GeoComm, Esri and RapidSOS Offering Indoor Maps for Improved Situational Awareness in Emergency Response

GeoComm, RapidSOS, and Esri are excited to offer a partnership designed to deliver indoor maps to 9-1-1 and first responders, improving their emergency response situational awareness.
GeoComm provides indoor maps to Emergency Communications Centers (ECCs) via the GeoComm Maps option within RapidSOS Portal. GeoComm Maps is built utilizing the latest Esri technology and leverage Esri basemaps. This joint solution provides 9-1-1 telecommunicators and first responders with critical data and actionable location context for enhancing situational awareness, reducing response times, and ultimately saving more lives during an emergency situation.
“Today, 9-1-1 telecommunicators in the United States and around the world are forced to rely on limited information provided during a 9-1-1 call. Indoor maps provide actionable location intelligence for enhancing situational awareness, reducing response times, and ultimately saving more lives during an emergency. In this partnership, we are able to bring the most advanced understanding of indoor emergencies possible to 9-1-1 telecommunicators and emergency responders.”
“GeoComm Indoor Maps includes a simple method for agencies to submit source data from building owners/operators which is converted into geo-referenced indoor maps. The resulting indoor maps are available to ECCs and unlocks the life-saving potential of new and emerging mobile phone positioning technologies” said Jody Sayre, GeoComm Vice President of Public Safety GIS Content and Services. “We are proud to partner with Esri and RapidSOS to provide unprecedented awareness of where emergencies are occurring indoors and empower ECCs and first responders with the ability to view indoor maps depicting floors, rooms, corridors, entrances, exits, and other building features.”

