Abstract

The Civil Military Emergency Preparedness and the Role of GIS
Track: Defense and Intelligence
Author(s): Andrew Bruzewicz

Since 1998 the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has been responsible for managing over 55 activities as part of the Civil Military Emergency Preparedness (CMEP) program, a Warsaw Initiative activity in Europe and Central Asia.

This presentation explains the rationale for the CMEP program and provides a short review of the evolution of GIS as a program component. Within the context of CMEP, GIS has evolved from the demonstration of a capability to the subject of seminars designed for single nations and GIS workshops involving GIS practitioners within a region. CMEP provides introductory and advanced GIS tracks in its workshops and is preparing to move to a four tiered sequence of increasingly advanced GIS concepts. Examples of GIS uses within CMEP are provided.

Andrew Bruzewicz
US Army Corps of Engineers
ATTN: CECW-HS, 3H57
441 G Street, NW
Washington, DC , District of Columbia 20314-1000
United States
Phone: 202 761 5964
Fax: 202 761 0623
E-mail: Andrew.J.Bruzewicz@usace.army.mil