Alabama Common Operating Picture Development

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Alabama Common Operating Picture Development
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Alabama Common Operating PictureHomeland
Security Program Focus Areas
GSA Portal
Strategic Mapping Agency
GIS SDI
Public
HSIP / CIP / BZPP Programs
EOC(s)
EOC(s)
Critical Infrastructure Protection
EOC(s)
Public Safety/ Response Recovery
ACAMS
COP
ADHS ACJIC
Data Fusion Centers
Private Sector
Criminal Justice / Law Enforcement /Homeland
Security
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Major State Partnerships and Programs

• Interagency MOA for Geospatial Collaboration
• Alabama Metadata Portal and Geospatial Node

ADOT
ADOR
AEMA
ADECA
Geospatial Node
AEMA
ACJIC
ADHS
USGS
Fusion Center and Applications Development
GSA
Event/Program Data NSDI/FGDC
AMP Metadata Portal
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Major State Partnerships and Programs

• Virtual Alabama (Google Earth Enterprise
  Application)
• Height Modernization Program (COORS)

State Agencies
ADHS
GTAC
Counties
Geospatial Training and Applications Center
Cadastral Framework
ADOR
County Department Revenue
Orthoimagery Cadastral Data
NOAA
ADOT
GPS Clients
COORS Network
GPS Corrections Data
State Road Network
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GIS SDI (Spatial Data Infrastructure)
GIS SDI

• AEMA has a current program under development with
  USGS to develop a geospatial node for event and
  program data.
• Event Data current imagery survey points POI
  site information
• Program Data NSDI National Map HSIP
• 3 components of the geospatial node
• Storage Area Network
• Alabama Metadata Portal (AMP)
• 2 Sites Public (GSA) and Secure (AEMA)
• Website gis.alabama.gov OR geospatial.alabama.gov
  
• Jump points to collaborative or informative sites
• Web-based metadata training and outreach

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GIS SDI (Spatial Data Infrastructure)continued
GIS SDI

• Goals of the Geospatial Node
• Put the necessary infrastructure in place to
  facilitate the transfer and availability of
  geospatial data fundamental to emergency
  management and situational awareness.
• Generate added value data by aggregating specific
  data to a common display and reference for
  general applications and services
• Integrate program and event data for use in web
  services and applications
• Include State agency framework datasets for
  applications

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GIS SDI (Spatial Data Infrastructure)continued
GIS SDI

• Potential SDI facilities need to be a central
  location and continuously operating facility
• The Alabama State Emergency Operations Center is
  
• Centrally located in the state
• Operates 24-7
• Coordinates with all state agencies
• Is connected to fiber optic, standard, and state
  networks
• Houses the statewide interoperable
  communications
• Has increased bandwidth capabilities and server
  capacity
• Has 2 week backup fuel, generator, battery,
  water, and air facilities
• Services the Alabama Metadata Portal
• Employs fulltime GIS, IT, and DBA staff

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GIS SDI (Spatial Data Infrastructure)continued
GIS SDI

• Future needed components and use
• Address tables, ranges, points, and index.
• Aggregate services or data that generate a
  statewide address system to improve the current
  geocoding accuracies from 40 rural and 60 to
  80 urban to support reliable results and
  placement.
• Integrate services from multiple local, regional,
  state, and federal agencies.
• Continue to add services and data for
  applications and programs like BZPP, Siren
  Locations, Staging and Distribution, Generators,
  Repetitive Flood Loss, and Hazard Mitigation
• Secure operations and maintenance funding for
  continual operation of Node and Network Services

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Emergency Operations Center(s)Public
Safety/Response/Recovery
EOC(s)
EOC(s)
EOC(s)

• Alabama EMAs Mission is to provide preparedness,
  response, recovery, and mitigation to protect the
  people and property from natural and man-made
  disasters.
• Emergency Operations have an eminent need for
• reference and base mapping systems.
• shared geospatial architecture
• near/real-time data
• incident reporting/command
• common operating picture
• unified command
• Most county EOCs need spatial awareness and
  coordination, but cannot afford the technology or
  personnel
• They need to be able to interact, view
  incidents, and share information over a common
  service network

