Note: This article is part of the Firehouse 2024 Station Design Supplement. To read the entire supplement, click here. Gaining community consensus around an idea rarely is easier than gaining ...

The Palisades and Eaton fires devastated parts of Los Angeles in January 2025 and are largely contained as of Jan. 20. Fueled by extreme Santa Ana winds and dry conditions, these fires have left a ...

An interactive map made using GIS showing the rise in fuel prices by percentage displayed where they occur by major highway networks. Maps like this enable us to visualize socioeconomic challenges in ...

Location data is critical to nearly all state and local government work — whether it’s responding to a public safety call, supporting community planning and development, or maintaining critical ...

Choosing the best GIS software can define how efficiently you handle mapping, spatial analysis, and geospatial data. In this guide, we summarize how each geographic information system software ...

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standard 1710 established minimum time standards for the first-due engine out of a career department for a residential fire. Some departments, however, ...

Florida has introduced an advanced GIS-based flood risk mapping tool that integrates rainfall, elevation, land use, and social vulnerability data to identify high-risk areas. The platform, supported ...

Himachal Pradesh presented its GIS-driven Urban Resilience Platform at the BRICS Disaster Risk Reduction meeting, ...