Critical Infrastructure Protection

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Engineers responsible for the safety and security of buildings, bridges, utilities, and other critical infrastructure need a comprehensive decision-making tool for emergency assessment, preparation, response, and recovery activities.

GIS technology provides a situational awareness tool for fusing information, from flood elevation and evacuation routes to a bridge’s structural specifications and inspection results. With critical infrastructure information stored in a geodatabase, you can display that information in real time on a Web-based map.

Add current traffic and weather data, draw buffer protection zones, and share new changes in real time. Use ArcGIS Desktop tools and ArcGIS Spatial Analyst to combine and analyze specific data needed to meet a required task.

Emergency managers use the enterprise GIS database to

• Identify critical infrastructure and hazards within affected areas.
• Identify medical resources and route patients to nearest facilities.
• Prepare evacuation routes for at-risk populations.
• Provide accurate damage estimates.
• Identify priorities for short-term recovery needs.
• Assess long-term recovery needs.

Case Studies

• National Bridge Inventory Shows Structures at Risk
  ArcWatch, September 2007
• Firefighter Inspires New Mapping System to Help Assess Risks, Map Fires, and Allocate Resources
  ArcNews, Winter 2006
• Hurricane Response and Recovery
  Energy Currents, Spring 2004
• Utility Mapping
  Energy Currents, Winter 2002