Urban Forestry Meets Emergency Management
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1 Urban Forestry Meets Emergency Management Dudley R. Hartel, Center Manager (706) voice (706) cell fs.fed.us Rachel Barker, Regional Urban Forester (334) office (334) Rbarker@carpdc.com
2 Urban Forestry Meets Emergency Management
3 Urban Forestry Meets Emergency Management
4 The Need? Impede 911 and Emergency Response
5 The Need? Structural Damage & Impede access to Critical Infrastructure facilities
6 Urban Forestry Meets Emergency Management
7 Urban Forestry Meets Emergency How? Management
8 Central Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission 13 Member Governments Elmore, Montgomery and Autauga Counties and all the municipalities within
9 Alabama Association of Regional Councils 12 Regional Councils 12 Regional Councils in the State
10 AARC Coordinate activities of all regions for statewide projects Example: Statewide Planning & Economic development strategies Advocacy group that promotes regionalism NARC member
11 Activities of CARPDC Provide Grant writing assistance for members Planning services Comprehensive & Land Use planning Special planning projects (i.e.. Park plans, etc) Pre hazard mitigation planning Economic Development GIS services Weatherization Brokered transportation services for Montgomery Co. (LINKS) Regional outlook
12 New Project/Partnership Proof of Concept Model Regional Planning U.S. Forest Service Urban Forestry South To integrate Urban Forestry Management into Emergency Alabama Emergency Management Management Autauga County Emergency Management
13 Vegetative vs. Tree Risk Plans Broad Vegetative Detail Tree Risk
14 Vegetative Management Plan Vegetative Management Plan Planning Identifying critical infrastructure to include vegetation at critical facilities Identify high debris hazard areas GIS mapping Debris estimation by identifying high hazard areas Exercises- Data&GIS Pre-hazard mitigation planning Debris Management Plan Local ordinances Alabama Emergency Management Agency Operations/Response Identifying Critical Infrastructure Staging Areas Debris estimation by identifying high hazard areas Recovery Debris Management protocol Insect/disease and invasive species separation and management protocol Pruning and/or removal evaluation Education Replanting BMP s
15 The Big Picture Structure Data Urban Forester Involvement State Broad Vegetative Partnership/Planning Regional County Community Tree Risk Detail Hands on Implementation
16 Plans Comprehensive Plans Regional & Community Emergency Response Plans and exercises Regional, County & Community Pre hazard mitigation plans County & Community Debris Management Plans County & Community Vegetative Management Regional & County UF Management Plans County & Community Tree Risk Management Plans County & Community
17 The Model
18 Tree Risk & Emergency Management County (or regional) Scale Generalized approach to tree risk assessment Working withemergency Management Reduce information to issues of interest Planning/Mitigation g Woody debris (how much, where) Response (cleanup) Recovery Prioritization of effort (big picture) Proof of Concept t Model
19 Tree Risk Assessment Matheny & Clark, 1994, 2 nd Edition, ISA Evaluation of Hazard Trees in Urban Areas Pokorny (editor), 2003, USDA FS Urban Tree Risk Management (Chapter 3) Tree Risk Target Size of Part Probability of Failure
20 Tree Risk Zone Categories
21 Tree Risk Zones Roadway characteristics Important travel corridors Population Public use & occupancy patterns Public facilities Population Tree resource characteristics Tree canopy as surrogate for large scale
22 GIS Vector & Raster Layers
23 GIS, Tree Risk & Local EM GIS to model tree risk zones Tree layer (canopy) [part & probability] Transportation layer[target] Facility layer [target] Population density [target] t] Process Assemble data Vector to Raster Summation of assigned values
24 GIS Layer: Tree Canopy NLCD tree cover (30 meter) NAIP tree classification (1 meter)
25 GIS Layer: Tree Canopy
26 GIS Layer: Transportation
27 GIS Layer: Facilities
28 GIS Layer: Population
29 GIS Model: Highest Risk Zones
30 GIS Model: Community Risk Zones
31 Risk Zone & Emergency Management Using prioritized risk zones Reduce potential for woody debris On site block/tree assessments Prune Remove Pre locate debris dbisites UF Management Use zones to adjust management Tree planting Inspections, treatment
32 Next Steps NUCFAC Grant Proof of concept model expanded GIS AARC Committee Collaboration and Partnership with SMA, AEMA, Urban Forestry South & AARC Produce: Vegetative Management Templates and collaborative strategies to include urban forestry practices into State and FEMA approved debris management plans
33 Urban Forestry Meets Emergency Management Dudley R. Hartel, Center Manager (706) voice (706) cell fs.fed.us Rachel Barker, Regional Urban Forester (334) office (334) Rbarker@carpdc.com
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