Texas Disaster Information System (TDIS)
SPONSOR:
The Texas General Land Office
PI:
CO PI:
TDIS DIRECTOR:
Currently under development, the Texas Disaster Information System (TDIS) is a comprehensive data platform intended for natural disaster management in Texas. TDIS aims to streamline the ingestion, storage, processing, and utilization of disaster-related data, with a focus on improving natural disaster preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation efforts across the state.
Recognizing the current challenge of fragmented, poorly maintained, and inaccessible disaster data in Texas, TDIS is being built to address these issues. Once completed, it will centralize and organize this information, aiming to overcome the limitations faced by responders, planners, and researchers in effectively supporting disaster resilience.
TDIS is currently focused on three key strategies:
- Data stewardship,
- Advanced analytics and tools, and
- Secure data sharing.
TDIS will implement a standard catalog system, integrate access to various data sources via a federated information system, and develop advanced analytics and tools for data analysis, mapping, and decision support. Additionally, TDIS is developing protocols for secure data sharing to ensure the protected exchange of Texas-based disaster information and preservation of data products relevant to disaster response, recovery, and planning.
TDIS PLATFORM: 5 FUNCTIONS
Ingest: Accept natural hazard-related data from disparate structured and un-structured sources.
Catalog: Create a TDIS data model, which will streamline and enable “clean data” needs.
Process: Run validation, cleaning, anomaly detection, anonymization, and scrubbing of incoming feeds based on governance policies, intended usages, and audiences.
Store: Preserve data for relevant stakeholders based on business needs and retention policies.
Consume: Create innovative tools for data processing and consumption.
Steering Committee 2024 - 2025
Taylor Christian
Texas Water Development Board
Charles Cook
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Nick Fang
University of Texas – Arlington
Sam Hermitte
Texas Water Development Board
Michael Hull
Texas Division of Emergency Management
Jason Johnson
NOAA/National Weather Service; West Gulf River Forecast Center
Patrick Kerr
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District
Leslie Lenser
Texas A&M University – System
David Mass
Texas General Land Office
Steve Mikulencak
Texas A&M University – AgriLife Extension
Saul Nuccitelli
Texas Water Development Board
Hugh Roberts
Water Institute
Elizabeth Savage
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
Mark Stone
The Texas A&M University System
Richard Wade
Texas Geographic Information Office
Reem Zoun
Texas Water Development Board
TDIS Director
Kelli Weatherman
TDIS Data Officer
Murli Manickam
TDIS Program Manager
Srinivas Dharmadhikari
