In the past year NAPSG Foundation has hosted 9 different regional events. All of our past events were educational opportunities that aimed to convene the public safety and homeland security communities across the United States. Our events over the past year have achieved the following:
- Reached over 1,300 local, county, state, and tribal public safety practitioners
- Convened practitioners from 35 different states in the past 2 years
- Conducted a national needs assesment to determine high priorities for the public safety & homeland security communities
- Over 90% of participants expressed a need for more support to advance their use of GIS, indicating their top prioirity needs are: training in tactical use of GIS, regional education workshops, and structured mentorship programs
In every single event, workshop, and users group we hold we learn something new from the practitioners. And at every step we seek to improve the quality of the programming to maximize our impact.
Below are the agendas from several of our past events. Feel free to take a look. Be sure to visit the Upcoming Events page to learn about current opportunities in your area!
Summer/Fall 2011 Virtual Trainings
Virtual web-based training are held as webcasts (aka webinars) allowing participants to attend from around the country. The virtual format makes it easy to receive training and exchange ideas with peers from around the country. See a listing of some of the virtual trainings that were held in 2011 and reached over 850 public safety leaders and the GIS/IT practitioners.
| Date | Topic | Instructors | Event Information |
| August 25, 2011 | Discovering GIS Information that Supports Public Safety: Learn how to use the GIS Inventory as a directory for information access, sharing & collaboration |
Bill Burgess, |
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| August 30, 2011 | Second Round (same webcast as Aug 25) - Discovering GIS Information that Supports Public Safety: Learn how to use the GIS Inventory as a directory for information access, sharing & collaboration |
Bill Burgess, |
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| September 8, 2011 | Tools to Develop & Use GIS Concept of Operations and SOGs in your Public Safety Agency |
David Alexander, |
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| September 16, 2011 | Second Round (same webcast as Sept. 8) - Tools to Develop & Use Geospatial Concept of Operations and SOGs in your Public Safety Agency |
Ron Langhelm, |
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| September 22, 2011 | Information Integration for the Fire Service: Using GIS for enhanced information management |
Chief Keith Richter, |
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2011 Regional Public Safety GIS Workshops
The Regional Public Safety GIS Workshops were hosted as in-person education workshops designed to provide cross-training for both public safety officials from all levels of government & disciplines AND GIS & IT practitioners.
Our goal for the 2011 workshop series was to bring together public safety officials & GIS/IT practitioners to foster collaboration that will give way to broader and advanced use of geospatial technology for enhanced emergency response and community resilience. These workshops served as the flagship education & training forum on public safety GIS in each of the regions.
| Date | Location | Event | Event Information |
| September 20, 2011 | Tigard, OR | Pacific Northwest Fire/EMS GIS Workshop WA - OR - ID - AK |
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| October 3 & 4, 2011 | Oklahoma City, OK |
Central Midwest Public Safety GIS Workshop OK - NE - CO |
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| October 14, 2011 | Glenview, IL |
Northern Midwest Public Safety GIS Workshop IL - WI - MI - IN - OH |
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| November 3 & 4, 2011 | Washington, DC |
2011 East Coast Public Safety GIS Summit MD - VA - DC - NC - NY - NJ - CT |
| File | Description | File size | Last modified |
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 Agenda - Central Mid-West Public Safety GIS Workshop | 102 Kb | 30/08/10 21:36 | |
| Agenda - Northeast Region Fire/EMS GIS User Group 2009 | 197 Kb | 30/08/10 21:38 | |
| Agenda - Northern Mid-West Public Safety GIS Workshop | 138 Kb | 30/08/10 21:37 |
