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We look forward to seeing you at the 2024 Federal GIS Conference. In order to help you and your organization gain the maximum benefit from this event, we have highlighted a few safety and security related resources among the hundreds of different activities, workshops and Expo opportunities available on February 13-14.
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The Esri User Conference has many presentations and events with hundreds of topics covered. To help you find your way to the Public Safety, Fire Rescue EMS, Emergency Management, Law Enforcement, Emergency Communications, Security Operations, and National Security sessions and events, we have prepared a more focused agenda. For the full agenda visit esri.com/uc.
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The Esri User Conference has many presentations and events with hundreds of topics covered. To help you find your way to the Public Safety, Fire Rescue EMS, Emergency Management, Law Enforcement, Emergency Communications, Security Operations, and National Security sessions and events, we have prepared a more focused agenda. For the full agenda visit esri.com/uc.
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The Esri User Conference has many presentations and events with hundreds of topics covered. To help you find your way to the Public Safety, Fire/EMS, Emergency Management, Law Enforcement, Emergency Communications, Corporate Security, and National Security sessions and events, we have prepared a more focused agenda (see attached document). For the full agenda visit esri.com/uc.
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The Esri User Conference has many presentations and events with hundreds of topics covered. To help you find your way to the Public Safety content including, Fire/EMS, Disaster/Emergency Management, Law Enforcement, Corporate Security, Wildland Fire, Humanitarian, Emergency Communications, and Homeland Security sessions, we have prepared this focused agenda. Registration is complimentary for everyone. You only need an Esri Account with a unique email address to sign up—create an account at any time for no cost. Register today! If you have any general questions during the event, please visit the Industry Virtual Info Desk, located in the main navigation of the event platform.
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The Esri User Conference has many presentations and events with hundreds of topics covered. To help you find your way to the Public Safety content including, Fire/EMS, Disaster/Emergency Management, Law Enforcement, Corporate Security, Wildland Fire, Humanitarian, Emergency Communications, Homeland Security, and Fraud Waste and Abuse sessions and events, we have prepared a more focused agenda.
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By Mike King Director, Emergency Communications Solutions – Esri I’m pleased to announce the release of several public safety solutions by Esri. These solutions are built for first responders and public safety personnel. Some of them are included with the new release of ArcGIS Pro 2.5 and anyone who works with GIS technology should give them careful consideration. For example, the new Address Data Management solution is a configuration of ArcGIS Pro that can be used by mapping technicians to maintain an inventory of road center-lines, valid road names, site addresses, and related mailing addresses. It comes after many months of hard work and includes recommendations from the National Emergency Number Association (NENA) and the U.S. Postal Service. This solution gives database managers step-by-step instructions and sample data to help them in transitioning older databases to this newly updated format. You can learn more about this updated solution by watching our webinar titled, “GIS Focus for PSAPs in 2020.” To compliment this free offering, the Address Field Operations solution provides Esri license holders a collection of maps and apps that can be used to crowd-source missing address information, manage address field operations, and collect address information while in the field. As we continue our focus on migrating 2D data to 3D, our emphasis turns to visualizing z-axis information (elevation) on maps, mobile data terminals, smartphones, dispatch screens and command/control center video walls. The Local Government 3D Basemaps provide tools and workflows to add an extract building footprint which uses LIDAR to create building footprints and shows ground and building class codes when creating elevation surfaces, shows roof slopes, vegetation and other components. Emergency managers can benefit from the Flood Impact Analysis solution, a configuration of ArcGIS Pro that can be used to develop flooding scenarios and visualize the impact of flooding. The Road Network Data Management solution provides a configuration that can be used to maintain an inventory of public roads, road intersections, and physical road characteristics (such as speed limit, functional class, lane width, and number of lanes). Finally the Transit Safety solution, a collection of maps and apps that can be used by transit safety staff to document safety issues and manage corrective actions or mitigation activities. I’m excited about the enhancement that have been made to the Crime Analysis Toolbar solution which organizes existing tools for crime analysis workflows. It provides several new tools that support data management, tactical and strategic analysis, investigative analysis, and information sharing needs. In closing, I would like to mention this new enhancement for firefighters, the Target Hazard Analysis solution which can be used to identify properties and buildings that could result in a loss of life, or have a negative impact on the community if a fire were to occur. I encourage you to look these over and see if they can help you in your public safety mission. You can learn more about Esri and Public Safety or email me at: mking@esri.com.
