Wildfire Project

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Wildfire Project

• User Workshop
• Round 2 Spatial Products
• Jo Cannington Beca
• Anne Batrouney Beca
• Stephen Farrell Spatial Vision
• Thursday 2 November 2006

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What is the Purpose of this Workshop?

• Update potential users on progress
• Present project outputs
• Seek feedback on framework developed, and
  proposed project trial

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Todays Agenda

• 1. Welcome
• 2. Project Summary
• 3. Project Update and Review of Key Issues
• 4. Project Outputs
• 5. Morning tea
• 6. Trial of Project Framework
• 7. Next Steps

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What are the Wildfire Project Objectives?

• To develop
• A methodology to evaluate the potential
  consequences of wildfire on assets throughout
  Victoria.
• State wide wildfire consequence map and datasets
  presented in a uniform and accessible format that
  supports integrated wildfire planning and
  decision making

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What is the Project Scope?

• State wide, strategic and uniform decision making
  approach across DSE, CFA and Local Government.
• Wildfire events
• All land tenures natural environment
• Assets identification and consequence of loss
• Not concerned with likelihood
• Potential translation to other emergency events
• Resource for IMFMP Process complementary but
  different

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Project Scope Consequence of Loss
Project Focus
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Project Outputs Users and Processes
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Key Concepts -Methodology Overview
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What Consultation has been undertaken?

• Project Management Team (9 meetings)
• Expert Panel Workshops (4 Meetings)
• Stakeholder User Consultation (4 Round 1
  Workshops Melbourne, Benalla, Horsham,
  Bairnsdale)
• Web-site, project updates, information sheets
• Co-ordination with IMFMP Project and CRC
• Independent Technical Advisor/Interested Parties
  review - DoI and BoM

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Project Outputs Spatial Products

• Spatial Reporting Unit based
• Asset Summary Dataset (all Asset Class CoL)
• Asset Class Datasets (all Asset Category CoL)
• Asset Category Databases
• Spatial feature based
• Assets as Features (lines, points and polygons)
• Source datasets

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Example Output State wide Map Data Views
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Example Output LGA Map Data Views
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Questions?
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Key Concepts

• Asset Classification
• Consequence of Loss
• Disruption
• Spatial Reporting Unit

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Key Concept - Asset Classification

• Key levels
• 10 Asset Classes
• 170 Asset Categories
• Asset Groups
• Environmental
• Economic
• Social
• Differentiated on basis of assigning either
• Value, or
• Disruption implications

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Key Concept Consequence of Loss

• Consequence DAMAGE DISRUPTION
• DAMAGE
• total loss of value (replacement or intrinsic)
• DISRUPTION
• impact from the loss of an asset (based on
  service and/or function it performs)

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Key Concept Disruption Elements

• Impact on services and/or functions performed by
  asset

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Progress Since Last Workshops?

• Synthesis of Round 1 Consultation Information
• Prepared Methodology
• Assigned Values
• Assigned Disruption Element Ratings
• Developed Initial Spatial Products to Implement

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Spatial Product Generation

• Consequence of Loss generated for Asset
  Categories and 8 Asset Classes
• CoL also generated for 2 proposed versions of
  Asset Classes
• Findings Report prepared
• Used 173 Asset Categories in total

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Round 1 User Workshops

• Four workshops were held
• Melbourne 30 May 2006
• Benalla 1 June 2006
• Horsham 6 June 2006
• Bairnsdale 8 June 2006
• Good representation from each Agency
• Differences in each region 4 Workshop locations
• Limited representation from across the State-
  most travelled within 1-2 hour of venue
• Examples worked well

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Key Issues arising from consultation

• Inclusion of proposed developments and
  projections (eg. population estimates, new
  infrastructure)
• Disruption independent of damage (service of
  function performed can be lost without damage to
  asset)
• Tighten terminology concerning planning levels
  (use of term local)
• Need to retain integrity of Statewide view, but
  allow user to assign value and disruption at
  local level
• Different number of disruption elements in Asset
  Groups may lead to bias
• Disruption must be assigned by user

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Key Issues Outcome - Scope
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Key Issues Outcome Disruption

• Disruption is the impact over time ascribed to an
  asset category due to the loss of a physical
  asset or the service it provides.

