Abstract

Improving Situational Awareness for Disaster Response & Recovery
Track: Disaster and Emergency Management
Authors: Brian Blake

In 2016, CUSEC created a Regional Common Operating Picture (RCOP) to automate power outage status updates in nine mid-west states. The RCOP aggregates data from dozens of sources into one system for near real-time situational awareness, allowing emergency managers to focus on disaster response and resource allocation, rather than information gathering. The RCOP is served to states in several ways including ArcGIS Online and is built in a modular way to allow for future expansion and archiving.