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EOC(s)
Emergency Operations Center(s)Public
Safety/Response/RecoveryContinued
EOC(s)
EOC(s)

• Statewide Cooperation and Communication
• Agencies on the State EOC Floor
• Private Sector Partnerships

Branches
DHSFEMAEMACUSACEUSGS
ForestryTransportationPublic
SafetyCorrectionsNational Guard
Red CrossHuman ResourcesPublic
HealthAgriculture
AL Power Co.AL Enviro. Mgmt.AL Rural
ElectricADECAConservation
Mutual Aid - FireMutual Aid LawGov. Office
Volunteer AdminCivil Air Patrol
Emergency Mgmt
Human Services
Infrastructure
Operations Support

• County / Local Gov.

• 67 Counties
• Municipal Government
• Native American Reservations150 Local Employees
  
• 100 State Employees

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Emergency Operations Center(s)Public
Safety/Response/RecoveryContinued
EOC(s)
EOC(s)
EOC(s)

• EMITS (Emergency Management Incident Tracking
  System)
• Tracks incidents from all 67 Alabama counties
• Web accessible and requires minimal technology
  for use
• Alabama EMA needs to integrate the EMITS, and CAP
  feeds for NIMS and COP displays
• Geospatial services need to be exposed and ready
  for a variety of local systems, EOCs, 911/CAD, or
  GIS

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Emergency Operations Center(s)Public
Safety/Response/RecoveryContinued
EOC(s)
EOC(s)
EOC(s)

• AEMA has a statewide Interoperability network
• 800 MHz / UHF / VHF
• iDEN (Integrated Digital Enhanced Network)
• Satellite Network Access
• Mobile Solutions for
• Situational Awareness
• Personal Unit Rover Staging Area
• Data entry and corrections
• Navigation
• Leverage 100s of ready mobile systems and GPS

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Data Fusion CenterLaw Enforcement / Criminal
Justice / Homeland Security
Data Fusion Centers

• Alabamas Data Fusion Center
• Programs supported by SDI and COP programs
• AlaCOP (Alabama Communications and Operations
  Portal)
• LETS (Law Enforcement Tactical System)
• PUSH (Private Utility Security HSRM)
• CAMS (Centralized Agency Management System)
• SHARE (Secure Homeland Access and Reporting
  Environment)
• Integrates HSRM CARD IDEM to provide
  Homeland Security reporting, common contacts
  directory and information forwarding
• The Alabama Metadata Portal and AEMA geodatabase
  are included in the Fusion Center programs for
  geospatial applications
• ArcServer 9.2 is necessary for data sharing,
  integration, and geospatial services
  applications

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Data Fusion CenterLaw Enforcement / Criminal
Justice / Homeland Security
Data Fusion Centers

• ACJIC was established in October of 1975 by the
  Alabama Legislature to collect, store, retrieve,
  analyze, and disseminate vital information
  relating to certain crimes, criminals, and
  criminal activity.
• The principle mission of ACJIC has been to assist
  all officials and agencies of the criminal
  justice community
• 24/7 support through telecommunications, network,
  and web-based applications
• Provides information from FBI National Crime
  Information Center
• ACJIC serves over 600 state member agencies and
  over 15,000 law enforcement personnel
• Instant communication between 10,000 plus
  terminals
• Process more than 3.4 million transactions per
  month
• Serve local data, support, analysis, and reports
• AEMA and ACJIC have a strong partnership to use
  the existing AEMA SDI in the implementations of
  the Fusion Center and ADHS

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Current ACJIC Relationships
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Alabama Dept. of Homeland Security
ADHS ACJIC

