Title: Optimizing%20Emergency%20Routes%20to%20Coal%20Mines%20in%20WV
1USING GIS TO OPTIMIZE EMERGENCY ROUTES TO COAL
MINES IN BOONE COUNTY WV
By Ana Margarita Simental
Image from USGS database http//erg.usgs.gov/isb/p
ubs/gis_poster/
2Emergency Management Cycle
3Geographically Located
- Mitigation
- Preparedness
- Response
- Recovery
4What has happened over the years?
5Response vs. Mines
- 311 combined ambulance and fire service units
- 21 with medical rescue services
- 15 that offer fire and rescue service
- 560 fire departments (government and volunteer)
- 18 deep mine rescue teams
- 822 active mine or mine related sites in the
state - 395 of which are deep mines.
Source WVGES, WVPTD, WVDEP
6Boone County WV
7Methodology
- Find and classify location models
- identify key elements and operations
- Develop core data structures
- Create a working prototype
8Software
Sources
- WVGES
- WVPTD
- WVDHSEM
- WVDEP
- WV Tech Center
- ER Mapper
- MapInfo
- MrSid
- ArcGIS
9The Data
10Typical data standardization process
11Overlay of the Road, Streets, Rivers and Streams
shapefiles
From the WVGIS Tech Center
12Boone CountyUTM Zone 17 Quadrangles
From WVGIS Tech Center and WVPTD.
13Boone County DOQQs
14Digital Orthophoto Quarter Quadrangle (Detail)
15Entrance Point to Big Mountain No.6 Mine
16Route from Southern WV Mine Rescue to Big
Mountain No. 6 and closest Hospital
17Tabular dataconverted to spatial data
18Route Results Using MapPoint.
19QUESTIONS?