GIS Pre-Incident Planning

GIS Pre-Incident Planning - Training Materials Available
On June 14, 2011 NAPSG co-hosted a webcast with Esri that provided training on how to use GIS to create and manage building pre-incindent plans. This training session (titled, "Map the Risks Before the Incident: Learn How to Create Pre-Incident Plans using GIS") provided fire service, emergency management, and local GIS analysts with the skills-based training on how to use GIS for department-wide pre-incident planning. It covered the following specific knowledge & skills required to operationalize GIS for this important capability:
Model practices on the technical procedures and workflows from creating GIS-based pre-incident plans. Including a supporting database model.
How to use available map templates to support the use of GIS-based pre-incident plans.
Technical skills on database schemas and database management needed to support GIS-based pre-incident planning.
How to apply a common flexible framework for incident-level symbology in your pre-plans to enhance situational awareness & mutual aid response.
The following supporting materials & tools are provided below to support your department's efforts to create GIS-based pre-incident plans.
Cloud based preplan editing- A sample web map that incorporates the GIS pre-planning methodology will be available soon via the link above
Link to NAPSG ArcGIS.com - Access is free and includes the following resources:- Smaller version of a geodatabase to collect preplan data- Templates for paper pre-plans- Map Package- ArcGIS Mobile Map application to collect preplan data
Furthermore, provided here is a shortened version of it as a video training tutorial. Click on the link below to access the GIS Pre-Incident Planning Training Tutorial as a video.
GIS Pre-Incident Planning Training Tutorial- High Definition
GIS Pre-Incident Planning Training Tutorial- Regular Quality and Resolution
This video tutorial is a great way to learn key skills that are essential to building your GIS-based pre-incident plans. You can use this video as a training tool in your agency to equip your staff with these essential skills. If you have questions about how to use GIS for pre-incident planning that are not answered in the video or supporting materials & tools, feel free to send an email to questions@publicsafetygis.org with your question - be sure to include "Question on GIS Pre-Plans" in the subject line of the email. NAPSG will do our best to provide answers to your questions within a couple of weeks.
This webcast training, and the video training tutorial linked above, were produced in cooperation with the instructor, Chris Rogers. Chris Rogers is a lieutentant with the Kirkland Fire Department in Washington and a Technical Expert & Regional Coordinator with the National Alliance for Public Safety GIS Foundation. Chris has over 20 years of experience in the fire service. He uses his background in geography and GIS to enhance daily operations for local fire departments. In this capacity he serves as a Technical Advisor & Contractor to fire departments around the country to help them advance their use of GIS for pre-incident planning, computer aided dispatch, and fire service regionalization. Chris is available to provide technical GIS consulting services to public safety agencies on a paid basis and can be reached for these matter at chris@firemapping.com.
NAPSG is grateful for Chris's contributions in time & expertise in making the