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Project To Speed Safety/Damage
Assessments Thru Interoperable Mobile
Field Inspection Technology
Final Report on Outcome &
Recommendations from Pilot & Golden
Guardian Demonstrations
Robert Wible, Project Director, “The L.A.Basin Project”
December 19, 2008, CA OES, Mather, CA
The Problem
In the aftermath of a disaster
what can be done to speed:
- Conducting of safety/damage
Inspections?
- Getting inspection results
Into central database to understand magnitude?
- Completion & submission of ATC forms to get
victims & Federal disaster assistance funds?
Lessons from Katrina:
Mobile inspection
technology
can significantly speed
conducting & compiling
safety/damage
assessments &
immediately enter
results onto forms to
speed claims / recovery
- 120,000 homes in 6
weeks!
The Question:
• Can we build on Katrina
Lesson in California but
radically speed up process
by expanding number
of inspectors available
& enabling them to
bring and use their
own diverse hardware
/software forming an interoperable regional, and
then a state-wide network?
Origin & Purpose of Project
• Briefings, spring 2006 State of CA OHS, City of
L.A. & L.A. Basin Chapter of ICC by Robert
Wible in wake of experience with Katrina &
PNWER “Blue Cascades III Exercise”
• Design project to ascertain feasibility & conduct
proof of concept demonstrations that diverse
hardware & software can be linked & used to
create regional/statewide network of inspectors
to rapidly conduct, transmit to central database
safety/damage assessments in aftermath of
major disaster
“The L.A. Basin Project”
• In 2007 - CA OHS support, CA OES grant from
U.S. DHS to:
• Work in L.A. Basin to “Demonstrate Regional
Interoperability of Mobile Safety/Damage
Assessment & Inspection Technologies to prove
the concept that CA & local governments can
build first a regional and then a national network
of safety/damage assessment inspectors to
speed disaster reporting & recovery”
Project Participants
• Project Team: Robert Wible, RW Associates, Paul
Watkins, Chair ITIA Committee, Neville Pereira – Chair
L.A. Basin Chapter ICC Admin. Committee (Glendale) &
David Schnitger, Vice Chair (Los Angeles), Alliance I.T.
Industry Advisory Committee
• C A OES Project Oversight: Michael Sabbaghian & Jim
Barnes
• Initiated May, 2008
“L. A Basin Project” Scope of Work
• Proposed Four Phases – U.S. DHS Grant
funded Phase I & Phase II ($125,000)
• Phase I - Design & conduct feasibility study –
include survey all L.A. Basin jurisdictions
regarding mobile technology
• Phase II – Design conduct Pilot Demonstration &
design, conduct Expanded Demonstration
during Golden Guardian - Report lessons &
recommendations towards building a Regional
(Phase III) & Statewide (Phase IV) Networks
Phase I - Feasibility Study
• May – June, 2008:
- Design & conduct survey of 84 jurisdictions in
L.A. Basin region
- Identify jurisdictions with appropriate
technology (84 / 13)
- Research/report feasibility of interoperability of
linking that diverse hardware/software
- Identify 4 to participate in Pilot demonstration
Phase II – Demonstrations &
Report Lessons &
Recommendations for Networks
• Pilot Demonstration:
- Design methodology to use / link diverse
hardware &
IVR and MOBILE
INTERNET or VPN
JURI
software &
STAGED and
DATA
INSPECTION
DATA
get it to
compile data
& send to
central point
DEVICES with
FEMA
FORMS
PAPER-BASED
FORMS
PROPAGATED
DATA
Phase II - Pilot Demonstration
• August 27, 2008:
• Jurisdictions of:
Gardena,
Glendale,
San Dimas &
Santa Clarita
8 different devices
3 different software
systems & all:
pulled down addresses, conducted inspections,
uploaded to central data point & downloaded inspection
results onto ATC – 20 forms
Pilot Lessons & Recommendations
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Interoperability worked
Uniform Address issue
Need redundancy
Expand Demo during
Golden Guardian but
put under stress
• Need & interest for
developing network &
expand outreach to interest other states in
developing similar networks
Phase II – Expanded
Demonstration During Golden
Guardian
• Revised Methodology - Expand number of
jurisdictions but also:
- Test under realistic disaster conditions
- “Grab and go”
- Use more IVR
- Use paper inspection forms – scan to upload
- Central data point in GG SOC Sacramento
- Mockup actual building – LAUSD Middle
School #3 S. Shatto Place, L.A.
November 14 – Golden Guardian
Expanded Demonstration
• Seven Jurisdictions Participated: Gardena,
Glendale, San Dimas, Santa Clarita, Monrovia,
City of L.A. & Riverside Co.
- Eight diverse hardware/software systems
- Three smartphones & IVR inspections- all from
marked up Middle School # 3
- Tested under both simulated (GG) & actual
disaster conditions (fires)
Lessons Learned
• Simulated & actual
damage conditions
were successful test
of technologies
• Paper-based & IVR
inspections strengthen
future system
• Inspection of mocked up school beneficial
• Need to simplify all aspects of technology
Recommendations from Golden
Guardian Demo to CA OES / OHS
• Regional Network can be readily built using
mobile technology, IVR & paper
• Keep system simple
• Conduct more mock-ups in future exercises
• Work on issue of address uniformity
• Work on interoperability standard to go into
future procurements of IT
• Build Regional & then Statewide Network
• Share outcome from Phase II with other states
Recommendations to Others:
• To CA Local Jurisdictions
- Test mobile technology in future drills
- Train more staff in safety/damage assessments
- Working with state to build network
• To Vendors
- Work with state on interoperability standard &
network
• To U.S. DHS
- Assist CA building network in Phase III & IV
- Consider national uniform address system
The Question – Can CA Build
Interoperable Network of
Safety/Damage Assessment
Inspections & Speed Process ?
• A resounding YES, and soon and open to
all jurisdictions whether they have mobile
inspection technology or use paper-based
inspections
• Phase III – S. California Regional Network
by end 2009
• Phase IV – Statewide Network 2011
Questions ?
• Contact:
• Project Director Robert Wible at:
[email protected] or 703-568-2323
• Project Technical Coordinator Paul
Watkins at: [email protected]
704-309-3479