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GPS for Fire Management & ICS - 2009Dates & Locations:March 10-12 Cedar City, UT March 17-19 Pearl, MS April 14-16 Redmond, OR April 20-22 Boise, ID Nomination to the Courses 2008 GPS for Fire Management course materials
GPS for Fire Management & ICS is a 24-hour course for fire and incident management staff providing advanced training in the use of GPS equipment for navigation and data collection. Course participants use GPS receivers to navigate to known locations, correctly collect data that can be communicated in written or verbal formats, and download data to create files for use in a geographic information system (GIS) program, to meet the needs of GIS specialists, fire managers, or incident command staff. Additionally, participants learn to plan a mapping mission, use GPS in conjunction with digital and paper maps, and the functional role GPS technology plays in fire and all-risk incident management today. The use of GPS is one of the most efficient methods for documenting information regarding the location of facilities, conditions, and environments affected by Wildfire, Floods, Earthquakes, and other incidents.
Materials for the course are posted below as individual downloadable files. Right click on the link and "Save Target As..." For more information on the classroom version of this course, contact Don Washco, Fire Training Coordinator, BLM National Training Center: don_washco@blm.gov
Class Presentations & Exercises: "Introduction to GPS" - An overview of the Global Positioning System, differential correction, coordinate systems/projections, and datum.
"Data Collection" - Preparing for field data collection, proper field collection methods, and post-processing data for use in a GIS. Pre-field Preparation:
"Data Management" - Guidelines for managing data with an intuitive naming convention and directory structure and how to tie in with the GIS Standard Operating Procedures on Incidents guidelines.
"Navigation" - Learning to navigate with GPS.
"Coordinate Conversion" - How to convert coordinates between the 3 latitude/longitude formats using math. How to convert coordinates with GPS.
"Retracing your Journey" - Making your way back to your starting point using a route and active track log.
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