About this project The Lessons Learned Accident Map displays fire service
accident information on the landscape.
Students of tactics can view landscape features directly associated with
an accident. Responders can zero in on
their area of interest and use history to refine their situational
awareness. Risk managers could potentially examine
trends and release new teaching documents to the workforce at large. This product uses Google Earth as the platform to display
information broadly and in depth.
Viewers can see accidents depicted across the landscape and view them by
attribute, such as accident severity or the resource involved. Through embedded links, they can use the map
to dig deeply into one accident: view documentation, study background
information, or see the accident depicted in detail geospatially. The map uses two key operational components: the map keeper
and the network link, or netlink. The
netlink is a tiny file loaded into Google Earth once, which can automatically download new updates to the map. Users receive updates when new
lessons learned products emerge or when research adds new perspective on historic events. The file is small enough to email, but allows
access to a wealth of data. The keeper
keeps charge of, and is the focal point of the accident information. This person or organization gathers or
receives the data, makes the map, and releases updates. While anyone can access the data from the
map, only the keeper can change what the user receives. The map is still in the development stage. We are testing new ideas for information
display and data management, while adding more information about individual
locations to the map. Currently we’re focused on the wildland fire fatality
database. We will also look at
incorporating other incidents as time permits. View the most recent Briefing Paper here. |
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