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Key Issues Outcome Spatial Reporting Unit

• For planning purposes need to aggregate and
  summarise information

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Key Issues Outcome Asset Categories
Asset Classification Definitions 3 Tiered Asset
Classification
Asset Categories (Data Analysis/Collation)
Triple Bottom Line
Asset Classes (Reporting Level)

• Implemented
• 29
• Nil
• 2
• Nil
• 12
• 40
• 10
• 24
• 37
• 19
• 173

• Biodiversity
• Land
• Water
• Air
• Cultural Heritage
• Social Infrastructure
• Human Life
• Economic Production
• Infrastructure
• Property

• EnvironmentalSocial
• Economic

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Key Issues Outcome Value and Disruption
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Questions?
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Project Outputs

• Spatial Datasets and Tables
• Prepared and provided on DVD
• Map Representation of Data
• show result of initial application
• CD containing State and LGA results prepared
• Findings Report prepared

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Project Outputs
Asset Class Summary datasets
Reporting area summary data
Asset Category Databases
Asset Class Component Feature Datasets
Feature data
Raw Feature Databases
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Inputs Spatial Datasets - Assets as Features
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Project Outputs Consequence of Loss Data
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Asset Class Consequence of Loss Databases
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Project Outputs

• Maps
• Desktop GIS
• Corporate GIS (eg. DSE Metashare)

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Project Outputs - Learnings

• What was learnt
• Data Representation
• Polygon data representation (use of weights)
• Dataset coverage
• Data volumes

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Findings Data representation
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Findings Polygon Representation
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Derived Data - Human Life Res. Pop. (ABS
Building density)
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Derived Data - Biodiversity Conservation Network
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New Data - Econ. Production Agricultural
Production
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Data Product Demo

• Information Package
• Spatial Links / Query
• Data Representation
• Weighting Asset Category Significance
• Context integration with other data

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Map Representation CD

• Review of maps and CDs

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Questions?
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Project Trial Scope

• Integral component of product development
• Target participants planning forums at various
  levels
• Integration with other related projects
• Evaluate accessibility, applicability, relevance
  and reliability of products
• Consider ongoing data management
• Commence March 2007

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Aim

• Ensure that Wildfire Project final products
• can contribute to integrated strategic wildfire
• planning and decision making

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Objectives

• To confirm that the methodology and spatial
  products meet user needs and are fit for purpose,
  prior to their formal release
• To explore the potential contribution of wildfire
  products to concurrent projects e.g. IMFMP,
  Bushfire CRC and DSE/SII PEMS
• To assess the validity and reliability of the
  wildfire methodology and the sensitivity and
  accessibility of information presented as spatial
  products

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Methodology

• Representation of the assets as features,
  categories, classes and groups
• Quantification and valuation of assets
• Validity methodological assumptions
• Reliability
• User interactivity

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Spatial Products

• Datasets
• Sensitivity spatial representation
• Representation and format
• Resolution
• User accessibility
• Business rules for planning at different levels
• Application for the delivery of interactive
  products
• Delivery platform - desk top, web interface etc.

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Feedback for the Trial Target Groups

• GIS User Groups
• Integrated Planning (IMFMP)
• Planners
• Community Safety Officers
• Integration with other Groups eg. Bushfire CRC
• Different Geographic Locations and Scale
• State
• Regional
• Local
• General

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Governance

• Project Board
• Project Management Team
• GIS Technical Project Team

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For further information

• http//www.spatialvision.com.au
• Brian HineManager, Major ProjectOffice of
  Emergency Services CommissionerLevel 23, 121
  Exhibition StreetMelbourne VIC 3000phone 03
  8684 7920mobile [phone]email
  brian.hine_at_justice.vic.gov.au

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Trialling the Test Outputs

• Proposed 12 month trial
• After completion of Stage 3
• OESC to prepare Terms or Reference
• Stage 3 to assist trial preparation
• Testing of products, method, interactivity
• Require range of participants
• Apply at a range of planning levels
• Timing

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Questions?
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Feedback for the Trial

• Key Concepts
• Asset Classification
• Consequence of Loss
• Disruption
• Spatial Reporting Unit
• Weightings
• Interaction Issues