12: Emergency Plans for Civil Protection using GIS and DSS

Mountain-Risks: from prediction to management and governance

Emergency Plans for Civil Protection using GIS and DSS 22th Luglio 2008

Frigerio, S.; Sterlacchini, S.; De Amicis, M.; Sironi, S. UNIMIB-DISAT, CNR-IDPA Piazza della Scienza 1, 20126, Milan, Italy

University of MilanoMilano-Bicocca Department of Environmental Science

National Research Council Institute for Dynamics of Environmental Processes

Test and application area

Consortium of Communes in Mountain Area Valtellina di Tirano - Sondrio kmq 451,97 H min m 373 slm - H max m 2.902 slm

Municipalities Inhabitants Aprica

1.631

Bianzone

1.236

Grosio

4.816

Grosotto

1.645

Lovero

643

Mazzo di Valtellina Morbegno

Sondrio

Tirano

1.066

Sernio

463

Teglio

4.714

Tirano

9.155

Tovo di S. Agata

580

Vervio

237

Villa di Tirano

2.959

Totale

29.338

Emergency Plans for Civil Protection using GIS and DSS

– Test and application area –

Consortium of Communes in Mountain Area Valtellina di Tirano - Sondrio - Upper drainage basin of Adda River - U-shaped valley profile (Quaternary glacial activity) - Valley flanks with glacial, fluvio-glacial and colluvial deposits

Pizzo Coppetto rock avalanche, 28th July 1987

- Interruption of transportation corridors - Temporary evacuation of people - High damage of cultivations - Some casualties

- Soil slips, slumps debris flow for prolonged rainfall affecting Quaternary covers (small size and thickness, volume up to few cubic meters) - Reactivation of older soil slip-debris flows scars in runoff and sub-superficial flow convergence - Soil slips-debris flows in terraced area (17 Km2, 7% of slopes in northern valley flank) - Floods events


Crosta, G. et al. al

PETer

Protezione Emergenza Territorio

(Protection and Emergency of the Territory)

GIS

WORK FLOW MANAGEMENT

INTEGRATED SYSTEM TO MANAGE PROCEDURES LINKED TO GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES PEOPLE

RESOURCES

PROCESSES

Considering the binding force of laws Providing a user-friendly instrument Emergency Plans for Civil Protection using GIS and DSS

CIVIL PROTECTION GOAL: Safety of People Care of wounded First aid activities Recovery of primary public services Management of personnel and resources Communication with public and private institutions Damage assessment Step 1

Step 2

TRAINING AND PLANNING: Critical areas mapping (Scenario characterization) Management of personnel and resources Vulnerable elements mapping Definition of standardized instruction EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT: Starting-up of a workflow management Use of a communication system Activation of quick queries on database


Meaningful evolution from “static” to “dynamic” GIS

Ability in linking geographical features and processes to workflow management instruments …INTEGRATION…

DATA

PROCESSES

PROCEDURES

ACTIONS


COMMUNICATION

PETer Mapping

GIS tools to manage, edit and query geographical data

Geographycal dataset: Risk Index Map • Scenarios • PETer Entity • External data: •

Shapefile ArcInfo Coverage ArcSDE ArcIMS Raster AutoCAD DWG e DXF


PETer Entity

Geographical feature with descriptive chart: - General Information - Attached documents - Linked Personnel - Enclosed procedures ….

Customized menu and user-friendly quick form for data entry


RESOURCES

RISK

Class

Class Type

Type

Privacy

Privacy

Residents Involved

Quantity

PETer Entity integration ROADBLOCK

Notes

ZONE

Date of activation Privacy

SCENARIO

Type

Type

EMERGENCY

Place Enclosed files

Zip Code Residents

WORKFLOW

Notes

STRUCTURE Personal data

CONTACTS

Telephone Traceableness Role Handicap Enclosed files


Class Type Privacy Accomodation Place Enclosed files

Models for DSS

Tools to create a graphic workflow: Blocks Connectors Colors Text Block-related chart including documents, files, actions, contacts and entities involved


Quick prints Procedure

Maps Layout Data Data list


Badge

– Civil Protection Plan –

Consortium of Communes in Mountain Area Valtellina di Tirano - Sondrio DATA ORGANIZED IN PETER.MDB AND GFLT.MDB • 13 Site (complete Civil Protection Plan at local scale) • 290 Contacts (personnel, group. First aid support) • 554 Structures involved (vulnerable elements, functional areas and structures,) • 239 Resourses (materials, vehicle…) • 44 Scenario (modeling, direct field trip approach) • 148 Roadblock • Cartography with all entity • 11 Workflow model for Civil Protection goals and entity management (xml) • Prepared communication file (rtf, doc) Emergency Plans for Civil Protection using GIS and DSS

Communication

Dynamic list of contacts. Communication with single contact or group: SMS Call Fax E-mail


SMS Communication Service

Outbox SMS Inbox SMS Deleted SMS Drafts

Sending automatically preset SMS to a list of contacts


Tag for automatic forward of SMS

Senders enabled to SMS submission

Receivers of forwarded SMS Emergency Plans for Civil Protection using GIS and DSS

Selvetta Scenario – 13th July 2008


GPS and Portable devices Connection with mobile GPS devices: GPS-Radio devices Mobile phone

Monitoring and recording of devices desplacements

Pocket PC PDA

Useful tool to communicate through the best-placed devices in case of emergency

Support to digital field survey: - Technical survey - Post-emergency damage analysis


Selvetta Scenario – 13th July 2008

• GPS data entry (debris area perimeter) • Field survey correction


• From external shp to PETer entity • Selection of information to import • Automatical synchronization with dataset Emergency Plans for Civil Protection using GIS and DSS

Selvetta Scenario – 13th July 2008 • Relations with other entities • Connection with DSS • Continuous update for geometry and attributes


Selvetta Scenario – 13th July 2008 • Query on dataset • Quick and simple information • Support to DSS • People involved • Economical potential damages extimation in scenario involved


…Conclusions

To create a Plan of Emergency Management it is essential to keep the database steadily updated (recording new features, modifying charts…)

The main cause of uncertainty concerns the definition of scenario as a following step of the hazard mapping techniques

on

a

local

scale

(spatial

location,

geotechnical parameters, potential damage, data type)


…Conclusions

The integration between GIS and workflow management (series

of

actions)

encourages

the

creation

and

administration of emergency plans.

The outcome of the interventions depends on the coordination of the passages and on the “fluidity” of the procedures (transforming bonds and instruction of laws in a sequence of logic blocks).


…Technical need

Problems connected to dataset management inside the application.

Usefulness and utility to test the PETer application in a real and complex geographical situation.

Necessity to create simple tools inside the application to give direct instrument to local civil protection staff and obtain direct integration to the dataset and to the information that the programme needs.


Comunità Montana VALTELLINA di TIRANO DISAT Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Ambiente e del Territorio

UNIMIB Università degli Studi di MilanoMilano-Bicocca
