Location, Enterprise Addressing & Public Safety Committee

URISA established a GIS & NextGen 911 Task Force to leverage the expertise of key URISA members in order to support and educate GIS professionals about Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1).

The goals of the task force include:

• Provide information about the critical role GIS plays in NG9-1-1 and for public safety applications.
• Educate the GIS Community on ways NG9-1-1 facilitates GIS collaboration through the implementation of standards.
• Conduct educational workshops and webinars.
• Solicit input from various organizations across the country about their experience with implementing NG9-1-1
• Enhance NG9-1-1 task force membership and involvement in URISA.

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Because of the group's substantial activity, the Board agreed to 'elevate' the task force to a committee, renamed to the Location, Enterprise Addressing & Public Safety Committee in 2024.

PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENT

URISA and NSGIC are happy to announce the release of GIS is Critical for Next Generation 9-1-1. This fact sheet meets a need identified by many GIS professionals: effectively communicating how 9-1-1 works, how Next Generation 9-1-1 is different, and the important role of GIS in Next Generation 9-1-1 to policy makers and elected officials. Rather than answering all of the questions, GIS is Critical for Next Generation 9-1-1 opens the door to continued conversation about Next Generation 9-1-1 GIS efforts in a particular state, region, or locale.

CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT

Fifth Annual Virtual LEAP Conference to collaborate on Location, Enterprise Addressing, and Public Safety (LEAP) will take place early in 2026.

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Get Involved

To learn more about how you can get involved, please reach out to Committee Chair Keri Brennan.

Key Members include: Kathrine Cargo, Hillary Palmer, Rachel Marquez, Melissa Liebert, Dan Miller, Deb Rozeboom, Ian Von Essen, Jeff Ledbetter, Matt Gerike, Burt Simpson, and many others.

Volunteers are needed to support all of the activities of this active committee!

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LEAP Products and Resources

The Committee is constantly creating webinars, documentation, and other resources.

Geospatial Fact Sheets (FAQs)

Highlight relevant issues and policies and provide guidance on how you can obtain more information about these topics.

• GIS is Critical for Next Generation 9-1-1 - July 2022
• GIS Data Layers for NG9-1-1 & What They Do - April 2021
• Moving Forward With NG911 - January 2021
• Next Generation 9-1-1 - June 2019
• Addressing - November 2018

Webinars

• Next Generation 911 & GIS: Ask the Experts Panel: September 22, 2023 - View Recording
• Accessory Dwelling Units, Addresses, and GIS: September 13, 2023 - View Recording
• Adventures in Re-Addressing: May 25, 2023 - View Recording
• Get Ready...GIS Data Model v.2 is right around the corner: August 25, 2021 - View Recording
• Digging a Little Deeper into ETL for NG9-1-1 GIS Data: June 21, 2021 - View Recording
• NG9-1-1 Ask the Experts Panel: GIS Data Stewardship - March 31, 2021 - View Recording
• NG9-1-1 Ask the Experts Panel: State Perspectives - January 27, 2021 - View Recording
• Impact of Proposed Revisions to NENA's Civic Location Data Exchange Standard (CLDXF) - November 19, 2020 - View Recording
• Roadmap for Implementing NG911 GIS Data Model, Part 2 - Best Practices in Creating and Managing Road Centerline and Site/Structure Address Points for NG9-1-1 - August 27, 2020 - View Recording
• Roadmap for Implementing NG911 GIS Data Model, Part 1 - February 26, 2020 - View Recording
• NextGen 9-1-1: What GIS Professionals Need to Know - December 4, 2019 - View Recording

Conferences, Sessions & Program Tracks

• Location, Enterprise Addressing & Public Safety (LEAP) Conference
• There is usually an entire track and workshops focused on addressing, public safety, and NG911 at URISA's annual GIS-Pro conference.
• Learn about NG9-1-1 Call Routing during this session presented at URISA's GIS-Pro 2020 Conference. - Watching this video is guaranteed to make you smarter, and make you laugh.

Workshops & Training

GPN Certified Workshops:

• Managing Addressing for the 21st Century
• NG9-1-1 for the GIS Professional
• NG9-1-1 and the GIS Workflow
• Unpacking the NENA NG911 GIS Data Model (Released 2020)