inFIRE Conference 2012
Wellington
The place of libraries in the
development of decision support
systems
Mats Bornström
Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency
Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency
(MSB)
• RIB Decision Support System is a source of information for everyone (who knows
Swedish) working in the field of Civil Contingencies, ie, all the firefighters, police,
transport, medical personnel and coast guard officials for the municipality. RIB linking
databases together provide comprehensive information about how an accident can be
managed, how prevention can be planned, risks involved when the accident occurs and
where resources are.
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WIS is a web-based information system developed to facilitate information sharing
between actors in the Swedish emergency management system. The system has
primarily been designed to be used in the event of an emergency, but can also be used
as a knowledge bank for preventative work and as a support in practice and training.
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The government library at the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency can assist with
literature that is searchable via the library catalog. We also have access to magazines,
videos and other media, primarily in emergencies and crises. In this presentation we
will find out what a government library, a decision support system and a web-based
information system have in common.
Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency
(MSB)
• Swedish Emergency Management Agency
• Swedish Rescue Services Agency
• Swedish National Board of Psychological Defence
Mandate
• Emergencies of all types, emergency
management, and civil defence.
• Before, during, and after the occurrence of
emergencies, crises and disasters.
• The entire spectrum of threats and risks, from
everyday accidents up to major disasters.
Direction
• Advance and support societal preparedness
for emergencies.
• Reducing consequences.
• Coordinating across and between various
sector boundaries and areas of responsibility.
• The MSB will not take over the responsibility
of other parties.
Facts about the MSB
• We have about 850 employees
• We are located in Karlstad, Kristinehamn,
Ljung, Revinge,
• Rosersberg, Sandö and Stockholm
• We run training courses in Revinge,
Rosersberg and Sandö
• We are a government authority under the
Ministry of Defence
Administration
Department
Risk & Vulnerability
Reduction Department
Internal Audit
Management
Director general
Deputy director general
Management
Support and
Strategic
Management
Controller
EU coordination
Other support
Training, Exercises &
Emergency Preparedness
Department
Coordination & Operations
Department
Evaluation & Monitoring
Department
MSB colleges
Training, Exercises & Emergency
Preparedness Department
• Development of Rescue Services and Emergency Management
Section
• Command & Control Systems and Decision Support Section
• Training Section
• Exercises Section
• Rakel Business Development Section
• Rakel Infrastructure Section
• Rakel Customer Support Section
• MSB College Revinge
• MSB College Sandö
Enheten för ledningssystem och beslutsstöd
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The unit's main task is to
... with the demand, developing and managing
technical support in the field of Civil Contingencies
(such as WIS, RIB, VMA and SGSI)
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…. respond to advice and grants to rescue centers and
command posts as well as for shelter issues.
RIB-decision support
system
RIB- decision support system
WIS is a secure
Web-based Information System
Background
WIS aims
• To provide actors in the Swedish emergency
management system with the option to share
information with each other so that they can
coordinate their activities and provide fast,
accurate and coordinated information to the
public and the media
• That all can participate on equal terms:
WIS is a non-hierarchical system.
WIS aims
Common Situation
Perception
Coordinated
Decision Making
Coordinated
information
WIS objectives
• to be a useful tool that makes it easier for actors
to share information, decisions and status reports
before, during and after an emergency.
• to function for a wide range of users:
government authorities, municipalities, county
councils, organisations and also some parts of the
private sector (e.g. power & telephone
companies).
WIS history: from the KBM to the present
day
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Feb 2004
Sep 2005
Nov 2008
Government
Commission
WIS 1.0
WIS 1.7
The MSB took over
responsibility for WIS
on 1 Jan 2009
How many are connected to WIS?
August 2010:
– A total of 387 actors; 5,54 users
– A total of 17,500 published diary notes
Examples of when WIS has been used
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Avian influenza (Bird flu)
Samö 2007 exercise
Per – the storm
Mudslide on E6 motorway at Munkedal
Storms in February 2008
Forest fires in June 2008
Sydvind exercise - October 2008
Pandemic flu 2009
WIS – just one piece of the jigsaw
National portal for
emergency information
www.krisinformation.se
Command & Control
systems
LUPP, Daedalos
Government authority
web sites
Swedish Board of Agriculture
SMHI,
SSM, MSB…
Media
radio, TV, newspapers ...
WIS
www.swis.se
Administration
Department
Risk & Vulnerability
Reduction Department
Internal Audit
Management
Director general
Deputy director general
Management
Support and
Strategic
Management
Controller
EU coordination
Other support
Training, Exercises &
Emergency Preparedness
Department
Coordination & Operations
Department
Evaluation & Monitoring
Department
MSB colleges
Working document or executed document?
Executed document
Can be edited, but all
earlier versions can also be
read.