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by Mike Cox, Director of Fire & EMS Solutions Responders make critical decisions based on limited information every day. Agencies should strive to generate verified data for emergency response to provide that responder with the right data at the right time. Fire and EMS departments can integrate disparate data from multiple sources that can be used to perform incident assessments, monitor response actions, and to provide a higher level of responder safety based on verifiable intelligence. Fire and EMS agencies need tools to adapt to fluid risks and to support a variety of mission requirements. Today, we must be able to identify changing incident conditions, collaborate and unify operations in an all hazard environment, rapidly respond to events, communicate with the public, and analyze the success of those efforts. Through the power of geospatial technology, organizations can now adopt a smarter, more integrative approach to emergency response. The ever-present threat of terrorist activity and complex day to day operations regularly challenge the Fire Department of New York (FDNY). The FDNY continually seeks technology and methods to increase the impact of their response to significant incidents. Esri Public Safety personnel and our partner Leica Geosystems were deployed to a full-scale exercise with the Fire Department of New York’s Incident Management Team (IMT). A simulated improvised explosive device devastates a Brooklyn subway tunnel during a weekday morning commute. As units are responding to that incident, a large vessel in Jamaica Bay suffers an explosion, sending multiple patients into the water. The exercise was designed to evaluate the ability of the FDNY Special Operations Command (SOC) to manage the response to two separate simulated incidents involving rescue operations and wide area search without impacting day to day operations. The exercise involved several hundred responders. The objectives of the FDNY’s IMT during the evaluation of LIDAR and GIS technology included: To leverage technology to support the SOC response Create products including Dashboards, Collector, and digital mapping applications in support of the exercise Provide real time data collection using mobile applications To collect, process and view LIDAR data from the Leica platform To process data collected by UAS using Esri Drone2Map software To share the data collected using the IMT Esri ArcGIS Online organization to give the Incident Commanders the information they need to manage the incident Incident Operations The incident map was created using multiple data sources including parcel layer data, road networks, 3D building models, and subway maps. The integration of this data allowed for a comprehensive assessment by command officers and operations personnel. Real time data collection was performed during the initial response by operational personnel. Esri’s Collector application provided incident intelligence related to victim counts, damage assessment, and the area of operations. Rapid Processing of LIDAR Data Leica Geosystems provided two products that perform LIDAR modeling. One was deployed from fixed points throughout the operational area. The second was a backpack based model that personnel could “walk through” the incident area on a mobile device. This data, creating a 3D model of the tunnel in near total darkness, could provide the command staff the ability to virtually fly through the tunnel within minutes of gathering the data. The LIDAR model identified areas of damage, vehicles, and victim locations. The LIDAR data was shared through the IMT’s AGOL organization. This allowed the incident data to be accessed by any stakeholder that the command staff deemed appropriate. UAS Data FDNY UAS operators were able to provide imagery during the event. This imagery was integrated into the common operating picture. This provided responders with the most up to date site information possible. The integration of all relevant data to produce a comprehensive picture of the incident was well received by the command staff. The FDNY has multiple operations personnel heavily engaged in the use of GIS products to improve safety and efficiencies in response operations. The FDNY has developed the capability to use mobile applications for field data collection. Operational personnel not directly involved in the use of GIS recognized its value during this operation. There was demonstrated capability in the IMT’s ability to use mobile applications and build Operations Dashboards to provide a common operating picture. The IMT GIS personnel are highly skilled in the use of GIS for emergency response. Public safety agencies worldwide already have access to many of the capabilities used during this exercise. These capabilities are applicable to daily operations, disaster response, planning activities, and many other areas of public safety agency operations. If you have any questions about deploying these capabilities for your agency, please feel free to contact Esri. Mike Cox, Director of Fire & EMS Solutions mike_cox@esri.com.
