Mapping Tech in Public Safety

Mapping Tech in Public Safety discuss the "Five steps to understand the potential impact COVID-19 can have on your organization and community" from ESRI's ArcGIS Hub website.

Chris and Steve also discuss GIS resources to aid Public Safety Agencies and municipalities.

Visit these GIS resources:

ESRI COVID GIS Hub

National Alliance for Public Safety GIS

Please follow you municipality's guidelines to stay safe during this worldwide incident.

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Mapping Tech in Public Safety co-host Chris Rogers was quarantined due to the COVID-19. After responding to a job at the Life Care Center of Kirkland, Chris was exposed to the Coronavirus. Due to the exposure, the entire firehouse crew was affected. Chris discusses his experience being quarantined in the firehouse. 

GIS is so important during evolving incidents. Especially incidents that change on an hourly basis. Chris and Steve discuss the response / resources from the GIS community and government agencies publishing maps and data about the spread of the Coronavirus. 

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Mapping Tech in Public Safety discusses the growth in GIS over the last 10 years. With the web and mobile apps paving the way for non-GIS professionals to have geographic data on their mobile devices at all times. Paper maps still have a role in GIS, but have rapidly decreased. 

With the increasing tech advances in wearable devices, Chris and Steve discuss possible visions over the next 10 years. 

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On this episode of Mapping Tech in Public Safety, Chris and Steve talk about various topics of Public Safety GIS with Jeff Baranyi. Jeff is a member of the ESRI Public Safety team. 

We discuss about future possibilities of GIS for Public Safety personnel with indoor mapping, 3D display, personnel tracking, and a heads up display. Our discussion also talks about GIS in the fire service, law enforcement, and Emergency Management. During these topics we discuss how GIS analysis benefits public safety agencies. (The Why of the Where). 

Jeff tells us how public safety agencies can obtain support from ESRI during a crisis through the ESRI Disaster Response Program (DRP).

https://www.esri.com/en-us/disaster-response/overview

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The National Alliance for Public Safety GIS (NAPSG) Foundation is a 501 (C) (3) not-for-profit organization that was formed in 2005 to overcome the challenges faced by Federal, tribal, state, and local public safety agencies. The foundation is a consortium of national organizations which represent local government, public safety, and health professionals with a shared vision of advancing the effective use of GIS for public safety. NAPSG assists emergency management and public safety with the knowledge, skills, and resources to apply decision-support technology and data in enhancing preparedness and building a more resilient nation. 

Mapping Tech in Public Safety discusses the history, vision and mission of NAPSG. Listen to Director Peter O'Rourke and Project Manager Paul Doherty, Phd discuss the purpose of the organization and current on-going projects within the organization. 

Damage Assessment Demo

Mapping Tech in Public Safety discusses a series of educational demo episodes to show the uses and benefits of GIS technology for Public Safety. These podcast episodes will build upon future episodes as Chris and Steve show different applications for collecting and sharing data.

This episode uses the Damage Assessment layer from Part 1 to collect data from the field.

Along with the audio recording of the episode, videos of the episode will be posted on YouTube and our blog.

www.mappingtechinpublicsafety.com

Damage Assessment Demo

Mapping Tech in Public Safety is starting a series of educational demo episodes to show the uses and benefits of GIS technology for Public Safety. These podcast episodes will build upon future episodes as Chris and Steve show different applications for collecting and sharing data. 

This episode will begin with creating a Damage Assessment layer used to display building damage and severity during an incident.

Along with the audio recording of the episode, videos of the episode will be posted on YouTube and our blog. 

www.mappingtechinpublicsafety.com

Interview with Chief John Morrison (Viena, VA Volunteer FD) and Chief Ry Kendrick (Fairfax County, VA Fire & Rescue) Both of the Chiefs are on the Virginia Task Force 1 Urban Search and Rescue - Planning Section. 

The Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department sponsors an Urban Search and Rescue Program that supports both domestic and international responses.  Domestically the team deploys as part of the FEMA National Urban Search & Rescue Response System as VA-TF1.  Internationally the team deploys as USA-1 under the auspices of the US Agency for International Development's (USAID) Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Response (OFDA). 

The team has deployed multiple times assisting with coordination and search & rescue involving large scale disasters such as earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, and flooding.  Outside of response the team also provides assistance with response capacity building efforts benefiting citizens of the United states and the global community.

Having deployed numerous times as one of the 28 FEMA teams and 2 partner OFDA teams, Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue has become one of a very small number of highly qualified and experienced USAR responders.

Listen as the Chiefs discuss their deployments to location such as Haiti and Napal and their use with GIS and maps.  The Chief's also discuss the use of GIS within their Fire Departments.