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USING 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/
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Emergency Management Cycle
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Geographically Located

• Mitigation
• Preparedness
• Response
• Recovery

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What has happened over the years?
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Response 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
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Boone County WV
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Methodology

• Find and classify location models
• identify key elements and operations
• Develop core data structures
• Create a working prototype

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Software
Sources

• WVGES
• WVPTD
• WVDHSEM
• WVDEP
• WV Tech Center

• ER Mapper
• MapInfo
• MrSid
• ArcGIS

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The Data
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Typical data standardization process
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Overlay of the Road, Streets, Rivers and Streams
shapefiles
From the WVGIS Tech Center
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Boone CountyUTM Zone 17 Quadrangles
From WVGIS Tech Center and WVPTD.
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Boone County DOQQs
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Digital Orthophoto Quarter Quadrangle (Detail)
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Entrance Point to Big Mountain No.6 Mine
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Route from Southern WV Mine Rescue to Big
Mountain No. 6 and closest Hospital
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Tabular dataconverted to spatial data
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Route Results Using MapPoint.
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QUESTIONS?