User Group Meetings
Public Safety GIS User Group Meetings (PUGs)
Sponsored by NAPSG and ESRIGIS for Public Safety
New for 2010, NAPSG Foundation is hosting two new groups and expanding the Southern California Group established in 2009. Learn how your peers are using geographic information system (GIS) technology to make informed decisions and solve agency problems. You’ll come away from this informative and interactive meeting with new ideas for managing your public safety (Emergency Management, law enforcement, Fire, EMS) agency.
What Should I Expect?
Each meeting is run by a team of fire GIS specialists from your region. Day one offers user presentations, moderated discussions, and networking time. Many of the teams offer an optional second day of training, breakout workgroups, or site visits. Watch this site for agenda and registration information coming soon.
| User Group | Date | Host and Location |
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| Ohio/Michigan Public Safety User Group | June 21-22 | TBA |
| MidWest Public Safety User Group | June 24-25 | Oklahoma/Nebraska
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Fire/EMS GIS User Group Meetings (FUGs)
Sponsored by NAPSG and ESRI|
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| Advancing Fire/EMS GIS: Final Report from the 2009 FUGS [PDF] |
GIS for Fire/EMS
Learn how your peers are using geographic information system (GIS) technology to make informed decisions and solve agency problems. You’ll come away from this informative and interactive meeting with new ideas for managing your fire/emergency medical services (EMS) department.
What Should I Expect?
Each meeting is run by a team of fire GIS specialists from your region. Day one offers user presentations, moderated discussions, and networking time. Many of the teams offer an optional second day of training, breakout workgroups, or site visits.
Topics include how GIS is used to collect accurate preplan data, analyze risk and assess deployment capability, and access real-time information for incident management. Other benefits of attending include opportunities to
- Meet and see how public safety professionals are using GIS.
- Contribute to emerging GIS guidelines and model practices.
- Learn strategies for reducing IT costs by planning, leveraging, and coordinating your data investments.
Fall 2010 FUG Series Coming Soon
NAPSG and ESRI will again host a fall series of Fire/EMS user group meetings again in 2010. Existing groups are listed below and new groups are now forming. Contact us to be added to the user group list.The 2009 inaugural series of Fire/EMS User group meetings was a great success! Six leadership teams served as a central coordinating team for each group.
Participants in these meetings reported overall 92% satisfaction with the user group format and 98% indicated that public safety GIS is crucial activity and the meetings should be continued. Read all about it in the FUG Report.
The NAPSG Foundation is identifying resources to provide additional support to extend this valuable resource to others. A new NAPSG website will be available this summer to provide additional resources, announce meeting information and support networking among the groups.
Members of the existing leadership teams will be gathering in San Diego in July to plan for the fall series of meetings.
| Fug Leadership Team Co-Chairs | |
| South East Central Fire User Group (SE FUG) | Chief Don Oliver, Wilson (NC) FR Katie Buckner, Greensboro (NC) FD |
| North East Fire User Group (NE FUG) | Batt Chief Greg Collier, Mt. Laurel (NJ) FD Steve Pollackov, FD New York (NY) |
| North West Fire User Group (NW FUG) | Asst Chief Dustin Morrow, Tualatin Valley FR Chris Rogers, Kirkland FD |
| So Cal Fire User Group (SoCal FUG) | Chief Keith Richter, Orange County (CA) Fire Authority Yo Gikas, LA City FD |
| Florida Fire User Group (FL FUG) | Chief Rand Napoli, FL State Fire Marshal, ret. Fay Walker, Alachua County FR |
| Mountain Region Fire User Group (MR FUG) | Rex Heck. South Metro (CO) FRA |
NAPSG – ESRI GIS User Group Series Sponsors |
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NAPSG-Foundation |
Rebecca Harned, NAPSG-Foundation, Program Director |
ESRI |
Jennifer Schottke (ESRI), NAPSG Outreach Chair |
National Alliance for Public Safety GIS (NAPSG) |
Paul Brooks (CPSE), NAPSG Workshops and Training Chair |