art faulkner

Art Faulkner

DirectorAlabama Emergency Management Agency

Collaboration During a Disaster

State Agencies• Alabama Emergency Management Agency• Geological Survey of Alabama• Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs• Information Services Division /Alabama Geospatial Office• Alabama National Guard• Alabama Department of Homeland Security• Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center • Alabama Forestry Commission• Alabama Department of Environmental Management

Federal Agencies• Federal Emergency Management Agency• National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency• U.S. Geological Survey HDDS• National Oceanographic and Atmospheric

Administration/National Weather Service• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Local Contributions• County GIS• Municipality GIS

Private Entities• Atlantic Group: uploaded imagery to public site

Volunteers• Coordinated offers of

assistance

Collaboration During a Disaster

Smarter building to better withstand disaster• Models• Planning capabilities

Effective Response and Recovery• Pictorial format for better visualization• Structural metadata

GIS Technologies

Working with existing and emerging sectors • Increase broadband access• Improve bandwidth capabilities• Improved methods of transferring data

Broadband Access

Reduced confusion• Projections• Terminology• Symbology

Effective use of data between various applications and platforms

Data Standardization

Alabama Emergency Management Agency

P.O. Drawer 2160Clanton, AL 35046

205-280-2200

www.ema.alabama.govTwitter: @AlabamaEMAFacebook: AlabamaEMAYouTube: AlabamaEMAtv