Holmes County Awarded Fire Grant to Install DDTI 9-1-1 Mobile Software
Friday September 05th 2008
Filed Under Digital Data Technologies
Additional AFG funding available through 2010
COLUMBUS, OHIO - Funding awarded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program enabled Holmes County to standardize all 50 fire vehicles across the county’s eight departments on the AccuGlobe® E9-1-1 Mobile™ software solution developed by Digital Data Technologies, Inc (DDTI®).
DDTI’s AccuGlobe E9-1-1 Mobile application offers the functionality of a dispatch environment console formatted specifically for field use in mobile data terminals (MDTs). Users can select from the application’s menu options via large, easy-to-navigate, touch screen buttons, and perform simple street searches that utilize their jurisdiction’s GIS data to find all addresses and intersections within a given street.
As a user responds to a distress call, AccuGlobe E9-1-1 Mobile maps the origin of the 9-1-1 call, the user’s destination and the current location of the vehicle along the calculated route. Optional audible routing directions assist the driver in focusing on the road, and not on the computer monitor.
AccuGlobe E9-1-1 Mobile also has the capability to calculate in real time and audibly count down the estimated time of arrival (ETA). The associated dispatch center can wirelessly send the location of the call to the mobile data computer, which in turn automatically computes suggested routing. This wireless exchange of information helps eliminate the accidental misinterpretations about the location of the emergency that sometimes stem from verbal communication.
“We are fortunate to have been awarded this AFG funding. By applying these grant monies to install DDTI’s AccuGlobe E9-1-1 Mobile application in so many of our vehicles, we will significantly improve our ability to respond to emergencies,” said Holmes County GIS Director Erik Parker.
The primary goal of the Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) is to meet the firefighting and emergency response needs of fire departments and nonaffiliated emergency medical services organizations. The Office of Grants and Training in the Department of Homeland Security administers the grants in cooperation with the U.S. Fire Administration. In 2005, Congress reauthorized the AFG program through 2010*.
The next application window is spring 2009. Visit http://www.firegrantsupport.com for more information.
Digital Data Technologies, Inc., is a premier full-service vendor specializing in the creation and dissemination of Geographical Information Systems data that aid in the accurate location of wireline and wireless calls to 9-1-1. To learn more about LBRS or for more information on how DDTI can assist with an LBRS project, call toll free 1-888-800-4003 or email e911solutions@ddti.net.
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