PTI Solutions Showcase: Regional Operations GIS Response Emergency Management System in Cincinnati
PTI presented this webinar June 1, 2011.
Building upon early efforts to enhance situational awareness during emergencies, the Cincinnati Fire Department surveyed internal and external stakeholders from a host of first responder disciplines to identify critical infrastructure and key resources which were deemed integral to responding to a catastrophic emergency.
Since that time, a number of these critical infrastructures and key resources have been transformed into GIS layers and subsequently integrated into an electronic mapping system designed specifically for use by emergency response personnel.
Known by the acronym “ROGREMS,” this GIS-based program has expansive functionality which includes interactive “widgets” that allow users to visualize data such as weather patterns, flood plains, chemical release information, Twitter feeds, and area-wide camera systems in the context of a GIS map.
The end product is a highly interactive, web-based tool that brings critical spatial information to fire chiefs, police chiefs, emergency managers and other decisionmakers to assist them with emergency planning, response, and recovery operations for incidents of all levels of severity.
This PTI webinar walked users through a demonstration of ROGREMS. Presenters shared how interagency cooperation and a number of grant programs were leveraged in the development of this new technology, which brings together data from 12 counties in three states into a single user platform.
Ronda Mosley
PTI Assistant Executive Director for Research and Government Services
Edward J Dadosky, MA
District Fire Chief, City of Cincinnati Fire Department
Christine E. Grimmelsman, MPA
Planner, Cincinnati Metropolitan Medical Response System c/o The Cincinnati Fire Department - Homeland Security Unit
David T. Shuey, GISP
GIS Manager, OKI Regional Council of Governments
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