Introduction to Special Event Operations

Special Event Operations can be used to develop safety plans and monitor public safety operations during a special event.

It provides a way to collaborate in a geographic context to simplify the safety planning and operations workflows. Event information from the incident action plan can be mapped and monitored along with live event information such as weather, traffic, field reports, and health and safety incidents. Special Event Operations is typically implemented by public safety operations that want to improve event health and safety planning to protect participants and the public.

Special Event Operations delivers a set of capabilities that help you organize special events, create event site maps, develop health and safety plans, manage event incidents and assignments, monitor public health and safety operations, and create after-action reports.

Note:

If you represent a local government that requires permitting capabilities, you may be interested in the Special Event Permitting and Operations solution. It includes permitting capabilities and special events operations capabilities.

Deploy the solution

This ArcGIS solution can be deployed in your ArcGIS organization.

See Deploying a solution for more information.

Requirements

Special Event Operations requires the following:

  • ArcGIS Enterprise
  • ArcGIS Data Store - Spatiotemporal big data store
  • ArcGIS Notebook Server
  • ArcGIS Survey123
  • ArcGIS Survey123 Connect
  • ArcGIS Workforce
Note:

To use this solution ensure the following content and services are enabled and configured in ArcGIS Enterprise: Living Atlas content and Living Atlas subscriber content.

Information products

Special Event Operations includes the following information products:

ItemDescriptionMinimum user type

Special Event Form

An ArcGIS Survey123 form used by public safety event planners to catalog community or special events

Editor

Special Event Manager

A Crowdsource Manager app used by public safety event planners to manage the status of special events during the review process

Editor

Special Event Site Map

An ArcGIS Web AppBuilder app used by event coordinators to create site maps (temporary structures, routes, and so on) that accompany permit apps

Editor

Special Event Operations Map

An ArcGIS Web AppBuilder app used by public safety event planners to create operations maps of public safety resources and conduct a high-level threat analysis

Editor

Special Event Operations Notebook

An ArcGIS Notebooks app used by public safety event planners to create unique public safety operations maps and apps for each event

Creator

Copy Previous Site and Operations Maps

An ArcGIS Notebooks app used by event coordinators and public safety event planners to create a copy of site and operations maps

Creator

Special Event Field Reporter

An ArcGIS Field Maps map used by public safety staff to report lost children, suspicious activity, field observations, and health- and safety-related issues

Mobile Worker

Special Event Field Manager

An ArcGIS Workforce project used by public safety event dispatchers to manage field reports and event assignments. Field users access the project using the ArcGIS Workforce app

Editor

Special Event Command Center

An ArcGIS Experience Builder app used by public safety command staff to monitor operations, weather, traffic, and health and safety issues during a special event

Editor

Special Event After Action

An ArcGIS Web AppBuilder app used by public safety command staff to visualize historical event operations and support event after-action reports

Viewer

Special Event Operations App

A Category Gallery app used to organize the Special Event Operations apps after running ArcGIS Notebooks

Editor

When you deploy this solution in your ArcGIS organization, you also get an ArcGIS solution item that organizes the key information products and summarizes all the ArcGIS items (applications, forms, projects, maps, feature layers, feature layer views, and so on) included with the solution. The ArcGIS solution item also illustrates any dependencies items have on each other.

Release notes

The following are the release notes:

VersionDescription
2.2
  • A new Special Event Command Center app updated with a new National Weather Service radar layer.
  • A new Special Event Operations Notebook.
  • A new Copy Previous Site and Operations Maps notebook.
  • A new Special Event Manager.
2.1
  • A new Special Event Command Center app.
  • A new Special Event Operations Notebook.
  • A new Special Event Operations app that uses the Category Gallery.
  • Removed the Crowd Counter App.
  • Removed the Field Personnel spreadsheet to improve the management of mobile workers.
2.0
  • A new Special Event Field Reporter that leverages ArcGIS Field Maps.
  • A new Special Event Field Manager that leverages ArcGIS Workforce.
  • A new Special Event Permit Manager app.
  • A new Special Event Operations Map app.
  • A new Special Event Command Center app that contains the Special Event Field Manager, the Special Event Operations, and dashboards.
1.2
  • A new Special Event Operations Notebook that adds support for ArcGIS Tracker with the Field Worker user type, incorporates schema updates made to the location tracking layer, and a resolution to an issue where Dispatchers needed additional licensing.
1.1
  • A new version of the Crowd Counter App that resolves an issue where the app would not load in the AppStudio Player
1.0
  • First release of Special Event Operations