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NASA Takes a Look at AGI Software
Thursday, October 1, 2009 | 12:05pm
Representatives from NASA sat in on web demos of IncidentView and Mobile Risk Assessment recently and discussed features of both software products. IncidentView is being considered as a mutual aid solution for first responders on the Space Coast while Mobile Risk Assessment may be integrated with IncidentView to provide a way to collect more detailed data.
IncidentView 3.0 is Here!
Monday, August 23, 2009 | 8:00am
IncidentView 3.0 has been released and is now available for download to current users. New modules will soon be available for dispatch and pre-plans.
Lebanon FD Presents IncidentView at ESRI User Conference
Thursday, July 16, 2009 | 10:15am
San Diego, Calif.: Brent Gaskey, an EMT firefighter of the Lebanon Fire Department attended the ESRI User Conference this year. There, he presented the department's journey to implementing IncidentView in the "Mobile Applications for First Responders" track. Below is an abstract of his presentation:
Lebanon Fire District Goes Digital with In-Vehicle Mapping Application
Frustrated with the expensive labor intensive fire mapbook maintenance and production process, Lebanon Fire Department needed a digital alternative. Reviews of existing solutions soon revealed that none met the department's requirements for autonomy, local GIS data and geodatabase support, ease of use, real-time GPS display, and cost. For this reason, the FD decided to team with neighboring Fire Departments in Corvallis and Albany and a software developer, Alsea Geospatial, Inc. to develop an application that allows first responders to "know where you are going, and what to expect when you get there". After an intense period of product specification development and prototype review and testing the FD is now using the ArcGIS Runtime application, IncidentView™ (IV). IV meets all of the department's requirements. Tactical information such as hydrant, Knox box, stand pipe locations and pre-plans are all easily viewed on the custom map. Large touch screen buttons support map searches by address, intersection, landmark, and GPS coordinates. Real-time vehicle GPS display is built in. The low cost and easy data update process has reduced the department's mapbook printing costs and insures that the most current information is available to first responders. The ability to load neighboring Fire District map data has made it a regional mutual aid solution for First Responders.
Alsea Geospatial Joins the VUEWorks Channel Partner Program
Friday, April 3, 2009 | 1:09pm
Press Release Source: VUEWorks, Inc.CORVALLIS, Ore., April 3, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- VUEWorks, Inc. is pleased to announce that Alsea Geospatial, Inc. (AGI) of Corvallis, Oregon, has joined its channel partner program. AGI will provide sales, implementation, and web hosting services for the VUEWorks(r) GIS-integrated work order and asset management solutions in the Pacific Northwest.
AGI is both a GIS and database consulting firm as well as a software developer of custom and off-the-shelf applications for desktop computers and hand-held mobile devices. The company serves a broad spectrum of clients, including large federal land management and research agencies, state and regional governments, municipalities, utilities, corporations (both private and public) and non-profit organizations. AGI and VUEWorks are both ESRI business partners and authorized developers.
"AGI's focus is to help clients derive more value from their GIS investment," commented John Gabriel, Principal of AGI. "VUEWorks shares our mission -- to extend the usability of the GIS data and make it easy for people to utilize it in their jobs without being GIS experts. Maintaining and re-building our nation's physical infrastructure is now a top government priority, thanks to the Obama administration. Asset management has become an essential technology for government agencies, utilities, and private organizations to manage their infrastructure while remaining fiscally responsible. VUEWorks provides advanced asset management features while being easy to use and affordable for any-sized organization. We are pleased to offer VUEWorks to our customers."
"AGI's corporate profile and commitment to value-added services is an excellent fit for VUEWorks and our customers," commented Alex von Svoboda, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for VUEWorks. "They have a solid history of GIS consulting and application development for utilities and government customers, and will greatly expand VUEWorks' presence in the Pacific Northwest. We also look forward to being development partners with AGI as we develop new mobile utility applications in the future."
About Alsea Geospatial, Inc.
Founded in 1996 in Corvallis, Oregon, Alsea Geospatial, Inc. (AGI) provides computer programming, GIS and database consulting services. AGI's focus is on developing tools that make Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and database data sets easy to use. The company provides solutions that are scalable and ensure data integrity while allowing lay people, not just GIS or database experts, access to data through user-friendly interfaces. Its solutions increase efficiency, improve data quality, enhance safety, enable new users, and replace paper-driven processes with digital ones. For more information please visit http://www.alseageo.net.
About VUEWorks
VUEWorks Inc. (http://www.vueworks.com) develops, markets, and supports affordable, web-enabled integrated GIS Asset and Work Management solutions that help local governments, utilities, corporations, schools, theme parks, and other organizations track the condition, minimize failure risk, optimize expenditures and service delivery of their physical assets. VUEWorks is a privately-held corporation founded in 2004 and headquartered in Concord, New Hampshire.
