The Bright Side and the Dark Side: A WebEOC Review

Presenters:John Yacyshyn (Exelon)

Stephen Rea (San Diego County, CA)

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WebEOC Introduction

Internet based data transfer application WebEOC can be accessed via any computer

with a connection to the internet Repository for stored information from

previous events

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Implementation

WebEOC No cost hosting for local subscribers

WebFUSION Allows live-time data transfer between

WebEOC accounts

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The Bright Side

Software Attributes Ease of Operation – Flexibility Board Portability Mirrored Backup

ESI Support Tech Support Users Conference Hosting Capabilities Continuous Improvement

The Dark Side

Planning Considerations Sponsorship Benchmarking

Hardware Requirements PC Intensive Projection Capability

Boardbuilding Programming experience Defaults

Improving the Success Rate

Braintrust Administrator Developer

The Bright Side and the Dark Side…

County of San Diego

Stephen Rea

WebEOC and the 2007 SD Wildfires

One of the first times WebEOC was used start-to-finish in a major disaster

Over 400 users logged 775 County Wide Events from 85 agencies

Over 20,000 people sheltered in 47 shelters

WebEOC Principles in San Diego

Connect Everyone Provide a COP Keep it Simple WebEOC is like…

Lessons Learned –Leveraging WebEOC’s Flexibility

Mass Communications Status Phone List Large Animal Evacuation FEMA Wants What?!

San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS)

Good Ideas Yellow Phone/Printer

Redundancy Emergency Action

Level Display

San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) WebEOC Fusion Helps

Control the Message Complexity Increases

Audience Questions