On December 3-5, 2018, the National Alliance for Public Safety GIS (NAPSG) Foundation brought together over 240 of the nation’s public safety leaders and GIS professionals for the 4th annual National Geospatial Preparedness Summit (NGPS). The 2018 NGPS was hosted at the University of Colorado in Boulder in collaboration with the Natural Hazards Center and the US Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate.
NGPS is the nation’s only preparedness Summit dedicated to advancing the use of innovative technology for emergency management and first responders. NGPS weaves together a unique combination of cutting-edge education and training programs involving hands-on training, policy workshops, and field-oriented exercises. This year’s programming featured a series of Disaster Innovation Talks by our nation’s most prolific leaders in technology innovation and emergency management, a national roundtable on emerging technology, a live field simulation, and hands-on technical GIS training. This year’s summit culminated in a functional exercise focused on implementing and sharing core operational information prior to, during, and after a major winter storm. Participants shared experiences from recent disasters, deepened skills and knowledge, built relationships, and developed real solutions to the most vexing challenges in implementing innovative technology for disaster preparedness and response.
Provided below is a copy of the 2018 NGPS Agenda linked with the materials from nearly all sessions and Disaster Innovation Talks. Please use this material as a reference tool in your efforts, and be sure to provide proper attribution to the individual content author when referencing the materials in your writing, presentations, or other related materials.
Day 1: December 3
- Opening Remarks and Plenary
- Disaster Innovation Talks
- Mike Chard, Director, City and County of Boulder Emergency Management
- Smart to Wise: One City’s Journey in Overcoming Preparedness Challenges with Technology
- Video Recording / Slidedeck
- Mike Chard, Director, City and County of Boulder Emergency Management
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- Dr. Lori Peek, Director, Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado Boulder
- Connecting the Human Dimension of Hazards and Disasters
- Video Recording / Slidedeck
- Jeff Bratcher, Chief Technology Officer, FirstNet
- Uniting Response and Communications with First Net
- Video Recording / Slidedeck
- Josh Dozor, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Response, FEMA
- Reducing Complexity and Improving Decision Making with Response Lifelines
- Video Recording / Story Map
- Daniel Alexander, Director, National Integration Center, FEMA
- A Ready and Resilient Nation through Innovation
- Video Recording
- Jeb Benson, National Institute of Standards & Technology
- Cracking the Code on Indoor Incident Operations
- Video Recording
- Laura McGorman, Policy Lead for Disaster Maps, Facebook
- Data for Good: Social Media Aiding in Disaster Response and Recovery
- Video Recording / Slidedeck
- Dr. Lori Peek, Director, Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado Boulder
- Master Class on Creating Change and Impact
(Mohit Mukherjee, Founder, UPEACE Center for Executive Education)- Master Class Slidedeck
- Supporting Resources
- National Roundtable: Emerging Technology for Daily Operations and Crisis Management
(Dr. David Alexander, Chief Geospatial Scientist, DHS S&T)- Roundtable Overview
- Preparedness Module
- Mitigation Module
- First Responder Field Operations Module
- Emergency Operations Center Module
- Workshop: Core Information Needs and Solutions from Recent Disasters
- Workshop Slidedeck
- Core Information Needs for ESF 4 and ESF 9 in Hurricane Michael
(TJ Lyon, Florida Fire Chief Association) - State EOC and ESF 5 Core Information Sharing in Hurricane Michael
(Jason Ray, Florida Division of Emergency Management and Richard Butgereit, Geospatial Intelligence Center)
- 2017-2018 Disaster Rewind
- Lessons Learned from 2018 California Wildfires
(Stephen Lai, California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services) - Best Practices in Fire Evacuation Data in Oregon
(Daniel Stoelb, Oregon Office of Emergency Management) - Determining Impacts and Monitoring Recovery Using Geospatial Analytics
(Catherine Bohn, Dewberry) - Applying NOAA Imagery for SAR, Damage Assessment,and Debris Management
(Jon Sellars and Jason Woolard, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) - Ground truth from Team Rubicon Disaster Response
(William Porter, Team Rubicon)
- Lessons Learned from 2018 California Wildfires
- Field Simulation: Collecting Data in the Field for Readiness and Response
- Field Simulation Story Map
- Vignettes from the Field
- Field Operations in Hurricane Florence
(Chad Beam, Branch Chief, South Carolina Emergency Response Task Force) - Incident Pre-Planning with Field Applications
(Katie Steele, GIS Analyst, City of San Marcos Texas)
- Field Operations in Hurricane Florence
- Hands-On GIS Training: Latest in Web GIS for Public Safety
- Hands-On Training: Best Practices in Deploying Field Data Collection Solutions
Day 2: December 4
- Opening Remarks and Plenary
- Disaster Innovation Talks – Videos Coming Soon!
- A Ready and Resilient Nation through Innovation
(Daniel Alexander, Director, National Integration Center, Federal Emergency Management Agency) - Cracking the Code on Indoor Incident Operations
(Jeb Benson, Public Safety Communications Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology) - Data for Good: Social Media Aiding in Disaster Response and Recovery
(Laura McGorman, Policy Lead for Disaster Maps, Facebook)
- A Ready and Resilient Nation through Innovation
- Workshop: Current and Future State of the Union on Preparedness Data
- Disaster Data – Chris Vaughan, GIO, FEMA
- Geospatial Coordination – Robb Pitts and Rebecca Kollmeyer, New Light Technologies
- National Risk Index – Jesse Rozelle, FEMA Region 8
- Census Data for Disaster Planning – Jim Castagneri, US Census Bureau
- Homeland Infrastructure Foundation Level Data (HIFLD) – Jimmy Nerantzis, HIFLD Program Management, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- Work Session: Mutual Aid and Crisis Management Technology Challenges and Solutions
- Work Session Slidedeck
- Resources on the National Mutual Aid System
- Hands-On Training: Deploying Core Operational Information with Web GIS
- EXERCISE – Winter Wrath 2018
Day 3: December 5
- National Geo-Enabled Planning Workshop
- Workshop Slidedeck
- Module 1: Emergency Operation Plans
- Regional Example – New Madrid Zone Planning
- Local Example – North Central Region of Colorado
- Example Templates
- Module 2: Pre-Incident Plans
- Current and Future State of Pre-Incident Plans
- Next Generation First Responder Video
- Next Generation First Responder Program
- Module 3: Crisis Action Plans
- Regional Example: Hawaii Volcano Journal
- State Example: State of Arizona ESF Dashboard