Contact: VUEWorks Inc.
Alex Von Svoboda
(603) 228-8100 x716
alex.von.svoboda@VUEWorks.com
PR Contact:
Becky Stevens
(713) 444-6860
becky.stevens@virtualmarketing-pr.com
South King Fire Gives IncidentView TM a Go
Tuesday, January 12, 2009 | 5:16pmSouth King Fire in Washington has ordered IncidentView for deployment in the first quarter of 2009.
Utah Orders Equipment for Wildfire Protection
Tuesday, January 12, 2009 | 5:16pmThe State of Utah has purchased several copies of a custom Wildfire Hazard Lot Assessment Form (bundled with the TDS™ Nomad™ model handheld computer) developed by AGI for 2009.
Mobile Risk Assessment TM Featured in PocketPC Magazine
Thursday, July 10, 2008 | 6:09pmThe latest issue of Smart Phone & Pocket PC magazine features an article highlighting the use of Alsea Geospatial’s Mobile Risk Assessment: Fire Risk software by the Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire Department. In the article Chief Taylor Robertson details how the data collected using Fire Risk has allowed their department to better respond to wildfire threats. He explains: "for those firefighters who are protecting our structures, most of whom have come from somewhere else, I can hand them a package and say: 'Here's maps, access, everything—the information you need to make good choices and keep yourself safe'." Chief Robertson also describes how the survey information has provided a valuable means of informing the public. "It's an educational tool for us," says Robertson. "For homes where we identify defensibility issues, we explain the potential problems to the homeowners and discuss possible ways to correct them."
OSU Students Establish Winning Tradition with Help from AGI
Friday, May 18, 2007 | 3:10pmOSU students Matthew Hayward and Foster Clark clinched first place in the Computer Science division of the 2007 OSU Engineering Expo for their contribution to the second year of the Code3Sim senior project. This marks the second consecutive first place finish for Code3Sim at the Expo. The project is a collaboration among OSU, Corvallis Fire Department, Coelo Company of Design, and Alsea Geospatial. AGI employees Christopher Dale and Michael Goin, who worked on the Code3Sim project last year as students, helped mentor this year's phase of the project. The Code3Sim software lets fire department planning staff play "what-if" by replaying actual incident history against alternate resource deployment and response rules. The features of the simulator include a "Chief-Proof" programming interface for detailed rule definition. The software also includes a runtime display based on maps.
IncidentView at Work from Rick Hill, Corvallis Fire Department
Friday, October 20, 2006 | 1:58pmOn September 22, 2006, Corvallis Police, Firefighters and Medics responded to an injured woman in the woods off Circle Blvd. A Corvallis police officer located the woman in a blackberry patch in thick woods and brush and called 911 on his mobile phone. Dispatch obtained the GPS coordinates transmitted from the phone and radioed the coordinates to the Fire Incident Commander (IC).
The IC entered the GPS coordinates into IncidentView using the Lat/Long search feature and was then able to see the victim’s location on the IncidentView map. By clicking the aerial photo button he quickly determined that the ambulance could be moved from the trailhead (a 2,600 ft carry distance) to a nearby clearing accessible by vehicles. Although not visible to the first responders, the clearing was a mere 100 feet from their location. The ambulance was repositioned and with a little cross country trail blazing the victim transported to the hospital much faster than if she had been carried to the trailhead.
FireSurvey in Action at the Foster Complex Fire
Wednesday, September 20, 2006 | 11:04amOn July 31 and August 1, 2006 a Recon® Pocket PC with AGI's Fire Survey™ installed was used to triage structures (i.e. gather data on their location and defensibility) within the area burned by the Foster Complex fire along the Oregon side of the Snake River (near the town of Halfway). Using principally the Fire Triage™ and Quick Triage components of Fire Survey, Randy Johnson (fire chief for Chelan County, WA Fire District 1) and Karl Hartzell of AGI triaged over thirty dwellings (and associated outbuildings) and other structures within or near the burn perimeter.
Data gathered on structure location, flammable fuels either part of the structure or nearby (in the form of vegetation) and resources available for fire fighting were used to the gauge each structure's defensibility in the event that the fire would turn in the direction of the many buildings present near the west bank of the Snake River. Upon completion of field data collection, the information gathered was taken to a GIS mapping team within the fire project office, where it used make maps noting structure location. In addition, printed copies of spreadsheets showing structure location and defensibility attributes were generated and distributed to firefighters who would later revisit these structures and their owners.
Bend Police & Fire Depts On Board with IncidentView
Thursday, September 14, 2006 | 11:32amThe Bend Police and Bend Fire Departments have recently purchased several copies of our IncidentView Software.
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