WiSAR and GIS Blog

Maps are at the core of any Wildland Search and Rescue (WiSAR) operation. Go to https://sargis.napsgfoundation.org/ to find out more about how you can get started using GIS for search and rescue.

Friday, July 10, 2015

History in the Making: Search and Rescue Working Group (SARWG)

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The National Alliance for Public Safety GIS Foundation (NAPSG) and a small group of volunteers produced a charter document to establish...
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Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Au Québec: A good place to go missing

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En français On May 22nd, 2015 I had the pleasure of attending a meeting hosted by the Sureté du Québec and Université Laval CRG . The...
Thursday, April 16, 2015

Are you using GIS for Search Operations?

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This is a short survey designed to help us understand who is using GIS for Missing Person Search Operations and/or looking for more GIS Supp...
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Saturday, March 21, 2015

Discussion: GIS and Institutional Knowledge in Search and Rescue

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Article:   Meet Philly’s “Dr. House” of Missing Persons I just read a short opinion piece in phillymag.com about Mark G. Hopkins, the Se...
Monday, December 15, 2014

2014 WiSAR GIS Year in Review: Map Tour

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Click on the link:  Map Tour In the year 2014, great advances were made in the use of geographic information systems for wildland sea...
Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Webinar: Mission Reporting and Search and Rescue Mapping for the MRA

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Thanks to Pigeon Mountain Industries (PMI) , Jon Pedder and I were able to brief the WiSAR Community on how the Mountain Rescue Association...
Wednesday, September 3, 2014

#AFAC2014 in Wellington, New Zealand

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It is good to be back with EMSINA Group at the AFAC Conference, this time in Wellington New Zealand. I am learning a ton about fire, emerge...
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