Suitable to consult on
with the issuing actors
during a secrecy
assessment.
Working document
Changes aren’t logged.
Sensitive/Classified information
The starting point is that the WIS system should not
contain any information subject to secrecy as defined
by the Official Secrets Act.
Administrative provisions for the use of WIS
(Dnr 2009-1905)
To share information in WIS is
an active choice in both ends!
First: The owner of
the information must
assign it to the other
actors.
Assigned
Diary Tab
Storm
Second: Every
intersested actor must
make an active choice
to be able to read the
diary tabs.
Connected diary tabs
External diaries
Our diary
Assigned
forest fire
(Aneby)
Connected
forest fires
Assigned
forest fire
(Jönköping)
Assigned
forest fire
(Vetlanda)
Assigned
forest fires
Remember...
• All text always begins in a notebook.
• Most things done by the editor affects all users at an actor.
• To share information between actors it is required that
– The diary tab is assigned
– And that the actor has chosen to either show it or
connect it.
Conclusion
The key features of WIS is:
• To assign your own diary tabs to other actors.
• To show assigned diary tabs from other actors.
• To connect assigned diary tabs from other
actors to one of your own diary tabs.
A support tool
Integrated Decision Support
and source of
for Civil Protection
information for
professionals
working in the
field of civil
protection.
Integrated Decision• Support
Governmental
for Civil Protection
• Non-profitable
• Computorized
• Preventive
work
Examples
of areas
of application
• Operations planning for the fire &
rescue service
• As an operational tool during
emergency response operations
• Supervision and inspection of
transportation of dangerous goods
• Training and exercises
• Is used on-line internally in the SRSA organisation;
theThe
mainsystem
office and the four fire & rescue colleges.
• Has been developed for use on moderately equipped
standard PC’s.
• Is delivered to the external end-user on CD-rom,
thus making it useable in fire-engines and command
vehicles as well as at the fire departments, the
municipality health and enviromental offices, police
cars, the coastguards rescue coordination centers and
at sea.
• Consists of integrated data-bases and modules, but
it is also possible for the end-user to select only the
modules or parts that is of special interest for a
certain application and/or task.
• Uses the Internet for various tasks, with expansion
in that area currently under development.
Over 1200 users
Our users
• Fire & rescue services
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Swedish police
Swedish coast guard
The country administrative boards
Industries
Transportation companies
Swedish Civil Aviation Authority
and many others….
• Hazardous
substancesof
database.
Main components
RIB
• Library with manuals reports and regulations.
• Resource database with experts and
equipment.
• Guidelines, tactics and methods for hazardous
material accidents.
• Tools for emergency planning.
• Training programs.
• Statistics from fire & rescue services in
Sweden and from the police regulation of
dangerous goods transports.
• Guidelines and methods for accident
prevention.
Unique connection between
databases
• Hazardous Substances
• Library
• Resources
Hazardo
Main
us
substanc
es
database
Library
Experts,
equipme
nt,
resource
Toolssfor
emergency
planning
components of RIB
Transpor
t
regulatio
ns
Statistic
s
Training
literatur
e
Operatio
nal RIB
Training
programs
HazMat database
Anhydrous
Ammonia
1005
Synonym
s,
English
French
German
Searchable
database:
Approx 5,500
substances
• Substance
name
• UN number
• CAS number
•
Classification
HazMat database
• Properties
• Fire-rescue
info
• First aid
• Toxicity data
•
Classification
• ADR/RID
labelling
• Marking
Library
• More than
12,500 entries
• Total of
50,000 pages
of text
• SRSA link
library with
Internet links
• Symbols &
Clipart
relevant to
fire & rescue
Resources database
• Equipment
• Vehicles
• Experts
Can be search
for
nationwide, by
county or
municipality.
Tools
• Calculation programs
• Dispersion programs
• Oil combating
• Risk management
• Command & Control
support system
• Guidelines for chemicals
•Radioactive
decontamination
• Chemicals assessment
tool
Risk-Era A user-friendly tool for
Community risk management
• Analyse and evaluate accident risk
• Register local data
• Present data geographically
• Import data from various sources
• Classify risks and objects of concern
• Promote a standard way of working
with risks
Command & Control Support System
LUPP
• Logbook
• Operations sheet
• Communication sheet
• Task sheet
• Resource sheet
• Status report sheet
• Incident & resource maps
Transport/supervision
• ADR
legislation
• RID
legislation
• IMDG
legislation
For transport
of dangerous
goods by road,
Statistics
Training literature
• Full text
books and
reports in
PDF-format.
• Special
section aimed
specially at
authorities
and the
emergency
services (for
Training programs
• Oil emissions, an
Interactive
reference book
• Radio training
program
• Hazmat training
• Six simplified fire
scenarios
• Interactive
program for various
chemical detection
instruments
• Radiological
emergency