[Sdi-northamerica] Fighting fires with geospatial data

[Kate Lance]

http://www.fcw.com/article103638-09-03-07-Print
Fighting fires with geospatial data
Topographical maps enriched with layers of relevant data are helping officials become better fire managers.
“If it wasn’t for mapping, we’d be lost,” said Truett, an operations section chief for the California Interagency Incident Management Team 2 (CIIMT2). The team helped battle a 68,000-acre blaze in Elko, Nev., earlier this summer. “Maps are what drive the operations section. If I don’t have a map, I can’t point out to these guys what our strategy and tactics are.”


       
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