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About ffrogers

I'm a career firefighter with a degree in Cartography (map making). I have a passion for GIS and what it can do for the fire service.

Fire Service Data Model

I realize that this is a late post but I wanted to share about the Fire Service Data Model group with a data model committee meeting last March. First of all it is exciting to get together with fellow fire … Continue reading

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Using ArcGIS for Pre-Incident Planning

The KFD uses ArcGIS 9.2 to create their pre-incident plans.  Pre-incident plans are documents that contain diagrams of buildings and features that could be hazardous to fire fighters and civilians.  Most fire departments create there pre-incident plans using a CAD … Continue reading

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Using a GPS to Collect Information

With the advent of GPS and other locating devices, firefighters have taken an active roll in mapping information.  However when the data is collected it tends to come in a variety of “inconsistent” forms.  While it is great that firefighter … Continue reading

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Identifying Safety Hazards on a Preplan

One of the things that is often lacking in preplans is identifying safety hazards.  There are ways to show hazards to both firefighters and civilians on the preplan diagram.  A proposal  for showing safety hazards is to use a consistent … Continue reading

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