Abstract
 Training the Trainers - GIS Education and Emergency Responders Track: Designing Curriculum & Degree Programs Author(s): Mike Price The GIS-TECH program, sponsored by Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX, and funded through a grant from the National Science Foundation, develops standards-based GIS training curriculum for Public Safety First Responders and Emergency Managers. Hands-on training is designed for instructor-led classes and for Internet self study. The curriculum teaches fundamental GIS skills and knowledge needed by municipal Public Safety mapping professionals performing data acquisition, development, analysis, and map production. The training set includes nationally available USGS terrain data, TIGER vectors and demographics, plus Insurance Services Office protection requirements. The curriculum emphasizes modeling support for the Standards of Cover resource deployment planning that is supported by the Commission on Fire Accreditation International. Modules teach geocoding and plotting emergency incidents; building time-based response scenarios; identifying and mapping risks, hazards and values; and more. This presentation will introduce the GIS-TECH program to educators, and it will outline the instructional series developed for emergency responders. Mike Price Entrada/San Juan, Inc. PO Box 853 Moab , UT 84532 US Phone: 435-260-8243 E-mail: mike_price@frontiernet.net |
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