The National Alliance for Public Safety GIS Foundation (NAPSG), National Emergency Number Association (NENA), and the National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC) have joined forces to help 9-1-1 authorities and public safety agencies at all levels of government to begin "working smarter together" to improve the geospatial components of 9-1-1 systems while reducing costs.
Deploying Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1) in uncertain economic times presents many challenges, but also offers opportunities for collaborating to enhance public safety operations nationwide. NG 9-1-1 systems use GIS data to pre-validate caller locations by address and geographic coordinates, and to aid first responders in routing to the incident based on caller location. This moves GIS to the front end of the process, and GIS is a core component of NG 9-1-1.
NG 9-1-1 offers new opportunities to work smarter. Producing geospatial data products consistent with national standards, takes advantage of the efficiencies offered by large area contracting techniques that; help to ensure interoperability, reduce direct costs, aid in implementing a uniform national map grid (USNG), and enhance mission critical capabilities for first responders.
To learn more about our collaborative effort to "Work Together Smarter" with NG 9-1-1, review the 2-page brochure linked below.
We encourage other mission partners to join us in this important effort. Please contact NAPSG Programs Director, Rebecca Harned at rharned@publicsafetygis.org to discuss how you would like to get involved.
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