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U.S. Coast Guard District 7 Workshop Covers ERMA® and Related Tools

U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) District 7 held a four-day workshop in Tampa/St. Petersburg, at USCG's Airstation at Clearwater and the NOAA National Marine Fisheries Southeast Regional Office in St. Petersburg to focus on the use of various spatial data management and mapping tools to support a variety of all-hazards and response needs.

Attendees to the workshop included USCG planners with the Marine Transportation System programs from around the USCG District 7 as well as NOAA and State of Florida representatives. NOAA provided training on the Scientific Support role to the Federal on-scene coordinator. The training covered details of the structure, operation, responsibilities, and products of incident command system environmental units.

Topics during the workshop included the USCG's Enterprise GIS system (E-GIS), the Common Assessment Reporting Tool (CART), ArcGIS, digital area contingency plans, the Florida Marine Spill Analysis System (FMSAS), and NOAA's Environmental Response Management Application (ERMA®). The focus of the workshop was to gain awareness and understanding of how these information management tools can support a variety of response missions.

Future workshops were discussed to update and further develop a comprehensive information management plan for USCG District 7 that would cover information management concepts, methods, training, tools, data management, and data sharing issues.

For further information, contact Brad.Benggio@noaa.gov.

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Screen shot of ERMA model.
ERMA Gulf of Mexico map. (NOAA)
Last updated Tuesday, November 8, 2022 1:54pm PST