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Emergency Management and Public Safety GIS Workshop

  • 2016-08-17
  • 8:45 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Pike County Annex 172 Division St. 4th Floor, Pikeville KY 41501
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GIS FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY

A KAMP REGIONAL HANDS- ON WORKSHOP

Pike County Annex

172 Division St. 4th Floor, Pikeville KY 41501

(606) 432-0210

In helping serve communities, KAMP invites you to learn more on how GIS is mission-critical in responding and preparing for emergencies and disasters.

 

This workshop will cover:

 1.    Utilization of existing geospatial infrastructure resources in the Commonwealth and the regions

2.    How to share geospatial information for response and planning

3.    Using GIS to plan for hazard mitigation in your community

4.    How to collect accurate and precise location data in the field for later analysis  in a GIS, desktop or cloud

5.    How to utilize web mapping services  and data and information provisioning sites

6.    Use of GIS in utilities, infrastructure and public safety


To help you develop these and other GIS skills – attend this KAMP GIS Workshop that will take place in the Pike County Emergency Operations Center - Pikeville KY on Wednesday August 17th, 2016.



PROGRAM

(PLEASE NOTE: ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME)


8:45 AM – 9:15 AM Registration and Refreshments (Sponsor: Precision Products)

9:15 AM – 9:20 AM Tim Fields, Floyd Co. EM and e911, Lance Morris, Owensboro- GIS Dept., Doug Eades, KY Emergency Management- Welcome and Introductions

9:20 AM – 9:45 AM Lance Morris, Owensboro- GIS Dept. – Build a Bear – Building a Stand-alone, Mobile Emergency GIS for Less

9:45 AM - 10:30 AM John Chester – Kentucky River ADD – Hazard Mitigation Planning with HAZUS-MH and other tools

10:30 AM – 10:45 AM Break

10:45 AM –11:15 AM Doug Eades– KYEM's use of GIS in Planning, Operations, & Recovery

11:15 AM – 12:00 PM Tim Fields, Floyd Co. e911 and Doug Tackett, Pike Co. EM–Using GIS as the CenterPoint of your 911/EM Office

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Keynote: The Role of GIS in Emergency Management and Public Safety - Ron Householder –MapSync (Lunch Sponsor)

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Eric Muncy and David Siskin, Precision Products – An overview of Geospatial Technology for Emergency Management Professionals

2:00 PM – 2:15 PM Break

2:15 PM – 3:15 PM Todd Williams, MapSync – Mobile GIS for Damage Assessment, Incident Tracking and Asset Management

3:15 PM - 3:45 PM Demetrio Zourarakis – Kentucky Division of Geographic Information– Geospatial Preparedness: Data and Information from Kentucky and Other Sources

3:45 PM - 4:00 PM Tim Fields and Lance Morris - Q/A and Wrap-Up



The detailed agenda and speaker bios/abstracts can be found on kampro.org at the following link: http://kampro.org/announcing-a-new-workshop-august-17th-gis-for-emergency-management-and-public-safety/



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Frankfort, KY 40602


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