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We had a great webinar this week on Best Practices for Conducting Damage Assessments. If you missed it, you can find the video recording online at www.esri.com/pswebinar listed under the Emergency Management Past Webinar section. We discussed several resources during this webinar and below are the list of helpful links to get you started. Attached you will find some of the commonly asked questions from the webinar. Where to learn… Survey123 GeoNet blog and discussion forum Survey123 YouTube Video-Tutorials Survey123 documentation Learn.arcgis.com Esri Live Training Seminars Additional Resources – Deeper Dive The basics of XLSForm (the language of smart forms) How to create one (or more) surveys on top of an existing feature layer Working with USNG coordinates Reverse geocoding How to enable editing of existing features How to leverage notes How to work with lists in your forms How to watermark a photo How to store location metadata (and why) How to store photo metadata (and why) Microsoft Excel for Survey123 Ninjas How to automate e-mail notifications with Survey123 web hooks How to do a lookup search against a CSV How to create Survey123 feature reports Smart Sketching in Survey123 Understand the instance_name setting Creating public surveys Launching Survey123 from other apps Working with lines and polygons Using the FEMA PDA Templates Questions / ideas / suggestions? Please reach out to Ryan Lanclos, Director of Public Safety Solutions – rlanclos@esri.com
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Check out the latest blog from Mike Cox on Swiftwater Rescue Mission Improves Using Augmented Reality featuring Johns Creek, Georgia. Key Takeaways Augmented reality helps orient the user in challenging and disorienting conditions. Crafting a successful solution involves an understanding of objectives and operational conditions. Creative combinations of technology helped solve compounding challenges.
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Check out the latest blog from Ryan Lanclos, Director of Public Safety Industry Solutions. This is the second of two stories about how Alabama responded to the deadly twisters of March 3 and details Lee County’s effort to assess needs and deliver relief to those devastated and trapped by the disaster. Key Takeaways First responders use maps and apps to understand the impact of a disaster. The Emergency Operations Center receives real-time feeds from field apps and aggregates the full picture for situational awareness. Data gathered immediately after the response helps local authorities during the long-term recovery and rebuilding effort. Read the full blog at https://www.esri.com/about/newsroom/blog/lee-county-maps-tornado-victim-needs
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Check out the latest blog from Ryan Lanclos, Director of Public Safety Industries on the first of a two-part story about damage assessment for the devastating tornadoes in Lee County, Alabama. Key Takeaways First responders use maps and apps for damage assessment to prioritize response and find victims. The National Weather Service uses GIS to collect, map and classify the extent and track of each tornado’s path. Automated preliminary response estimates speed assessment and rescue work. Read the full blog at https://www.esri.com/about/newsroom/blog/authorities-map-and-model-damage-from-deadly-alabama-tornadoes/.
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Check out the latest blog from Mike Cox, Director of Fire and EMS Industry Solutions, Esri https://www.esri.com/about/newsroom/blog/real-time-feeds-ensures-rose-parade-safety/ The City of Pasadena has long used maps to communicate details about the parade route, but this is the first time the map went beyond a paper handout. Integrating parade route details within a GIS made real-time tracking to inform public safety response possible. Key Takeaways Pasadena Fire Department monitors real-time data of weather, floats, and staff. Parade safety assured with better coordination of personnel. After weather threatens event, New Year’s Day tradition continues without disruption. Read the full blog post here - https://www.esri.com/about/newsroom/blog/real-time-feeds-ensures-rose-parade-safety/
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By Mike Cox, Esri Fire and EMS Industry Manager Responders make critical decisions based on limited information every day. Agencies should strive to generate verified data for emergency and nonemergency needs to provide responders with the right data at the right time. Fire and emergency medical services (EMS) departments generate a large amount of data that can be used to identify emerging threats, monitor performance measures, and develop resource deployment models based on verifiable intelligence. Modern challenges require modern solutions. Agencies and organizations need tools and operational capabilities to adapt to fluid risks and to support a variety of mission requirements. Today, we must be able to identify threats, collaborate and unify operations, respond rapidly to events, communicate with the public, and analyze the success of those efforts. Through the power of geospatial technology, organizations can now adopt a smarter, more integrative approach to safety and security. With the right technology, data, people, and processes, every community can become a safe community. The demands on agencies—ranging from aging populations to the increasing severity and frequency of the events to which we must respond—are becoming greater. The role of public safety is changing as we strive to keep our communities livable. The health of a community depends on the effective operation of its public safety agencies, and geographic information system (GIS) technology can improve that effectiveness. We can use GIS to analyze and measure data and share it with decision-makers. This data can come from computer-aided dispatch (CAD) software, records management systems (RMS), community risk reduction (CRR) activities, or nearly any data source that's deemed appropriate by the agency. The issue in public safety is to determine how we use this data. How do we visualize it? How do we communicate