Cool Things to Read – Mapping Technology in Public Safety

July 19, 2021

Using Survey123 in the Fire Service

Survey123 is a form based data collection application that is apart of the AGOL/ArcGIS Enterprise platform. It is a customizable application that allows the creator to create user friendly forms for lay user to collect information. It does use a GIS based data layer (feature service) doesn’t rely on location……

For Responder

July 5, 2021

Mobile Mapping Software

I get a lot of questions about in vehicle mapping and what is the best solution. I have evaluated several products and I can tell you that all of them are good products. First of all I’ll tell you my bias, the best option for mapping software is software created in a recognized GIS software. The most common application use MapObjects or the newer ArcObjects created by ESRI. There are application based on other mapping applications including MapInfo or Integraph, but the dominate applications are ones created by ESRI.

For Responder

July 4, 2021

Understanding ArcGIS Online Uses for the Fire Service

This will be the start of an ongoing set of post to help explain and articulate what is the ArcGIS Online environment and some interesting uses for the fire service What is ArcGIS Online ArcGIS Online (AGOL) is an online environment for the maintenance and creation of geographic data (GIS)……

For Responder

August 8, 2019

Building a Damage Assessment Toolkit

Mapping Tech in Public Safety is publishing a series of Podcast and YouTube videos about how Geographic Information Systems (GIS) can be used in Public Safety. The demos can include many types of datasets. Chris and Steve decided to create a Damage Assessment layer and continue to use this layer…..

For Technical Users/Podcast

October 7, 2018

Good Video on Map Projections

One of the common problems cartography and map making is how to map a round world on a flat piece of paper (yes he world is round). This has been a problem since the beginning of map making. This Vox video does an excellent job explaining it.

For Everyone/Geography for Firefighters

July 28, 2013

Presentation from the ESRI Homeland Security Conference 2012

http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/hss12/videos/lt-fdny-lg.html

Cool Things to Read

March 13, 2013

New Video about using the Incident Symbology Guideline

I just created a new video describing how to use the guidelines created by the NAPSG Incident Symbology Workgroup. Take a look and leave a comment below.

Cool Things to Read

October 20, 2008

Standpipe Identification

One challenges that firefighter sometimes face is identifying which fire department connection is available. Most often In many cases fire department connections may be buried in bushes, mislabeled, or in disrepair. Another challenge may also telling apart which FDC is a standpipe connection or sprinkler connection. There are instances where…..

For Responder

Category: Cool Things to Read

Using Survey123 in the Fire Service

Mobile Mapping Software

Understanding ArcGIS Online Uses for the Fire Service

Building a Damage Assessment Toolkit

Good Video on Map Projections

Presentation from the ESRI Homeland Security Conference 2012

New Video about using the Incident Symbology Guideline

Standpipe Identification