Maryland Public Safety GIS
Work Session 
September 15-16, 2010
Laurel, MD

The NAPSG Foundation  is holding a 2-day training workshop – 2010 Maryland Public Safety GIS Work Session in cooperation with the Maryland State Geographic Information Committee (MSGIC) and the Maryland Emergency Management Agency (MEMA).

The goal of the session is to bring together our emergency responders and public GIS practitioners is to foster collaboration that will give way to broader and advanced use of GIS in the State of Maryland for true emergency preparedness, response, and recovery.

Through the work session participants will have the opportunity to:

• Gain an in-depth in overview of GIS within Public Safety & Emergency Management practices
• Participate in a forum for the Maryland public safety community to identify key scenarios and the GIS professionals to answer with what supporting applications and data is available.
• Explore the multi-jurisdictional obstacles (local-state, state-state, state-federal) and how we can build geospatial data & information sharing into mutual aid agreements.
• Detail best practices for jurisdictional based integration of GIS into public safety and emergency management. - Answer the “Where do I start” questions!

Who Should Attend?

• Fire Service & EMS - Chiefs, Batallion Chiefs, Incident Commanders, others
• Law Enforcement - Police Chiefs, Commanders, IT/GIS Staff, Crime Analysts
• Emergency Managers and their IT/GIS Staff
• Local/County GIS Specialists & Resources
• 911 - Dispatch - PSAP
• Other Local, County, State, & Federal Public Safety Practitioners

This event is made possible by the  NAPSG Foundation, a 501 (C) (3) non-profit organization whose mission is to support the public safety and homeland security communities in the advancement of data interoperability, connectivity, and information sharing, through GIS, in support of national and local preparedness goals.