Business and
Industry Council for Emergency Planning and Preparedness (BICEPP)
Emergency
Preparedness Commission for the County and Cities of Los Angeles (EPC)
Caltech,
United States Geological Survey, and the California Geological Survey
(TriNet)
California
Emergency Services Association, Southern Chapter
(SCESA)
Orange
County Emergency Management Organization
(OCEMO)
Present
Beckman Institute Auditorium
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Dear Colleague:
In an emergency, the most urgent need is for rapid information that becomes the basis for response. This information, particularly in the immediate aftermath of an event, is increasingly provided by new technologies. These technologies may facilitate the delivery of rapid information (e.g. communications technologies) or be actual forms of information (e.g. mapped earthquake intensities or loss estimates). These technologies have the potential to greatly increase the timeliness and efficiency of emergency response but only if they are understood and utilized by those who make decisions regarding mobilization of resources.
Our view is that many workshops featuring new technologies for emergency management are overly technical, emphasizing methods and technical details that are of little interest or value to those who make decisions in EOC’s. The objective of this workshop is to approach technologies in terms of their usefulness in making decisions--- in assessing the situation, deploying search and rescue teams, guiding medical emergency response, conducting safety assessments of buildings and providing shelter and mass care. To achieve this objective, we will emphasize the products of technologies, not their technical aspects. As a responder, you must know what these technologies can offer, what decisions they can help support, their limitations and the timeframes in which they are available.
The EOC in the 21st Century: Bringing Today’s Technology to the Emergency Manager will include experts who can speak the language of the responder as well as that of the engineer or scientist. Topics will include mapping tools such as Geographic Information Systems (GIS), rapid loss estimation and ShakeMap and communications technologies like the Response Information Management System, the Operational Area Satellite Information System and wireless communications. In addition, selected exhibitors will be available for demonstration of technologies during an extended lunch break affording an opportunity to further explore new technologies and discuss their application.
This workshop is free thanks to the generosity of our
sponsors BICEPP, EPC, TriNet, OCEMO, and SCESA. On behalf of these organizations,
we invite public and private sector EOC staff, liaison personnel, dispatchers,
watch commanders, public information officers and others who have emergency
response roles.
James D. Goltz Ellis M. Stanley Sr., CEM
Workshop Co-Chair Workshop Co-Chair
The EOC in the 21st Century: Bringing Today’s Technology to
the Emergency Manager
8:00 to 9:00 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 to 9:15 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks
Ellis Stanley, General Manager, Emergency Preparedness Department, City of Los Angeles and Workshop Co-Chair
9:15 to 10:30 a.m. Mapping
Tools for Emergency Response
Geographic Information Systems
as a Resource for EOC Decision Making
Dave Kehrlein, GIS Manager, Governor’s Office of Emergency Services
Dave Wald, Geophysicist, United States Geological Survey
Ron Eguchi, President and CEO, ImageCat, Inc.
10:30 to 10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 to 12:00 Noon Communications
Systems and Inter-Organizational Linkages
Technologies for Multi-Jurisdictional
Coordination and Communication
George Whitney, Chief, Operational Support Branch, Governor’s Office of Emergency
Managing Information in a Crisis Using E Team
Technology
Troy Armstrong, Vice President, Solutions Business Development E Team, Inc.
Using
Personal Data Assistants Equipped With GPS to Improve Response Efficiency
Ken Hudnut, Director, Southern California Integrated GPS Network, USGS
12:00 to 1:30 p.m. Lunch and Exhibits (ESRI, AT&T, E Team, Inc., Visual Risk Map, Pictometry, HAZUS)
1:30 to 2:50 p.m. Panel Discussion: Using Technology for Operations and Operations Planning
Jim Goltz, Manager, Office of Earthquake Programs and Workshop Co-Chair, Moderator
Panelists:
Troy Armstrong, Vice President, E Team, Inc.
John Callahan, Asst. Chief, LA City Fire Department
Ron Eguchi, President and CEO, ImageCat Inc.
Bob Garrott, Assistant Manager, Los Angeles County OEM
Ken Hudnut, Director, SCIGN, USGS Pasadena
Lucy Jones, Scientist in Charge, USGS Pasadena
Dave Kehrlein, GIS Manager, OES
Dave Wald, Geophysicist, USGS Pasadena
George Whitney, Chief, Operational Support Branch, OES
2:50 to 3:00 p.m. Closing Remarks
Ellis Stanley, General Manager, Emergency Preparedness Department, City of Los Angeles and Workshop Co-Chair