Discover a modern approach to help mitigate threats to public safety
in your community.
Creating safer, less vulnerable communities requires a modern approach
to understanding threats and hazards that are more complex, costly, and
devastating than ever before. Public safety agencies around the world
rely on geographic information systems (GIS) technology every day to
prevent, protect against, and mitigate the effects of threats and
hazards in their communities. By applying GIS, you'll develop a deeper
understanding of these complex threats to help you better respond to and
recover from the threats that pose the greatest risk to keeping your
community safe and ultimately build the resilience needed for the
future.
Keeping People Safe: GIS for Public Safety explores a collection of
real-life case studies about emergency management, law enforcement,
fire, rescue, emergency medical services, and homeland security agencies
successfully using GIS for real and potential threats. The book also
includes a "how to get started" section that provides ideas, strategies,
tools, and actions to help jump-start your own use of GIS for public
safety. A collection of online resources, including additional stories,
videos, new ideas and concepts, and downloadable tools and content,
complements this book.
--Ryan Lanclos and Matt Artz
