PA GIS Conference 2004 Homeland Security GIS Jim Knudson Director, Geospatial Technologies

PA GIS Conference 2004Homeland Security GIS

Jim Knudson

Director, Geospatial Technologies

PA Homeland Security GIS

• Overview and HS Framework• PEMA PEIRS – Enterprise Incident Reporting• DEP PAIRS• Health NEDSS• PSP IIMS• DMVA EOC• Agriculture BAHDS (Being Developed)• OHS Fusion Center (Future)• Summary• Q&A

PA Homeland Security GIS• Pennsylvania’s Homeland Security

Information Technology Objectives– Develop a Homeland Security Information

Technology strategy to direct current and future technology investments

– Identify and leverage the technology investments and capabilities that have already been made and align with the strategy

– Fund only new homeland security technology projects that support the strategy

– Create a governance structure for on-going coordination of the technology strategy to prevent redundancy, inconsistency and overlapping development

Strategy for Pennsylvania's Homeland Security Technology

Intelligence Capabilities

Incident Tracking & Management

Response Systems

Infrastructure Support

Information Sources

Strategy for Pennsylvania's Homeland Security Technology

Intelligence Capabilities Incident Tracking & Management Response Systems

Infrastructure Support

Information Sources

o Pennsylvania Criminal Intelligence Center (PACIC)

o Intelligence Strategy development

o Fusion Center

o Centralized incident tracking and management fed by decentralized agency sources

o GIS critical infrastructure maps according to HSIP standards

o Begin coordination of GIS activities across the Commonwealth agencies and begin to address local government initiatives

o Continuity of Government readiness

o Statewide radio network 800MH

o Cyber Security

o Notification

o Training Communication and Coordination

o Credentialing

o Agency data o Incident data o External data

Governance Committee

Community of Practice groups

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• Public Safety

• Environment

• Continuity of Governm

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• Governors O

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• Cabinet Secretaries

• CIO

Homeland Security GISCurrent Status

PA Homeland Security GISCurrent Status

• Multiple systems, silos• Little integration• GIS use inconsistent• Lack of common operating picture• Changes occuring• Development of new geospatial

technologies enterprise architecture and data architecture for Homeland Security

PEMA PEIRS

PA Homeland Security GIS

PEMA PEIRSThe Pennsylvania Emergency Incident Reporting

System (PEIRS) establishes standard-reporting criteria, consolidates reporting requirements. PEIRS provides reporting criteria for county emergency management coordinators, communications centers, 911 centers, commercial and industrial facilities, volunteer agencies and state and federal agencies to report emergency incidents which may affect the safety, health, or welfare of citizens of the Commonwealth, or require multi-jurisdictional response to the emergency incident.

PA Homeland Security GIS• PEMA Pennsylvania Emergency Incident

Reporting System (PEIRS)– PEIRS is the Commonwealth’s Enterprise Incident

Reporting system– PEIRS is a web based system, incorporating

messaging, incident entry, analysis and reporting– Other systems tie into PEIRS

• DEP PAIRS• New Wireless 911 legislation indicates participation

in PEIRS incident reporting to have W911 county plan approved for funding

• Other systems will be added in the future• Potentially, all incidents will flow into PEIRS to the

new Fusion Center

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PEMA – PEIRSSTATE

EMERGENCY OPERATIONS

CENTER

HOMELANDSECURITY

LABOR & INDUSTRY

EDUCATION

HEALTH

PAIRS

FRED WNVJ-NET

PSP

AGING

FEDERAL

ORGANIZATIONS

AMERICAN RED

CROSS

GAME

COUNTY

CIVIL AIR

PATROL DMVA

PUC

CLEAN

NEDDS

ODIS

NCIC

NLETS

EPA

GENERALSERVICES

TURN-PIKE

DEP/BRP

CORRECTIONS

HUMAN

RELATIONS

EMA(67)

911(74)

