Firefighters Pioneer Pocket-Sized GIS Collection

One hundred years ago, the way fire officers displayed their fire protection problems was on Sanborn maps. Drawn by hand, building by building, block by block, they were eventually abandoned because they were too labor intensive. Today fire officers need specific information on fire problems more than ever. And they have a new tool: GIS. …Electronic fire management means using a computer to achieve excellence in fire planning.

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