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Water Rescue and GIS

Water Rescue and GIS

Ronald Vaughn

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  1. Brief History of DFR GIS u What we did? u

    Park Trails u Made Maps u The Goal u To make the Department aware of GIS uEducating the Department on the value of GIS uBeing a voice for GIS uProviding the Command Staff with GIS Data uProviding Tools to assist Firefighters in the Field
  2. Why was GIS was notified? u The Situation u New

    crew at the station: 33 out of 36 individuals staffed were new. Three Shifts 1 individual per shift familiar with the lake. u Wanted Map for Training u Map of the Boat Ramps and Marinas of Lake Ray Hubbard u Parks u Low Laying Areas of the Lake u ETC
  3. DFR WATER RESCUE The Purpose of the water rescue program

    is to provide specially trained resources that will be available to complement existing resources in affecting the rescue or recovery of victims from moving or stationary bodies of water. The water rescue program is divided into three separate entities consisting of: u 7 Boat Rescue Stations u Swift Water Rescue u Flat Bottom Boat Companies u Marine 1 (Lake Ray Hubbard)
  4. LAKE RAY HUBBARD u Location: In Collin, Dallas, Rockwall and

    Kaufman counties, one mile west of Rockwall on the East Fork of the Trinity River u Surface area: 21,671 acres u Maximum depth: 40 feet u Cities: Dallas, Garland, Rowlett, Sunnyvale, Rockwall, Wylie u Source Texas Parks and Wildlife
  5. LAKE RAY HUBBARD Angling Opportunities u Hybrid Striped Bass u

    Blue Catfish u Largemouth Bass u White Bass u Channel Catfish u White Crappie
  6. WHAT DID GIS DO? u Meet with the Boat Crew

    u Looked at other Maps Being Used u Made Suggestions Using X Y Coordinates u Using Collector u Spent Two days with the Boat Team u Familiarization of the Lake u Made them an up to date map u Build an App of the Lake used with I-Pad
  7. THANK YOU CONTACT INFORMATION LIEUTENANT RONALD VAUGHN 1500 Marilla Street

    #3EN Dallas Texas 75201 Office- 214-670-3352 Cell- 469-744-2956 [email protected] Linkedin.com/in/ronald-vaughn- 14b823146