  Create Process for regional information sharing  Identify and increase awareness of available personnel, resources, tools  Strengthen and deepen regional relationships

10. FIVE OF NVERS 11 KEY FINDINGS  Public safety and public service disciplines struggle to devote enough time or personnel to gather, process, and share information with other disciplines and regionally  Disciplines rely on individual relationships with trusted sources for information rather than more widely available sources making situational awareness about who you know  There have been situations in which disciplines did not receive information that could have helped them more effectively make resource decisions for an emerging incident  There is a general lack of information about what resources are available, can be requested, and can be effectively obtained during a regional incident, including State and Federal assets  There is no automated data sharing from utilities (power outage status and predictions), long term care facilities (power status, evacuation needs), and other community organizations involved in response

11. NEXT STEPS  What should be our Essential Elements of Information?  How can we prioritize those to pursue?  Engage contractor assistance  Identify jurisdictional reps  Draft report