A.D. A.D. LatornellLatornell Conservation Conservation SymposiumSymposium

ESS Crisis ManagementESS Crisis ManagementCredit Valley ConservationCredit Valley Conservation

November 16, 2007November 16, 2007

PresentationPresentation

Daily Planning CycleDaily Planning CycleWeather OutlooksWeather OutlooksField DataField DataESS Crisis Management SoftwareESS Crisis Management SoftwareBusiness AdvantageBusiness AdvantageIncident Master Overview and key Incident Master Overview and key FeaturesFeatures

Daily Planning CycleDaily Planning CycleIs it going to flood today or tomorrow or the next day?Check weather forecasts/outlook and assess potential for a;Check weather forecasts/outlook and assess potential for a;

Rainfall eventRainfall eventSnowmelt eventSnowmelt eventFrazil ice eventFrazil ice eventHigh lake level eventHigh lake level eventor a combination of the aboveor a combination of the above

Check for active weather warnings or provincial warnings from MNCheck for active weather warnings or provincial warnings from MNR. R. Access the need to complete model runs to size up situation.Access the need to complete model runs to size up situation.Check monitoring network to confirm conditions and equipment Check monitoring network to confirm conditions and equipment operation.operation.Check reservoir and flow conditions and take appropriate actionsCheck reservoir and flow conditions and take appropriate actions..Assess weather to deploy flood patrol officers and observers andAssess weather to deploy flood patrol officers and observers andconfirm the duty roster for the day and secure additional resourconfirm the duty roster for the day and secure additional resources if ces if needed.needed.

Weather OutlookWeather OutlookIt all starts with weather, typical sites used by CVC and It all starts with weather, typical sites used by CVC and other Conservation Authorities include;other Conservation Authorities include;NOAA QPF Site is a good site to get an overview of the NOAA QPF Site is a good site to get an overview of the 55--day outlook and the amounts expected.day outlook and the amounts expected.Extranet MNR site 5Extranet MNR site 5--day weather maps and 3 day day weather maps and 3 day precipitation mapsprecipitation mapsEnvironment CanadaEnvironment Canada’’s daily forecast, warnings and s daily forecast, warnings and special weather statements faxed to office special weather statements faxed to office The Weather Network 6 day outlook for the local area The Weather Network 6 day outlook for the local area includes hourly temperatures, wind speed and direction includes hourly temperatures, wind speed and direction and probability of precipitation.and probability of precipitation.Intellicast radar and radar accumulationsIntellicast radar and radar accumulationsDepending on the season hurricane tracks from the Depending on the season hurricane tracks from the NOAA or Intellicast sites. NOAA or Intellicast sites.

Available Field Monitoring Data, Available Field Monitoring Data, Historical and RealHistorical and Real--TimeTime

9 active Streamflow 9 active Streamflow stationsstations5 active Rainfall Stations5 active Rainfall Stations4 active Climate Stations4 active Climate Stations35 major dams35 major dams400 on400 on--line pondsline pondsSpills monitoring Spills monitoring informationinformation

If you are involved in emergency planning and preparedness, you If you are involved in emergency planning and preparedness, you have a have a responsibility for protecting your organization and community. responsibility for protecting your organization and community.

In order to minimize the risk associated with events ranging froIn order to minimize the risk associated with events ranging from chemical m chemical releases, to acts of terror, to natural disasters, you must:releases, to acts of terror, to natural disasters, you must:

Develop NIMS/ICS compliant technologyDevelop NIMS/ICS compliant technologyCoordinate plans, procedures, resources, and personnel in anCoordinate plans, procedures, resources, and personnel in aneffective responseeffective response

ESS CrisisESS Crisis provides a suite to help you do it all provides a suite to help you do it all —— and do it well and do it well —— even even with limited time and resources.with limited time and resources.

