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Tracking hazardous materials • Optimizing and reducing response times • Optimal routing • Code Violations • Optimal districting Resident information • Incident Pin mapping • Arson Fire mapping Drive-time studies • Viewing alternate street routes Showing inspected businesses and location of code violations • Statistical analysis for budgetary preparations • Optimal spill response - downstream and upstream tracing • Evacuation route planning • Using maps for training personnel • Homeland Security activities Two of the immediate needs of the Emergency Services department that may be addressed by the use of a GIS and spatial analysis are as follows: 1 . Emergency Operations Center Applications 2 . Response Time Analysis Emergency Operations Center fEOCI GIS can be utilized as an effective tool in the Emergency Operations Center to plan for and assist with emergency situations as well as to aid in post emergency response and damage assessment . The Deportment will benefit from use of the existing CAMEO and EM2000 software packages for emergency operations mapping and analysis . The Department is looking into procuring three large projection screens for displaying maps in the EOC . In addition , a large seven foot plasma screen housed in the EOC would be very beneficial for various department heads to view and quickly analyze Geographic Information related to emergencies . Twenty laptops are currently available for use within the EOC . The Emergency Management Division currently uses paper maps to map out emergency related incidents in the EOC . It is recommended that the County ' s planned Intranet Data Browser be implemented within the EOC so that incidents can be displayed on projection screens . A key initiative for effective EOC operations is the centralization of all county data on a server and the minimization of redundancy among existing layers . It is recommended that the Emergency Management Planner in the Emergency Management Division work with the recommended GIS Director to ensure that data standards and database integrity are addressed . This will ensure that each department that comes to the EOC during emergencies has access to their Departments most up-to-date information . Post Disaster Damage Assessment and Debris Cleanup are additional ways that GIS can be utilized to assist the Emergency Services Department. Address locations of debris piles can be entered into databases and this information can be address matched and displayed on maps along with pertinent base layers such as parcels and streets . GIS can also be used for damage assessment and FEMA reporting activities . Other recommended key GIS efforts related to Emergency Management mentioned by staff include the following : • Increased interaction with other agencies (such as St. Lucie and Bravard Counties as well as the State of Florida ) . 46 GIS Needs Assessment and Implementation Plan Chapter 1 - Departmental GIS Needs Assessment