GIS in Emergency/Disaster Management

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GIS is the most complete information system for analyzing, modeling, and displaying community vulnerability. Read more about how GIS can be used in Emergency/Disaster Management

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  1. GIS and the images are a great tool for maping and reducing hazards. I remembrer reading a document about Auburn University, Alabama, researchers are completing a project in which they are mapping surface-level critical utility infrastructure elements along Alabama's gulf coast communities using GIS and GPS technologies. Such mapping is expected to help locate these elements more quickly after a natural disaster, thereby further reducing damage occurring during the cleanup process. The GIS technologies used, processes developed, and collaboration achieved among multiple partners can be replicated in other coastal communities in hurricane-prone areas to protect these coasts, as well. This is a great way to get help from GIS in disaster and emergency management.

  2. New legislation in NSW Australia requires all EPA licensed sites to have an emergency plan, e.g. of all water routs canals in case of an emergency spill. If critical areas like these can be stored on a GIS system, would make local disaster management much easier – trying to find these site at night while the factory is burning down make life hard for emergency response.

  3. Well after a quick look at the website, let me add that photos with GIS can be used as proof & documentation on how things shape up in a location. Also, even without communication to an HG, the GPS tracking helps you not to get lost: with a track you just walking back. Ok thats a bit basic, but helps when night falls, street and road signes are messed up, so maps dont work anymore. For my scientific documentation I work a lot with GPS-Photo-combination Best Fabian