it? Problems arise because the data can be incorrectly collected. Software changes, proprietary vendor policies, and agency guidelines can obstruct the use of data. Software can be complicated, and visualization can be cumbersome. These problems can disrupt the use of the data by leaders. GIS can help users overcome these obstacles. Agencies can develop plans and processes for collecting, measuring, and analyzing pertinent data to support their operations. There is often a communication gap between fire service leadership and GIS personnel. Of course, we are all searching for safe solutions for our customers and public safety personnel. We must bridge the gap between data and where it can be used to make good decisions. GIS is the tool to bridge that gap. GIS directly impacts how well we collect, measure, and analyze data and supports the credibility of leaders and the organization. Using data analysis and communicating its results to your personnel, elected officials, and the public can impact the long-term health of your organization. The ability to tell the organization's story will affect staffing, fleets, station construction, and fiscal decisions. The accreditation process is a perfect example of the appropriate use of data. As defined by the Center for Public Safety Excellence (CPSE), accreditation is "an all-hazard, quality improvement model based on risk analysis and self-assessment that promotes the establishment of community-adopted performance targets for fire and emergency service agencies." This model of continual improvement depends heavily on the collection and analysis of data. Public safety personnel are continually analyzing data. Every response generates data for after-action reports, performance measures, and the identification of successful outcomes. These reviews can be supported using GIS. The benefits of using GIS data to measure performance and focus resources can be wide-ranging. These benefits include the following: Identification of populations at risk—A community risk assessment (CRA), performed for the accreditation process and for risk reduction programs, can identify high-risk occupancies (target hazards), at-risk populations, and areas of the community where there should be public education and prevention programs. Increased responder safety—Through a CRA, preplanning efforts can be focused on the highest-risk occupancies. Responders can identify these hazards before the response. GIS allows agencies to use a visual product to share these assessments efficiently with anyone deemed appropriate. These plans can be communicated in near real time as they are generated or updated. Support for the budgetary process—Gone are the days of anecdotal presentations to justify expenditures. Elected officials and the community no longer want decisions based on gut feelings. With GIS, data can be presented in a way that easily identifies gaps in service delivery, local at-risk areas, and the impact of growth on a community. These stories can be communicated to elected leaders to justify the investment of public funding in the agency. To effectively analyze data, your agency must do three things: Identify what decisions must be made and ensure that your agency's data supports these decisions. This data can include tax parcel, road network, demographic, RMS, CAD, and CRR information. Consider what data the agency would want in a visual product that would help staff make decisions. RMS and CAD data is typically easily consumed by GIS to generate visual products. Use available off-the-shelf solutions to analyze data by location, time, and performance. Is the agency meeting effective response force (ERF) objectives? What areas of the community have service delivery gaps? Visualize the information and share it with the appropriate decision-makers. Agencies will be able to determine if the department is meeting performance objectives. Decision-makers can determine where these performance gaps are so that resources can be appropriately deployed. The accreditation process requires the use of planning zones, which can be easily designated as the agency prefers. These zones can be created in geographic measurements, such as a square mile; by first-due responders' or other individuals' resource areas of responsibility; or—using the most comprehensive approach, after performing a focused risk assessment—at a very granular address point for every occupancy in a jurisdiction. We need a CRA to understand the community we serve. These assessments not only identify risk but also highlight the characteristics of the population and infrastructure that impact response daily. The data available for the CRA is from the agency and outside sources. This data can include demographics, occupancy types, water systems, target hazards, floodplains, and critical infrastructure that can be identified and presented with GIS. Your agency can use this assessment to focus efforts on continual improvement and reduce the risk for your community, and then use GIS to efficiently manage that risk reduction effort. Drive-time analysis, 90th percentile data visualization, and the presentation of high-risk areas can all be performed with GIS. Off-the-shelf templates support the agency's data analysis. Use templates for direction on how to automate the data you import into your solutions. These solutions are configurable and very flexible. You decide what data is used, how to view it, and who can access it. Visit: solutions.arcgis.com/local-government/fire-service/ Now this data can help your agency become more efficient and reduce risk for responders and the community. These solutions are not complicated and provide the appropriate tools to decision-makers, from frontline personnel to the agency executives. These solutions provide leaders with the tools for making decisions to increase responder safety, reduce response times, and provide an environment of continual improvement. References Esri: esri.com CPSE: https://cpse.org/ Vision 20/20: http://www.strategicfire.org Orland Fire Protection District: www.orlandfire.org Orland Fire GIS: Steve Rivero, Engineer s.rivero@orlandfire.org Esri: Mike Cox, Fire and EMS Industry Manager Mike_Cox@esri.com
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