The premise of EMADVANTAGE is to provide both the emergency manager and responder with quick access to information. The types of information that can be quickly accessed include information about the emergency, the geographic area at risk, the electronic plan being implemented, the shelters being activated, and the people and materials being used to respond to the emergency.

To provide such information, EMADVANTAGE provides predefined status boards and reports as well as single click access to view map displays. The list of predefined status boards and maps include but are not limited to:

• Emergency Declaration status board
• Electronic Plan status board
• Casualty status board
• Evacuees Registration and Reunification status board
• Shelter Activation status board
• Meteorological and weather status board
• Threat and Risk Area reports and/or map displays
• Current Status of Other EOCs map display
• Chemical plume displays
• Protective Action Decision map displays

Figure 8 provides an example of a Shelter Activation status board.

Figure 8. Shelter Activation Status Board