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National Alliance for Public Safety GIS Foundation

The National Alliance for Public Safety GIS (NAPSG) Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that was formed in 2005 to overcome the challenges faced by federal, tribal, state, and local public safety agencies in the adoption and use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) as a tool to protect their citizens.

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HIGHLIGHTED NAPSG FOUNDATION PROJECTS

Created to support public safety operations, NAPSG Foundation’s current projects and innovative tools deliver practical, real-world solutions.

Local Infrastructure Network Knowledge

The Local Infrastructure Network Knowledge (LINK) tool integrates geospatial intelligence, graph data science, and AI-driven knowledge frameworks to enhance infrastructure resilience, situational awareness, and decision support for public safety and significant infrastructure protection.

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Visualize Your Data

See your data as a graph database (via edges and nodes) at the same time as you see it on a map, expanding the understanding of your infrastructure network.

Better
Understanding

Gain insight into infrastructure dependencies and ask questions of your data like never before.

Graph
Fundamentals

Use graph databases to speed up query performance by storing highly connected data and relationships within edges and nodes.

Data Freedom

Always keep ownership of your data, use your own schema, manage your own security, and share it with others as you see fit.

Symbology

NAPSG Foundation works with the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to bridge the gaps in national and international symbol standards by developing a consistent Incident Symbology Framework and Guideline and symbol set for use at the incident level on maps and in GIS applications.

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Access Symbol Resources

Leverages Best Practices

Synthesizes existing national and international standards.

Provides a Common Visual Language

Reduces confusion for mutual aid and
cross-jurisdictional response operations.

NAPSG Standard Incident Symbology is Platform-Agnostic

Includes PNGs, SVGs, and a persistent URL link to symbols.

Includes Free Resources to Support Adoption

Such as the flexible Symbology Framework, Implementation Guide, and ArcGIS Pro and Web Styles.

Search and Rescue
Common Operating Platform

SARCOP is a multiagency platform that enables real-time information and intelligence sharing for Search and Rescue Teams across all levels of incident response—from field personnel to decision-makers in the Emergency Operations Center. By supporting secure collaboration and a common operating platform, SARCOP enhances coordination, improves decision-making, and not only helps save lives but sustain them.

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Strengthens Search Planning

Uses geospatial data and modeling to guide teams in identifying high-probability search areas.

Drives Data-Informed Decisions

Applies advanced geospatial analytics to evaluate search effectiveness and inform operational priorities.

Enhances Situational Awareness

Delivers a real-time common operating platform, showing resource locations, operational status, and progress toward incident objectives.

Builds Search Confidence

Records damage observations, tracks areas searched, and captures search coverage and thoroughness.

#PhotoMappers

A volunteer-powered platform that crowdsources situational awareness data in the early hours of a disaster. This partnership of NAPSG Foundation, GISCorps, and CEDR Digital Corps enables emergency managers, at all levels of government, to quickly utilize mapped photos and videos of damage, revealing where disaster is striking and which community lifelines are at risk.

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Supports All Levels of Government

Federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial can request an activation.

Increases Situational Awareness

Produces a layer of geolocated data points showing where the disaster is unfolding and which community lifelines may be at risk.

Rapid Damage Visualization

A resource of data prior to satellite and aerial imagery.

Sourced from Social Media

Volunteers scour social media platforms to find photos and videos of disaster impacts on the ground.

NAPSG FOUNDATION RESOURCES

Find and access essential tools, guidance, and learning materials to support work in preparedness, response, and resilience.

Guidance on Risk, Resiliency, and Vulnerability Indices

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See how different indices can help support emergency management and public safety planning processes, and learn about the data and methodologies behind the indices.

i-Axis Best Practices Guide Version 2

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Accelerate the adoption of Location-Based Services (LBS) by providing first responders with a resource to start or improve their current programs and improve responder safety.

Technology Innovation Hub for Flood Preparedness & Operations

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Explore a collection of applications, resources, best practices, and success stories related to the implementation of technology for flood preparedness and operations.

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See the extent of resource typing, inventorying, and qualifications management across the nation and key findings to improve resource management.

Resource Management Maturity Report

Technical Guide

Information Sharing Standards for Crisis Management Mutual Aid Technology

Learn how to equip technologists and inform vendors with the requisite knowledge to share information in an interoperable way, and assist responders in the selection process for incident management technologies.

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