• Established by the State Legislature June 2003,
  by Governor Riley
• Is the state agency to
• assist, coordinate, and encourage homeland
  security preparedness by state departments and
  agencies and political subdivisions of the state
• by authorizing the making of grants, as funds are
  appropriated for such purpose, to any political
  subdivision of the state in amounts not to exceed
  the amounts authorized, for the purpose of
  promoting homeland security.
• Primary goals and focus are anti terrorism and
  prevention
• AEMA Director Bruce Baughman is the Assistant
  Director to ADHS for Emergency Management and
  Response

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Alabama Dept. of Homeland Security Continued
ADHS ACJIC

• ADHS administers DHS funding and programs.
• It is staffed and organized to mirror US DHS and
  is divided into four major functional areas
• Borders
• Ports and Transportation
• Science and Technology
• Emergency Management and Response
• Currently developing Buffer Zone Protection Plans
  (BZPP) and National Infrastructure Protection
  Plan (NIPP)
• A COP/SOA solution for the implementation of BZPP
  and NIPP could greatly assist in plans
  development, spatial processing and analysis

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ADHS ACJIC
Alabama Dept. of Homeland Security Continued

• ACJIC Role in ADHS
• ACJIC provides technical assistance, support, and
  program development for ADHS
• Assist officials and agencies of the homeland
  security and criminal justice community
• 24/7 network support, and web-based applications
• Program Integration
• Terminals and transactions services
• Serve local data, support, analysis, and reports
• Data communication between Federal/State/Local
  agencies

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ACJIC Connectivity
Potential
Federal
Law Enforcement
State
HSIN/JRES LEO/RISS
Local
Prosecution
NLETS
Corrections
Circuit
Courts
District
Municipal
Pardon/Parole
Forensics
US Department of Justice US Department of
Homeland Security
Emergency Management
First Responders
Potential
Military
Private Sector
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Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP)
Critical Infrastructure Protection

• Both AEMA and ADHS/ACJIC have programs involving
  CIP
• AEMA has been assembling available data layers
  for basic infrastructure and essential facilities
  
• Hazard Mitigation Grant Program requires Local
  Emergency Planning Committees (LEPC) to plan for
  all hazards and include local and impacting
  critical infrastructure
• A geospatial program based on HSIP or similar
  data would visualize and interact with LEPC and
  local governments to facilitate local to federal
  transactions of basic information
• ADHS/ACJIC has been coordinating with federal
  agencies to assemble the National Assets Data
  Base DOD Applications
• The NADB database is available in tabular format
  and lists location and attribute information as
  provided
• DOD and NADB focus on chemical, biological,
  radiological, nuclear, and explosive facilities
  and modeling

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COP Summary

• Existing programs and partnerships should be
  leveraged to fill the focus area model
• AEMA coordinates with all state agencies and
  local government operates the SEOC and has
  established a statewide geospatial data
  infrastructure for emergency operations and, is
  developing a geospatial node for event and
  program data
• LEPCs plan for all local hazards and essential
  facilities
• ACJIC coordinates the Alabama Fusion Center and
  hosts many integrated programs for law
  enforcement, homeland security, and information
  distribution
• ADHS coordinates Homeland Security grant and
  anti-terrorism programs mirror the federal DHS
  organization and, they support federal programs
  such as the National Assets Data Base (NADB) and
  Buffer Zone Protection Plan
• GSA operates the public Alabama Metadata Portal

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COP SummaryContinued

• Potential services and programs to be
  implemented
• HSIP integration for seamless and multi
  jurisdictional base/reference mapping
• Use HSIP as seed data to promote interaction and
  local improvements
• Use SOA to coordinate data adjustment and
  collection through regional and local officials
• BZPP development, geospatial processing and
  application
• Use COP and associated services to provide a more
  complete spatial analysis for plans and
  mitigation
• Involve ADHS programs and potential funding
• EMITS integration for visualization of incidents,
  situational awareness, unified command and
  operations
• Alabama Fusion Center applications to support,
  integrate, combine, and analyze data for law
  enforcement and information sharing
• Support 911 geospatial services to aggregate
  centerline and address range information