{"id":3049,"date":"2014-02-03T14:43:34","date_gmt":"2014-02-03T19:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blueraster.com\/?p=3049"},"modified":"2021-07-27T13:45:54","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T17:45:54","slug":"napsg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blueraster.com\/napsg\/","title":{"rendered":"NAPSG Redesigns A Roadmap for Public Safety GIS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/napsgfoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">NAPSG<\/a> (National Alliance for Public Safety GIS Foundation), a not-for-profit organization specializing in preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery in the sphere of public safety, recently launched its redesigned website with the<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/napsgfoundation.org\/carat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Capability and Readiness Assessment Tool (CARAT)<\/a><\/strong>. Built in partnership with Blue Raster, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.intterragroup.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Interra Group<\/a>, and a number of other Geospatial Management Organizations, CARAT provides public safety practitioners with information on\u00a0building, directing, or\u00a0enhancing a GIS program.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueraster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/firefighter.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3636 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blueraster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/firefighter-e1405021571468-1024x439.jpg\" alt=\"firefighter\" width=\"640\" height=\"274\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The tool uses the simple continuum &#8211; Crawl, Walk, or Run, to help decision makers identify their current GIS capability and conceptualize potential areas where GIS could improve operations. Topics are sorted into four categories: Planning, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery, and case studies are offered to help\u00a0users implement similar functionality into their work.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/napsgfoundation.org\/carat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3638 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blueraster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/homepage-e1405021697401-1024x783.jpg\" alt=\"NAPSG Capability and Readiness Assessment Tool built by Blue Raster\" width=\"640\" height=\"489\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>CARAT&#8217;s design makes it possible for anyone, from basic capability to advanced problem solving, to connect with this dynamic knowledge base. The repository of people, tools and experience offers public safety practitioners a comprehensive guide for\u00a0integrating GIS into their daily operations. To learn more, visit\u00a0<a title=\"NAPSG CARAT\" href=\"http:\/\/napsgfoundation.org\/carat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">http:\/\/napsgfoundation.org\/carat\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NAPSG (National Alliance for Public Safety GIS Foundation), a not-for-profit organization specializing in preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery in the sphere of public safety, recently launched its redesigned website with the Capability and Readiness Assessment Tool (CARAT). Built in partnership with Blue Raster, Interra Group, and a number of other Geospatial Management Organizations, CARAT [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":5709,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3074,369],"tags":[297,298,299,300,301,302],"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blueraster.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3049"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blueraster.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blueraster.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blueraster.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blueraster.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.blueraster.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blueraster.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blueraster.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blueraster.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blueraster.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}