Abstract
The main objective of integrating Web GIS in airport emergency response should be to provide the most appropriate geospatial information to all participants. Airport emergency response still needs a model that will explain its complexity: its participants, their tasks and information needs. This paper presents the UML model of airport emergency response. Such a model facilitates a common understanding of the system by participants coming from airport, police, fire brigade, etc. It also enables institutional agreements for sharing data. The developers have got specifications of geospatial data and GIS functions imposed by participants and standards. A prototype Web GIS application is developed and presented to the users for evaluation. The prototype has shown how GIS functions can improve airport emergency response. The users have shown great interest, and they have great expectations in further integration of Web GIS in airport emergency response.
Highlights
Airport Emergency Management (AEM) is a complex activity characterized by participants from the airport, and from the surrounding communities
Base maps are stored on database servers in mapping agencies, photos are received from mobile phones by ad-hoc participants, meteorological data are gathered from volunteers, rescue team positions are received by Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) and transferred via mobile network
The Airport Emergency Plan (AEP) should include at least the following: –– types of emergencies planned for, –– agencies involved in the plan, –– responsibility and role of each agency, the emergency operations centre and the command post, for each type of emergency, –– information on names and telephone numbers of offices or people to be contacted in the case of a particular emergency, and –– a grid map of the aerodrome and its immediate vicinity
Summary
Airport Emergency Management (AEM) is a complex activity characterized by participants from the airport, and from the surrounding communities. Base maps are stored on database servers in mapping agencies, photos are received from mobile phones by ad-hoc participants, meteorological data are gathered from volunteers, rescue team positions are received by Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) and transferred via mobile network Today, all these data can be integrated in real-time and represented as a common operational picture by the use of Web GIS services. The main objective of integrating Web GIS in AEM should be to provide the most appropriate information to all AEM participants It should improve communication and coordination of rescue teams; it should make response time shorter and emergency operations more efficient. Considering common operational picture, the developers will get specifications of geospatial data and GIS functions imposed by participants and standards. This paper presents UML model of emergency response phase of AEM All participants, tasks they perform and data are identified and described.
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