CONTIGIOUS STATES

MEMA

DEMA

NJEMA

OEMA

FBI

FAA

ATF

FEMA

NYEMA

WVEMA

PENNDOT

AVIATION

VEHICLE WAIVERS

VMS

DEPT OF HIGHEREDUCATION

CAPITOL POLICE

R/RSAFETY

GAS SAFETY

FISH &

BOAT

LABOR LAWCOMPLIANCE

OCCUPATIONALSAFETY

PROPANESAFETY

PENNSAFE

EODTEAM

WMDTEAM

AMBER

FOOD INSP

MILK INSP

NRC

FCC

USDA

DOE

OSHA

NTSB

BUREAUOF

PRISONS

DEP

AGRICULTURE M-net

Regional Counter Terrorism Task Forces

Incident/Potential Incidentoccurs

YesNo

PEMA notified andevaluates incident

Notifications madeto respective agencies

Response needed?

Yes

No

Emergency Response

Incident Escalation? No

Yes

PEMA notifiedIncident re-evaluated for

additional needs. and/or assistance.Additional needs or declaration needed?

Incident Terminated

Governor's Declaration?

PEMA monitors trends and evaluates until incident can

be terminated

Incident Terminated?

NoYes

No

Yes

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PEIRS Current Status• PEIRS application is currently undergoing several upgrades and

modifications to current Geospatial Data Layers.• PEMA is currently in the process of integrating 911 CAD (Computer

Aided Dispatch) into PEIRS through an XML Schema, which will use the incident location as one of the required fields for identification of a county incident to assist in dispatch, response, recovery and mitigation of emergency incidents.

• PEIRS is being evaluated and modified to ensure it is flexible and robust enough to support future developments and support the Commonwealth in the development of fusion center.

• The current application allows a user to do several different GIS options.

1. Plot an incident location, then be able to identify critical facilities in and around a facility.

2. An user can retrieve key information relevant to those facilities.

PA Homeland Security GISPEIRS Screen Shot

DEP PAIRS

PA Homeland Security GISDEP Pennsylvania Incident Reporting System (PAIRS)

Building Enterprise-wide GIS Applications

PA Homeland Security GIS• DEP Pennsylvania Incident Reporting System

(PAIRS)– PAIRS is the Commonwealth’s Agency Incident Reporting

system– PAIRS is a web portal system, incorporating messaging,

incident entry, GIS, analysis, reporting, and public/media outreach

– Used by DEP to manage emergency environmental incidents – spills, contamination, toxic leaks, etc. – air, soil, water

– Primary Agency Partners:• Health• Agriculture

– Other systems tie into PAIRS• PEMA PEIRS

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• PAIRS Tracks:– Diseases affecting agriculture

and humans– Environmental conditions

– short and long term– Contamination of food

supplies

DEP PAIRS

• Building on experience and reusing ESRI code from the West Nile Virus (WNV) application, DEP began by linking PEMA, Agriculture, Health and DEP

• Agency Partners can:– Enter incident information from remote sites across the Commonwealth

– Send statewide notifications to other agencies

– Send and Receive information from state labs

– View real-time reports and maps of the incidents

– Add additional information/query an incident

– See patterns between incidents/across political boundaries

PA Homeland Security GIS

Who it is• 4 State Agencies

– DOH, DEP, PDA, PEMA

• 1 Testing Lab• 2 Federal Agencies• 96 Individual Users

Where it is• Operational Data &

Communication System• Transitioning

administrative responsibilities

• Data system refinements and enhancements

PA Homeland Security GISDEP PAIRS

Meteorological Data Accessed through PAIRS Portal on 9/22/03

Similar to data accessed by DEP and PAIRS users for Hurricane Isabel

PA Homeland Security GISDEP PAIRS

PA Homeland Security GISDEP PAIRS

Accessing the USGS National Map through the PAIRS Gateway Portal

PA Homeland Security GISDEP PAIRS

Census Tiger Data accessed through PAIRS Gateway Portal

Allowing additional event analysis through demographic information

DEP PAIRS• Existing capabilities of WNV have been/are being

installed into PAIRS. These include:

– Laboratory data entry (associating samples with incidents). Relies on WNV designed concept using intelligent barcodes

– Linking to existing databases (local, state, federal)

– Modeling incidents (plume analysis/fate and transport)

– Sharing summary data with the public at the right time

• Goal: Complete integration of data tied to GIS from the field to the media outlets

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DEP PAIRS• WNV/PAIRS components have been

used in other state agency applications– Point locator– Web services gateway

Health PA-NEDSS

PA Homeland Security GIS

What is NEDSS?  

