The California Earthquake Clearinghouse participated in the 2015 National Level Exercise (NLE) that used the ShakeOut Scenario of a M7.8 earthquake on the Southern San Andreas Fault. The California Earthquake Clearinghouse used the 2015 NLE as an operational exercise to foster inter-agency data collection and collaboration among Clearinghouse partners, with an ultimate goal of developing an information collection plan for earthquakes. For more information about the exercise is available in the After Action Report / Improvement Plan.
Exercise Participation
Individuals participated in the exercise by submitting observations throughout the week of May 11. For detailed information about participation, see the Exercise Timeline Spreadsheet. View the Clearinghouse Exercise Briefing for more background information. Participants used California Earthquake Clearinghouse Best Practices. After the exercise partners spoke about their participation during the following meeting: https://youtu.be/aLPW-85b2M8
Further information about different ways partners were able to participate are in the files below:
- Using the ArcGIS Online XchangeCore Connector V4
- Using SpotOnResponse_V4
- Viewing Clearinghouse XchangeCore information in Google Earth
- View Imagery Collected from Clearinghouse Overflight with CA National Guard
There was a physical clearinghouse location open from 10 am – 2 pm on Thursday, May 11 at the Joint Forces Training Base in Los Alamitos, address is below:
While the National Level Exercise focused on the southern California region, the Clearinghouse defined a much smaller area of interest in the Cajon Pass Area as shown below.
As part of this exercise, Clearinghouse partners submitted requests for information based on their own organization’s needs using the Collection Deck Template. Collection Decks from all organizations were then compiled and each organization had an opportunity to discuss their collection deck with all participating organizations. This process provided a better understanding of how different organizations collect and use data and how this data can be fed into the Essential Elements of Information used by emergency managers.
Cajon Pass, California
Training Videos
Videos from pre-exercise training sessions are listed below.
Lesson 1 – Overview and Orientation http://xchangecore.
Lesson 2 – Logging on and getting started with XchangeCore using AGOL, Google Earth, Web EOC SpotOnResponse and Clearinghouse FieldNotes tools and XchangeCore. http://xchangecore.
Lesson 3 – SpotOnResponse Incident Discovery and Sharing to ArcGIS Online. http://xchangecore.
Lesson 4 – This week’s training focuses on SpotOnResponse for field observations. The use case is that an incident has been discovered by someone, say reported through 911 or in an EOC, and the details and location of the incident are pushed to SpotOnResponse. You are nearby. You can “Check In” to the incident on SpotOnResponse to let everyone know you will be reporting on it. Then you use SpotOnResponse to provide a description, add photos or videos, provide documents, and even provide GIS data to support response to the incident. All that information is then available to ArcGIS Online, Google Earth, and WebEOC connected through XchangeCore. http://xchangecore.
Lesson 5 – GIS Consumes XchangeCore Data – How To Guides for ArcGIS Online and Google Earth http://xchangecore.
Lesson 6 – Why do you need to use the XchangeCore connector with AGOL instead of AGOL alone. Video Pending http://xchangecore.
Lesson 7 – Why do you need to use the XchangeCore connector with AGOL instead of AGOL alone – Sharing Layer information. Video Pending http://xchangecore.
Lesson 8 – Capture geospatial info available from many sources that is shared through XchangeCore and use it in your AGOL through the My Content function http://xchangecore.
Lesson 9 – the Clearinghouse Field Notes reporting app http://xchangecore.
Lesson 10 – Extract your ArcGIS layers with the XchangeCore Connector for ArcGIS Online. How do you extract your ArcGIS layers to find exactly the right affected infrastructure? And then share that out with everyone who needs to know? It is easy with the XchangeCore Connector for ArcGIS Online. Join this session to learn how to use the connector to quickly bound an area and extract exactly the schools, hospitals, nursing homes, etc. that you need to share with police, fire, emergency management. No longer to they have to sort through your statewide layer of toxic facilities. Now you can give them the 3 or 10 or 50 exact facilities that sit inside a chemical plume or around an earthquake fault. http://xchangecore.
Lesson 11 – Q & A Ask anything about Clearinghouse Technology Interoperability project. Q&A…your chance to ask anything about using the Clearinghouse Technology Interoperability Project tools. Ask about using ArcGIS Online, SpotOnResponse, Google Earth, WebEOC, and other applications to exchange information through XchangeCore. We’ll have all those applications up and running, ready to answer your questions with live demonstrations of moving data among the applications. http://xchangecore.
Lesson 12 – Special Guest EERI. EERI demonstrates data sharing capabilities with observations collected during the South Napa Earthquake. Information collected from California Clearinghouse participants during the South Napa Earthquake was published through ArcGIS online immediately after the earthquake. During the training, we will show how this data can be transferred to XchangeCore using the XchangeCore Connector for ArcGIS online, and how information stored in XchangeCore, specifically SpotOnResponse incident data, can be incorporated into the existing Napa earthquake map. http://xchangecore.