Your Essential Software Solution for Crisis Management

ESS CrisisESS Crisis

CRISIS MANAGEMENT

ESS CrisisESS Crisis is designed to meet all requirements of the National is designed to meet all requirements of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and Incident Command Incident Management System (NIMS) and Incident Command System (ICS). This comprehensive technology has enabled System (ICS). This comprehensive technology has enabled organizations worldwide to:organizations worldwide to:

Lower the risk of business losses and human suffering caused by Lower the risk of business losses and human suffering caused by natural, natural, technological and mantechnological and man--made hazards.made hazards.Simultaneously manage routine daily activities and realSimultaneously manage routine daily activities and real--time incident time incident response measures.response measures.Reduce the cost of planning and improve the effectiveness of resReduce the cost of planning and improve the effectiveness of response ponse operationsoperations..

CRISIS MANAGEMENT

Business Advantages Business Advantages of of ESS CrisisESS Crisis

CRISIS MANAGEMENT

ESS Crisis MasterESS Crisis Master OverviewOverviewESS Crisis helps you respond to any event – documenting critical steps, reaching key personnel, assigning tasks – and lays the foundation for after-action reports.

ResourceManagement

ResourceManagement

ResourceDeploymentResource

DeploymentDaily

LoggingOf Events

DailyLogging

Of Events

StandardOperating

Procedures

StandardOperating

Procedures

ActiveOperating

Procedures

ActiveOperating

ProceduresIncidentTrackingIncidentTracking

IncidentDetails

IncidentDetails

InjuryIllnessInjury

Illness

PersonnelManagementPersonnel

Management

PlanningPreparedness

Prevention

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PreventionNIMS Crisis

ManagementNIMS Crisis

ManagementGIS

MappingGIS

MappingReportingReporting

ESS Crisis software makes it easier to fully prepare an organization by providing immediate access to information on resources, personnel, procedures, all from a single screen!

Planning, Preparedness and Prevention

Quick links keep information at your fingertips and reduce ramp up time on the system for new staff or volunteers

ESS CrisisESS Crisis has a wide variety of reports available. These reports can be vhas a wide variety of reports available. These reports can be viewed on iewed on screen, printed or emailed to the appropriate individuals.screen, printed or emailed to the appropriate individuals.

Reporting

NIMS ICS Reports, as well as many other reports are available.

GIS Mapping

ESS Crisis comes standard with Microsoft Virtual Earth and MapPoint for mapping. ESS Crisis can also be delivered with links to other popular Geographic Information Systems (GIS) such as Keyhole, ESRI and MapInfo.

Resource Management

With ESS Crisis you can manage critical resources that are needed for fast effective response operations.

Personnel Management

With ESS Crisis you can manage personnel that are needed for fast effective response operations.

Training, Certification and Position information can be tracked and easily accessed for each individual.

Injury and Illness Form

Fully meeting OSHA requirements for injured and ill workers, ESS Crisis can help track information for individuals at every site and provide annual reports as required.

Detailed injury and treatment information is readily captured and maintained for regulatory compliance.

Standard Operating Procedures

ESS Crisis can maintain plans and procedures for virtually any potential hazard or combination of hazards that face your organization.

From bomb threats to oil spills to natural disasters – plans for managing all kinds of threats can be maintained and accessed more readily when they are really needed.

Logging of Daily Events

You can use ESS Crisis to track detailed information about events and incidents that occur each day.

Incident Tracking

ESS Crisis provides a list of all open, closed and ongoing incidents.

Resource Deployment

ESS Crisis helps you monitor and manage the use of resources more effectively throughout the course of incident response operations.

Track resource assignment, mobilization, check-in and demobilization.

Active Standard Operating Procedure

ESS Crisis Active SOPs allow each checklist to be activated for incidents, including the ability to track each step as completed, ongoing or approved.

ESS Alert, allows users to be notified when a new incident has occurred either on their desktop, laptop or Windows enabled Pocket PC. Once notified, personnel can indicate their status and availability.

ESS Alert