NEDSS is a national initiative driven by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to improve the timeliness, completeness, accuracy, and uniformity of surveillance data.  The “NEDSS vision” includes use of the Internet for data collection and transmission, collection of data as close to the source as possible, incorporation of electronic laboratory reporting and use of uniform coding schemes and data transmission protocols. 

Pennsylvania’s Electronic Disease Reporting project, PA-NEDSS, is Pennsylvania’s response to this national initiative. PA-NEDSS is a new way to report diseases and investigative findings to the Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) via the Internet.  It replaces the card and form-based methods.  As of November 16th, 2003, PA-NEDSS is the mandatory electronic diseasereporting application for Pennsylvania.  

PA Homeland Security GISPA-NEDSS Functionality

 PA-NEDSS establishes a near real-time, secure communication link between laboratories, hospitals, individual medical practices, and the PA DOH.  While the reporting process remains unchanged, PA-NEDSS seeks to improve the timeliness and accuracy of disease reporting and expand the public health infrastructure to improve response to possible bioterrorism attacks.  PA-NEDSS provides the following core features:

• Web-based reporting for labs, hospitals, and physicians • Integrated electronic lab reporting (ELR) • Integrated Health Alert Network (HAN) • Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) and report extracts for CDC • Graphical reporting/ analytical tools • Geographical Information System (GIS) mapping tools used to plot cases on

a map • Comprehensive and integrated system for all program areas including Case

Management for Epidemiology (EPI), Tuberculosis (TB), Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD), and Elevated Blood Lead Level (Lead) program areas

PA Homeland Security GIS

• PA-NEDSS Users– Hospitals (539)– Labs (519)– Physicians (550)– Public Health Staff (county – 487)

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• Schematic Diagram of GIS– The purpose of PA-NEDSS GIS is to perform spatial analysis on

the patient and the patient’s contact data within PA-NEDSS.

The main components of PA-NEDSS GIS are:

•GIS Query Forms•Map Viewer•ArcIMS Map

Services•ArcSDE Spatial

Features•SDE I/O – Spatial

Feature Update

GIS QueryForms

ArcIMS MapServices

PA NEDSS A&RProductionDatabase

SDE I/O -SpatialFeature Update

ArcSDE SpatialFeatures

Map Viewer

PA NEDSS Website

PA Homeland Security GISPA-NEDSS

The Basic Map Query displays points representing reports or

investigations according to a query specification.

Users can define the level of granularity utilizing zoom functions.

PA Homeland Security GISPA-NEDSS

Social Relationship Mapping is particularly useful for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Contacts/Associates mapping of PA-NEDSS disease data.

PA State PoliceIncident Information Management System

(IIMS)

PA Homeland Security GIS

• Consolidated Dispatch Environment:– CAD– WebCAD– GIS/AVL– Dispatch

Telecommunications– Dispatch Radio

Communications

• Mobile Office Environment (In Car systems and mapping)

• Records Management System

• Data Warehouse

PSP IIMS

PA Homeland Security GIS

• Geospatial data• Seamless Statewide Geospatial Data• Vendor

– GDT – Contracted through Lockheed Martin– Quarterly Updates– Standard Layers and PSP Unique Layers

• Used Within All IIMS Components– Dispatching – AVL displayed– Receiving Dispatches – Routing– Crime Mapping

PSP IIMS

South Central Dispatch Region with One County Buffer

Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL)

Routing to an Incident

PSP Station Layer Information Displayed

Crime Mapping – Plotting Incidents

Incidents Displayed for Analysis

Department of Military and Veteran’s Affairs

Emergency Operations Center

PA Homeland Security GIS• FIG Guard EOC. • On screen are PA Armory

locations. • At this early stage, GIS is

simply used as visual aid• Have plans to expand

once basic supporting capabilities are achieved (fiber network, personnel, licensing)

