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Abstract
An Analysis of Public Safety and GIS Technology
Track: Homeland Security
Author(s): Rick Wimberly, Virginia Roberson
In the wake of September 11, 2001, public safety officials are now realizing a greater need for geographical emergency notification. Officers and response teams have utilized GIS technology, among other things, to prevent panic. A few days after September 11, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg (NC) Police Department used GeoNotify (employing MapObjects) to notify their community that nearby construction crews would be blasting. After the geographic call-out (using the City's data, the system automatically mapped out a one half-mile radius of the blasting area), there was no panic, and the 911 center received no calls of concern.
Rick Wimberly
Dialogic Communications Corp. (DCC)
Director of Public Safety
381 Riverside Drive
Suite 300
Franklin , TN 37064
USA
Phone: 615.790.2882
Fax: 615.790.1329
E-mail: rick.wimberly@dccusa.com
Virginia Roberson
Dialogic Communications Corporation
Sr. Marketing Specialist/Copywriter
381 Riverside Drive
Suite 300
Franklin 37064
USA
Phone: 615.790.2882
Fax: 615.790.1329
E-mail: virginia.roberson@dccusa.com