2004 UC Proceedings Abstract

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Milepost Locations in Rural Emergency Response: The Missing Piece
Track: EMS, Fire and Disaster Management
Author(s): Hillary Armstrong

An incident location must be translated into an address that responders can find on the ground. In populated areas it's street name and address number. For sparsely populated areas or highways it's typically road name and nearest milepost number. This is paired with road intersection information to help responders approach the incident as quickly and safely as possible. If responders are new to the area, or for cross-country response, more assistance is needed. If dispatchers had mileposts as points on their maps they could provide this assistance as well as vital information to public safety authorities as the incident unfolds. Mileposts are already universally understood and used. The missing rural response piece is to get milepost locations onto dispatch and control center screens. Sandia is a multiprogram laboratory operated by Sandia Corporation, a Lockheed Martin Company, for the United States Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-AC04-94AL85000.

Hillary Armstrong
Sandia National Labs
Critical Information Systems
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Albuquerque , NM 87185
US
Phone: 505-845-9571
E-mail: hmarmst@sandia.gov