Virginia Deploys Web-Based Emergency Management System

• Customer: Virginia Department of Emergency Management, USA
• Products: ArcGIS for Server, ArcGIS for Desktop, ArcGIS API for Flex

Business Needs:

• A method to avoid redundant work and to improve situational awareness.
• Integration with statewide hazmat, 5-1-1 transportation, and traffic telephone hotline, as well as shelter status, numerous sensors, and the National Weather Service's feeds

Solution:

• VIPER — an integrated common operating picture system powered by ArcGIS for Server and ArcGIS for Desktop, and built on the ArcGIS API for Flex. VIPER performs analysis of all available information and alerts emergency management staff about potential impacts on critical infrastructure.

Benefits:

• Ability to visually assess statewide emergency management operations in real time.
• Instant access to essential information and maps.
• VIPER system pulls in pre-identified information from multiple data points.
• Provide security and helped track multiple related events across Maryland, the District of Columbia, and Virginia.