On December 11, 2015, the National Alliance for Public Safety GIS Foundation co-hosted a virtual training seminar with Esri to provide awareness-level training on best practices from the US and Canada in applying GIS for Community Risk Reduction (CRR) by Fire Departments and other public safety agencies. Through this training participants were able to:
- Learn how fire departments are using GIS for risk-reduction efforts.
- Learn how GIS can help you discover recurring patterns in your data, and how these analyses can improve your efforts to help vulnerable people in your communities be safer.
- Develop strategies to improve overall department effectiveness and operational capacity.
- Gain ideas for using the new NFPA 950/951 standard and guide to develop a strong IT program in your department.
- Gain actionable ideas for accessing, improving, and managing data to enhance your community risk-reduction efforts.
Provided below is a link to the materials used in the training and a recording of the full training session:
- Full Recording of Virtual Training on GIS for Fire Department Risk Reduction
- Slide deck for Fire Department Risk Reduction Training
Additional resources that were referenced during the training include the following:
- NFPA 950/951
- Vision 20/20 Community Risk Reduction Program
- Johns Hopkins University Center for Injury Research and Policy