4-H members participating in this effort can be identified by their photo ID's. The Ontario County Emergency Management office has partnered with the 4-H GeoSeekers. They are mapping the location of every fire hydrant in The Manchester Fire District. This data will be turned over to the Ontario County Planning office who will generate the map books for the emergency responders.
4-H members participating in this effort can be identified by their photo ID's. The Ontario County Emergency Management office has partnered with the 4-H GeoSeekers. They are mapping the location of every fire hydrant in The Manchester Fire District. This data will be turned over to the Ontario County Planning office who will generate the map books for the emergency responders.
4-H members participating in this effort can be identified by their photo ID's. The Ontario County Emergency Management office has partnered with the 4-H GeoSeekers. They are mapping the location of every fire hydrant in The Manchester Fire District. This data will be turned over to the Ontario County Planning office who will generate the map books for the emergency responders.
the Ontario County Emergency Management Office, the Manchester Fire Department, Cornell Cooperative Extension 4-H Program, and the 4-H GeoSeekers. 4-H members participating in this effort can be identified by their photo ID’s. For more information, contact GeoSeekers Club Leader, Jim Hooper at 585.394.3977 ext
an integral role in the system by
The 4-H GeoSeekers are playing The Manchester Fire District
system, mains, and hydrants to
with the Town of Farmington.
developing maps of the water
Other neighboring Response
based on the MABAS system.
Village of Manchester, along
Units assist in emergencies
services the Town and the
aid Emergency Services in
quickly addressing a fire. Manchester Project Overview What is a Global Positioning What is a Geographic System (GPS)? Information System (GIS)? The Ontario County The Global Positioning System (GPS) is A geographic Information System is a Emergency a satellite-based navigation system combination of elements designed to Management made up of a network of 24 satellites store, retrieve, manipulate and display Office has been placed into orbit by the U.S. geographic data—Information about developing the Department of Defense. GPS was places. It is a package consisting of Mutual Aid Box originally intended for military four basic parts: Robust hardware, Alarm System applications, but in 2000, the powerful software, special data, and a (MABAS) in government turned off the systems’ thinking explorer. Ontario County. Selective Availability, and made the (Taken from GIS in K-12 Education; An ESRI White Paper. March 1998, ESRI.) This system is system available for civilian use. GPS used by fire, works in any weather conditions, rescue, and anywhere in the world, 24 hours a medical service day. Topographic Base response personnel to (Taken from www.Garmin.com/aboutGPS/) Parcels
identify resources available to address any
particular emergency, depending on Zoning geographic location and intensity of the emergency. Floodplains
The Ontario County Emergency Management Wetlands
office has partnered with the GeoSeekers, an Ontario County 4-H club focusing on Land Cover Geospatial Science, to map the location of every fire hydrant in the Manchester Fire Soils District. In addition to these locations, they are also mapping additional fire response Survey Control infrastructure, including dry hydrants, water Composite Overlay main lines, disaster shelters, and specifically known hazards. This data will be turned over GIS maps are built in layers that can be shown or hidden. to the Ontario County Planning office who will generate the map books for the emergency responders. This project will positively impact 24 satellites continuously orbit the earth to provide our the Manchester community with more Global Positioning System. effective response times in the event of an emergency!