Spatial Model To Evacuate Special Needs Population To Appropriate Shelters

Spatial Model to Evacuate Special Needs Population to Appropriate Shelters
NATIONAL CENTER FOR BIODEFENSE COMMUNICATIONS JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY JACKSON,MS
URISA 2011 GIS in Public Health Conference June 27-30, 2011 - Atlanta, Georgia - www.urisa.org

Evacuation route planning is a vital component to
prepare for both natural and man-made disasters

Developing thorough emergency evacuation plans
plays a vital role in ensuring public safety

Planning identifies routes to minimize the time to
evacuate the effected vulnerable population to a set of destinations (Shelters)
URISA 2011 GIS in Public Health Conference - Atlanta, Georgia - www.urisa.org

Risk situations can be identified, evaluated by
integrating geospatial data.

Integrated information system supports emergency
responders to plan alternative traffic directions.

Such systems helps to develop route plan for safe
movement of vulnerable population to safer areas

Emergency Response System should be equipped
with tools to overcome resource shortfalls


Pre-Disaster Activities Mitigation: measures to reduce the likelihood of damage or to lessen its impacts. Preparedness: emergency plans that provide for a decisionmaking structure Post-Disaster Activities Response: mobilization of first responders, provision of emergency support services (evacuation if necessary). Recovery: reestablishment of normal operations and return of evacuees to affected areas.
Application of GIS technologies

Information tools developed using Geospatial technologies:
Can be used through out the phases of emergency response
system. Determine the incident locations and analyze the range of emergencies. Allows predicting an evacuation route from incident point to closest shelters. Suggest directions to follow the route (specifics to a disaster). Provide scenario based rescue strategies to decision makers.
Status of Emergency response tools in MS

The state of MS lacks centralized accessible source of
data to the emergency responders on shelter locations and vulnerable populations with medical needs. The Mississippi Department of Health lists the rural character of the state and its disproportionate number of disabled people. Information about the citizens particularly who needs medical attention and transportation is of paramount importance in early preparedness.
Objective of the study

To provide a centralized accessible source of data for
emergency responders. To develop network-based information tool that can

Determine the location of incident in the state Create a scenario based impact buffer region Identify population centers, especially with medical needs Determine the closest shelters from the travel time based road network built for the state. Generate evacuation routes leading to the shelters from the population centers.
To integrate and disseminate the generated
information on DISCOVER MS
DISSEMINATION :DISCOVER MS
Methodology: GIS-Based Evacuation Tool

Major Components and Data Sources
Navigable Data Model
Geospatial Database
Travel time based Road Network layer using Network Analyst
Demographic profile Red Cross Shelter Locations MSDH Hospital Locations

Travel-Time based network dataset Generation of Service Areas

Automate the process using Model Builder
GIS-Based Evacuation Tool

INCIDENT LOCATION AND HOSPITALS IN THE IMPACT ZONE
GIS-Based Evacuation Model
GIS-Based Evacuation Model
Future Work
3rd Closest Shelter: 100 2nd Closest Shelter:700

2 miles
Hospital Capacity (1000)

1 mile
Closest Shelter: 200
Conclusion
Currently NCBCs spatial model facilitates To access centralized data for the state of MS from DISCOVER MS To build travel time based road network data set for Mississippi To analyze travel based service areas of the critical facilities To determine incident location and identify the vulnerable population centers and health facilities in their impact region. To identify 4 closest shelter locations (time based)and generate evacuation routes leading to these facilities. To disseminate the results on DISCOVER MS. Future work: NCBC focuses on improvising the tool in
order to facilitate the emergency responders to
Determine the closest shelters based on their capacity and its type (medical facilities/pet friendly)
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