Leveraging GIS Data to Enhance Public Safety

About the Program

Category: Information Technology (Best in Category)

Year: 2020

The Montgomery County, Maryland Department of Technology Services - Geographic Information Systems (DTSGIS) team, in cooperation with the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS), developed an ArcMap GIS based “Driveways” data set that assists in routing Police, and Fire and Rescue personnel and vehicles to public safety incidents in a timely manner. Data from the past was only useful in routing vehicles to the nearest street, but the nearest street was not always the fronting street, and accessible to buildings. In response to this defect, driveways were created to assist navigating public safety vehicles to an incident’s location, directly, saving time and possibly life.