Agriculture Bureau of Animal Health Diagnostic Services (BAHDS)

Animal Information Management System (AIMS)

Consolidated Database Emergency Management Response System

Animal Tracking System

PA Homeland Security GIS

• Database Consolidation Project – 22 databases, different platforms

• Integration with Ag Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)

• Tracking of premises, herds, individual animals, diseases and tests

• Leading U.S. in assigning national premise IDs to PA animal operations premises

• Need for the next Avian Flu outbreak (February 2004 – Lancaster County)

Ag BAHDS

PA Homeland Security GIS

• A need for this project has existed for quite some time– Existing data is fragmented and located in

antiquated systems such as DEC and is often redundant across multiple databases

• This limits the usefulness of the data• It also creates a lack of confidence in data

accuracy• The new system will create a more efficient

method of data retrieval and reporting– There is a strong need for this system based on

Homeland Security issues regarding food safety and the health of our livestock

Ag BAHDS

PA Homeland Security GIS

• Project will consolidate all BAHDS databases into one MS SQL Server application – Will also link to the Ag Laboratory Information Management

System (LIMS) for animal disease test results

– Will provide for a GIS interface that will allow for the spatial analysis of infected livestock operations and other premises

– Provide the ability to track animal movement across the Commonwealth

– An Emergency Management Response System will also be created for incident resource tracking

– Future development is being laid out for the tracking of animal movement into/across the state using web based technology to provide outside access to authorized users such as private veterinarians

Ag BAHDS

PA Homeland Security GISBAHDS

AIMS

EMRS

Tracks Animal

Diseases:

BSE

Brucellosis

…Used By:

Vets

Labs

County Extension

PA Homeland Security GIS

• Phase One of project was completed as a Needs Analysis

• Phase Two is currently underway– The selected vendor has just completed the

requirements gathering– Mock up screens have been created and reviewed– A prototype review and sign-off will occur at the

end of May– Completion date is August 31st

Ag BAHDS

Office of Homeland Security Fusion Center (Future)

PA Homeland Security GISOHS Fusion Center

– The objective of the fusion center is to create a command and control facility and a set of processes that will allow agencies to share critical information in a real-time mode, before during and after a terrorist event, natural disaster or other crisis.

– The first phase of the fusion center initiative will be the development of a blueprint that will lay out the technical infrastructure, the data sources and processes and the organizational structure and personnel requirements necessary for proper support.

– The Center will be located at an alternate site location with security level clearance required

– Many data feeds – DHS, PEIRS, PACIC, FBI, etc.

PA Homeland Security GISOHS Fusion Center

• The PA agencies that will be participating in the first phase are:– Governor’s Office– Office of Homeland Security– Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency– Pennsylvania State Police– Department of Veterans and Military Affairs– Department of Health– Department of Environmental Protection– Department of Agriculture– Department of Transportation– Office for Information Technology

Regional Counter Terrorism Task

Forces

PA Homeland Security GIS9 Regions

• Receive DHS/ODP Funding

• $44M in 2004

• County plans

• Lots of boots and suits, starting to look for technology for planning and response

• GIS, data, imagery

• Services

• Pictometry

Homeland Security GIS Task Force

PA Homeland Security GIS• Homeland Security GIS Task Force

– Formed in 10/2003– State GIS Coordinator is chair– Made up of agencies and counties– Meet monthly– Data needs, prioritization, and

implementation strategies– Think tank for Homeland Security, Incident

Response, Technology and Data assessments

Summary

PA Homeland Security GIS• Summary

– Lots going on in state agencies on HS and Incident response

– Designation of PEIRS as enterprise incident reporting system

– Will be better coordinated for back-end GIS in the future, Common Operating Picture

– State GIS Coordinator supports all first response agencies, and RCTTF regions

– Homeland Security GIS Task Force is looking at broad needs and working with multiple groups

Questions?

Contact Information:

Jim KnudsonDirector, Geospatial Technologies

Office for InformationGovernor’s Office of Administration

210 Finance BuildingHarrisburg, PA 17120jknudson@state.pa.us

(717) 346-1538http://www.BGT.state.pa.us