sahanacamp nyc day 2 am: introduction to sems
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SahanaCamp NYC Day 2 AM: Introduction to the Sahana Emergency Management System; system developed by New York City Office of Emergency Management for managing its all-hazards sheltering planTRANSCRIPT
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Welcome to
SahanaCamp NYCWednesday, May 23, 2012
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Thanks to our SponsorsPlatinum Sponsors:
Gold Sponsor: Host:
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SahanaCamp NYC Agenda
Day One Tues., May 22: nd
Sahana Software Solutions
Morning
Introduction to Sahana & SahanaCamp NYC
Case Studies & Demonstrations
Afternoon
Disaster Simulation
Requirements of Local Organizations
Day Two Weds.,May 23: rd
Deploying Sahana Software
Morning
Sahana Emergency Management System
Partnerships with SSF
Afternoon
Sahana Eden
Resources Required
Managing the Project
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SahanaCamp NYC
Daily Schedule8 45 AM: Breakfast Tuesday & Wednesday
9 00 AM: Morning Program begins
10 15 AM: Morning Break (15 min)
12 00 PM: Lunch (Downstairs)
1 00 PM: Afternoon Program begins
3 00 PM: Afternoon Break (15 min)
5 00 PM: Adjourn
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SahanaCamp NYCIntroduction to the
Sahana Emergency Management System (SEMS)Sahana Mayon & Sahana Kilauea
May 23, 2012
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What is the Sahana Emergency Management System (SEMS)?
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The Sahana Emergency Management System (SEMS)
A suite of programs designed to assist Emergency Management with staff and facility resource management in the event of an emergency
The Sahana Resource Management Program
Planning and preparedness tool used to prepare the coordination and deployment of staff and facilities
Includes staff, organization, facility and scenario-based planning
The Sahana Registry Program
Tracking and reporting tool for staff and client registration
Can be used in emergency facilities evacuation centers, :emergency shelters, PODs, etc.
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Sahana Resource Management Program
Manages staff and facility resources, response plans, and assists emergency managers with event response through activating scenario plans.
Prepare:Allows emergency managers to prepare by assigning resources to facilities based on different scenarios.
Scenario planning should complement an organization s 'existing emergency plans.
Respond:Events are responded to by activating a scenario.
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Sahana Resource Management Program
Video Tutorial
Planning with the
Sahana Resource Management Program
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Sahana Registry Program
Provides tools for registering both clients and staff at emergency facilities
User functions focus on easy input of client information:Entering client information
Grouping clients
Searching for clients and staff and exporting searches
Registering and tracking staff
Checking staff in and out for shifts
Facility reporting
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Sahana Registry ProgramAdministrator Tools
Allow emergency managers to control access to features and monitor the status of the activation.
Designed to be run by an emergency manager overseeing specific facilities or by a general manager.
Administrator Tools include
Reporting Dashboard
Access Control Lists
Facility Module to allow importing facility information from the Sahana Resource Management Program*Maps for visual display of facility information
The Sahana Resource Management Program provides facility information to the Sahana *Registry Program the Sahana Registry Program cannot register staff and clients in ;facilities without facility information
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Sahana Registry Program
Video Tutorials
Registering Clients
Registering Staff
Dashboard and Reporting
Facility Management
Management and Administration
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Installation of the
Sahana Emergency Management System
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Sahana Emergency Management System
Video Tutorial
Installation System Requirements
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SEMS System Requirements:Server Software
SEMS is built around a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) application service stack running Ubuntu Linux.
Server Software Requirements :
SOFTWAREMIN
VERSION COMMENTSUbuntu 10.04 Most current 11.10 recommendedApache 2.2.14MySQL 5.1.41 MySQL 5.3 compatiblePHP 5.2.12 Most current 5.3 version strongly recommendedPHP-MySQLPHP-GDPHP-APC 3.1.3 Versions prior to 3.1.3 have known issues
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SEMS System Requirements:Browsers
Client web browser :Support for HTML and PNG images required
Cookies and Java Script must be enabled
Latest versions of Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Internet Explore 8 (IR) are supported
Older versions of IE (5.5, 6 and 7) are not supported
Other browsers, including Chrome and Safari, may work with SEMS but are not supported.
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SEMS System Requirements:Time Synchronization
Critical to have precise system date and time on the server hosting SEMS.
Recommended that system administrators install time synchronization such as ntpd (popular daemon that synchronizes host s time with other 'machines).
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SEMS System Requirements:Hardware & System Config
Minimum Recommended (sufficient for development and testing environments):
Intel Pentium or AMD Athlon CPU
200 MB Available Disk Space
512 MB RAM
Access to the internet (preferably broadband)
More robust hardware configurations which support scalability and high-availability are recommended.
Production databases require several gigabytes of space.
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SEMS System Requirements:CPU
Deployment Type
CPU CPU / Memory
Database File Size
Staff Pool Count
Facilities Count
Testing & Development
Pentium 4 512 MB 100 MB 50 10
Small(32 or 64 bit)
AMD Athlon, Intel Xeon
2 GB 300 MB 500 50
Medium(32 or 64 bit)
Intel Dual Core Xeon
4 GB 1 GB 10,000 100
Large (64 bit) Intel Xeon Quad Core
8 GB 5 GB 300,000 1,000
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Questions
and
Feedback
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Excuse Me.....
Ahem....
I have a question...
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The Sahana Emergency Management System has two main programs:
The Sahana Resource Management Program
The Sahana Registry Program
These are installed on a server environment and are accessed via the internet (or local network) using a web browser
In an emergency:Internet (or network) access might not be available from shelters, PODs or other emergency facilities
I need something that works offline and on a laptop!
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Standalone Sahana Registry Program
Sahana Kilauea
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What is Sahana Kilauea?Sahana Kilauea is the Sahana Registry Program:
As a portable app - on a USB stick – it can be run off of the stick or installed on computer s hard drive'Includes compatible browser software (firefox)
Pre-configured with a database and settings exported from your production SEMS settings (staff, facilities, organizations, events, etc.)
Provides all of the functionality (registration of client/staff, searching, dashboard, reporting) of the Sahana Registry Program in a standalone and offline mode
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Hands-On Demonstration
Sahana Kilauea
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How do I get SEMS?SEMS is being distributed to local jurisdictions through a federally funded Regional Catastrophic Planning Team that supports 30 county-level ~jurisdictions in four states Connecticut, New York, :New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
The SEMS package includes a DVD that includes all required server and application software, and installation, systems and user documentation, video-based training.
The software, support documentation and training materials will be available from the Sahana Software Foundation.