Webinar Recording
Slide Deck
SAR & First Responder Toolkit
On June 26th, 2019, NAPSG Foundation launched the new Virtual Seminar Series called Preparedness Technology Talks – PrepTech Talks. The first seminar in the PrepTech Talk series, “Geo-Enable Search & Rescue in Disasters,” provided participants the opportunity to train and gain access to a standardized suite of tools and common framework for geo-enabling Search and Rescue (SAR) missions for disaster response.
Seminar Objectives
- Learn who to contact in order to gain access to the existing field apps hosted by FEMA Urban Search & Rescue (USAR) and the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC).
- Understand how to use basic field data collection tools (Survey123 configured with the SAR and First Responder Survey template).
- Understand how to quickly analyze and report against live field data for situational awareness.
- Begin to develop your own geospatial game-plan and access additional resources.
If you would like to participate in a brief hands-on exercise, please also install the Survey123 Field App on your mobile device.
- Go to this website https://www.esri.com/en-us/arcgis/products/survey123/resources, or search for “Survey123 for ArcGIS”.
- Install the application; no cost to download.
- If you have been assigned an ArcGIS Online Username, you can use that but it is not necessary for the exercise.
- More instructions will be provided during the virtual training.
This SAR & First Responder Geospatial Toolkit is produced & maintained by NAPSG Foundation based on work performed by the USAR Field Data Working Group. This is a group of search and rescue professionals who coordinate with the purpose of preparing for large-scale incidents and developing a common data schema for field data collection.
Seminar Resources
- Link to Recording
- Materials Slide deck
- SAR & First Responder Toolkit – This is the website shown during the PrepTech Talk. It includes resources and access to the “SAR Sandbox” for training with Survey123 and additional apps that will be used in the 2019 Hurricane Season.
A screenshot from the 2018 Hurricane Season showing both FEMA and State Search and Rescue waypoints on one map.
