事实证明，现代地理信息系统（GIS）的使用对于创造野火居住的居住地的社区已被证明越来越有价值。
为此，环境系统研究所（ESRI）是GIS技术的领导者，将于10月20日至21日举行一次会议前为期两天National Fire Protection Association’s（NFPA）后院和野外消防教育会议在南卡罗来纳州默特尔比奇。会议前，准备，减轻和回应GIS，将重点介绍GIS台式机和在线计划中内置的新工具和功能，并将教授消防服务，林业官员，保险和其他野火安全利益相关者如何开发社区野火保护计划S（CWPP），进行社区风险评估和降低野火风险策略，并使用GIS系统确立社区危害的优先级。与会者还将学习如何创建地图产品以伴随报告并与主要利益相关者和公众共享有价值的数据，以努力使用野火的本地解决方案。
ESRI是10月22日至24日的后院和超越会议的白金赞助商，还将举办开幕式接待处，参与者可以在非正式的，信息丰富的环境中见面和网络。
“Esri兴奋我们与美国合作,”said Jennifer Schottke, Esri’s municipal fire service and national public safety policy lead. “NFPA was an early adopter of GIS and has long advocated the significant role good data analysis can play in reducing the threat of wildfire to our communities. Backyards & Beyond provides a great opportunity for attendees to exchange information so that more communities can effectively leverage the power of GIS.”
“GIS systems are increasingly playing a major role in wildfire safety planning,” said Michele Steinberg, manager of NFPA’s Wildland Fire Operations Division. “NFPA is pleased that Esri can offer this valuable workshop to our conference attendees. As communities continue to work together on ways to create safer places to live, using and sharing data to establish wildfire mitigation strategies have a tremendous impact on safety.”
NFPA’s bi-annual Backyards & Beyond conference is the premier event that brings together community leaders, researchers, insurance professionals, emergency responders, homeowners and others involved in wildfire safety and preparedness to share their knowledge and best practices on key wildfire issues that they can take back to their communities and workplace and use right away.
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