A.D. Latornell Conservation Symposium ESS Crisis Management. Credit Valley Conservation November 16, 2007

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1 A.D. Latornell Conservation Symposium ESS Crisis Management Credit Valley Conservation November 16, 2007

2 Presentation Daily Planning Cycle Weather Outlooks Field Data ESS Crisis Management Software Business Advantage Incident Master Overview and key Features

3 Daily Planning Cycle Is it going to flood today or tomorrow or the next day? Check weather forecasts/outlook and assess potential for a; Rainfall event Snowmelt event Frazil ice event High lake level event or a combination of the above Check for active weather warnings or provincial warnings from MNR. Access the need to complete model runs to size up situation. Check monitoring network to confirm conditions and equipment operation. Check reservoir and flow conditions and take appropriate actions. Assess weather to deploy flood patrol officers and observers and confirm the duty roster for the day and secure additional resources if needed.

4 Weather Outlook It all starts with weather, typical sites used by CVC and other Conservation Authorities include; NOAA QPF Site is a good site to get an overview of the 5-day outlook and the amounts expected. Extranet MNR site 5-day 5 weather maps and 3 day precipitation maps Environment Canada s s daily forecast, warnings and special weather statements faxed to office The Weather Network 6 day outlook for the local area includes hourly temperatures, wind speed and direction and probability of precipitation. Intellicast radar and radar accumulations Depending on the season hurricane tracks from the NOAA or Intellicast sites.

5 Available Field Monitoring Data, Historical and Real-Time 9 active Streamflow stations 5 active Rainfall Stations 4 active Climate Stations 35 major dams 400 on-line ponds Spills monitoring information

6 CRISIS MANAGEMENT ESS Crisis Your Essential Software Solution for Crisis Management If you are involved in emergency planning and preparedness, you have a responsibility for protecting your organization and community. In order to minimize the risk associated with events ranging from m chemical releases, to acts of terror, to natural disasters, you must: Develop NIMS/ICS compliant technology Coordinate plans, procedures, resources, and personnel in an effective response ESS Crisis provides a suite to help you do it all and do it well even with limited time and resources.

7 CRISIS MANAGEMENT Business Advantages of ESS Crisis ESS Crisis is designed to meet all requirements of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and Incident Command System (ICS). This comprehensive technology has enabled organizations worldwide to: Lower the risk of business losses and human suffering caused by natural, technological and man-made made hazards. Simultaneously manage routine daily activities and real-time incident response measures. Reduce the cost of planning and improve the effectiveness of response operations.

8 CRISIS MANAGEMENT ESS Crisis Master Overview ESS Crisis helps you respond to any event documenting critical steps, reaching key personnel, assigning tasks and lays the foundation for after-action reports. Planning Preparedness Prevention Reporting GIS Mapping NIMS Crisis Management Resource Management Personnel Management Standard Operating Procedures Daily Logging Of Events Incident Tracking Resource Deployment Active Operating Procedures Injury Illness Incident Details

9 Planning, Preparedness and Prevention ESS Crisis software makes it easier to fully prepare an organization by providing immediate access to information on resources, personnel, procedures, all from a single screen! Quick links keep information at your fingertips and reduce ramp up time on the system for new staff or volunteers

10 Reporting ESS Crisis has a wide variety of reports available. These reports can be viewed v on screen, printed or ed to the appropriate individuals. NIMS ICS Reports, as well as many other reports are available.

11 GIS Mapping ESS Crisis comes standard with Microsoft Virtual Earth and MapPoint for mapping. ESS Crisis can also be delivered with links to other popular Geographic Information Systems (GIS) such as Keyhole, ESRI and MapInfo.

12 Resource Management With ESS Crisis you can manage critical resources that are needed for fast effective response operations.

13 Personnel Management With ESS Crisis you can manage personnel that are needed for fast effective response operations. Training, Certification and Position information can be tracked and easily accessed for each individual.

14 Injury and Illness Form Fully meeting OSHA requirements for injured and ill workers, ESS Crisis can help track information for individuals at every site and provide annual reports as required. Detailed injury and treatment information is readily captured and maintained for regulatory compliance.

15 Standard Operating Procedures ESS Crisis can maintain plans and procedures for virtually any potential hazard or combination of hazards that face your organization. From bomb threats to oil spills to natural disasters plans for managing all kinds of threats can be maintained and accessed more readily when they are really needed.

16 Logging of Daily Events You can use ESS Crisis to track detailed information about events and incidents that occur each day.

17 ESS Crisis provides a list of all open, closed and ongoing incidents. Incident Tracking

18 Resource Deployment ESS Crisis helps you monitor and manage the use of resources more effectively throughout the course of incident response operations. Track resource assignment, mobilization, check-in and demobilization.

19 Active Standard Operating Procedure ESS Crisis Active SOPs allow each checklist to be activated for incidents, including the ability to track each step as completed, ongoing or approved.

20 ESS Alert ESS Alert, allows users to be notified when a new incident has occurred either on their desktop, laptop or Windows enabled Pocket PC. Once notified, personnel can indicate their status and availability.