Data Sources for NPS-1 Study
Population
Name
Description
Type
American
Demographics
Open Source
Business locations
Commercial
Navteq
Road network
Commercial
Tiger/LINE
Block group shape files
Open Source
NCES
School and College enrollments
Open Source
NHTS
Travel Survey data
Open Source
Destination
DC visitor data
Open Source
Tourism data
Open Source
DC.gov
Locations of police stations, fire stations,
Open Source
data
and hospitals
Community
Survey
Dun &
Bradstreet
DC
Smithsonian
Institution
catalog
DC MPD
Numbers of sworn police personnel
Open Source
Transportation
Links to DC transportation data
• http://www.wmata.com/rider_tools/developer_resources.cfm
• http://code.google.com/transit/spec/transit_feed_specification.html
• http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/1845/its-here-metro-poststransit-data-online/
Information about transit during an emergency in DC. Includes some
walking trails and evacuation plans. Copy of PDF added to attachments.
• http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/express/meg.pdf
• The Potential for an Uncontrolled Mass Evacuation of the DC Metro
Area Following a Terrorist Attack: A Report of Survey Findings
DC Evacuation Routes. Evacuation routes for DC and surrounding
areas. Includes designated shelters and hospitals.
http://www.dcema.dc.gov/dcema/lib/dcema/emergency/evac_guides/604
41_ward2_may_16.pdf
Name
Description
Type
NAVTEQ
Road network
Commercial
Washington
Bus routes
Developer
Metropolitan
Area Transit
Authority
Washington
wmata.com http://www.wmata.com/rider_tools/
registration
required
developer_resources.cfm
Metro network
Developer
Metropolitan
registration
Area Transit
required
Authority
DTRA
Rubble, damage,
Project specific
debris estimates
Radiation Exposure
Data from DTRA
• Finely resolved contours for radiations up to 24 days
• Data from DTRA NUCFAST study, including building collapse data, etc
• Shapefiles for radiological dosage rates, blast circles, probability of
casualty including fatalities and injuries in the open and in structures,
up to 48 hours
Electrical Power
Name
Description
Type
Substatio
ns
http://205.254.135.24/state/state-energyprofiles.cfm?sid=DC)
http://www.pepcoholdings.com/about/news/archives/200
7/article.aspx?cid=788
Open
Source
DC
Infrastru
cture
details
Pepco
(http://www.pepco.com/_res/documents/PEPCO_DC_LEG_F
ACT_SHEET.pdf)
Open
Source
Electricit
y
generati
on
http://205.254.135.24/state/state-energyrankings.cfm?keyid=33&orderid=1
Open
Source
Electricit
y
Consump
tion
http://www.eia.gov/state/seds/hf.jsp?incfile=sep_sum/plai
n_html/rank_use_per_cap.html
Open
Source
Distribut
ion
network
Tracing power lines on Google earth, identify lines based on
overhead clearing
Discussi
on with
subject
matter
expert,
ECE-VT
Transmis
sion
network
Transmission 2000 data, power system simulation software
to find grid interconnects
Comme
rcial,
ECE-VT
Communication
Name
Description
Type
TowerMaps
Information about cellular infrastructure for
major providers, e.g., location, type
(www.towermaps.com)
Commercial
Sprint Sites
Sprint’s API for locating cell towers
(www.sprintsitesusa.com)
Commercial
AT&T Towers
AT&T’s API for getting information about
cell towers (www.atttowers.com)
Commercial
CDC Tobacco Use
Survey (TUS)
Health survey conducted by CDC that also
contains information about device
ownership
Open Source
Prof. Jeff Reed
Director, Wireless@VT, Expert in Cellular
Networks and Cognitive Radios
Discussion
with subject
matter expert
Dr. Nishith Tripathi,
Award Solutions
Expert in LTE technology
Discussion
with subject
matter expert
Health
Name
Description
Type
Dun & Bradstreet
Business locations
Commercial
National Registry of
Hospitals
Hospital Capacities and coordinates
Open Source
Federal Medical
Station Program
presentation
Program description, capabilities, resource
requirements, layout, deployment times for
FMS.
PowerPoint
presentation
from DHHS
and CDC
The “RTR” Medical
Response System for
Nuclear and
Radiological MassCasualty Incidents
Program description, capabilities, resource
requirements, layout, deployment times for
RTRs.
Journal Article
Hrdina et al.,
2009
FM 4-02.7
Multiservice CBRNE
Manual
Multiservice procedures for Chemical,
Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN)
environment. Including deployment of
resources.
DoD Field
Manual
Medical Response to a
Nuclear Detonation:
Creating a Playbook
for State and Local
Planners and
Responders
General information about health procedures,
background information about playbook
activities.
Journal article
Murrain-Hill et
al., 2011