Fire Incident Maps

Create fire incident maps

The fire incidents layer is the foundation for a collection of incident maps (Incident Type, Responding Company, By Cause, Response Time, and so on) that can be used by fire departments to identify where incidents are occurring in their community. Create a series of fire incidents maps and share them with the fire chief, command staff, and investigators. Fire department personnel can then access these maps in a Fire Incidents map gallery application on their desktop computers and mobile devices.

Fire Incidents group

An ArcGIS Online group can be used to provide access to your fire incidents maps. Before authoring each fire incidents map below, create the following ArcGIS Online group to organize and share your fire incidents maps:

  1. Sign in to your ArcGIS Online organization.
  2. Create the following groups in your ArcGIS Online organization.
    Details

    Owner: Fire Department Publisher account

    Group Name: Fire Incidents

    Summary: A collection of fire incident maps for our community.

    Description: This group includes a collection of fire incident maps for our community.

    Tags: Fire Department, Public Safety, Fire Service, Operations

    Who can view this group: Only group members

    Who can contribute content to the group: Group members

    Sort group content by: Title and Ascending

Incident Type map

To create an ArcGIS Online Incident Type map, complete the following steps:

  1. Sign in to your ArcGIS Online organization.
  2. Create a map used to display fire incidents by NFIRS code or type, by completing the following workflow:
    • Choose the Light Gray Canvas basemap.
    • Add the FireIncidents layer to the map and remove all the layers except Fire Incidents - Incident Type. Rename Fire Incidents - Incident Type layer to Incidents Type.
    • Configure the pop-up.
    • Save the map as Incident Type, then type in tags that describe your map and enter a summary.
  3. Share the map with your Fire Incidents group.
  4. Browse to the Incident Type map and edit the item details.

Responding Company map

To create an ArcGIS Online Responding Company map, complete the following steps:

  1. Sign in to your ArcGIS Online organization.
  2. Create a map used to display fire incidents by responding company, by completing the following workflow:
    • Choose the Light Gray Canvas basemap.
    • Add the FireIncidents layer to the map and remove all the layers except Fire Incidents - Responding Company. Rename the Fire Incidents - Responding Company layer to Responding Company.
    • Configure the pop-up.
    • Save the map as Responding Company, then type in tags that describe your map and enter a summary.
  3. Create labels using the RESPUNIT {RESPUNIT} field.
  4. Save the map and share it with your Fire Incidents group.
  5. Browse to the Responding Company map and edit the item details.

Incident Cause map

To create an ArcGIS Online Incident Cause map, complete the following steps:

  1. Sign in to your ArcGIS Online organization.
  2. Create a map used to display fire incidents by cause, by completing the following workflow:
    • Choose the Light Gray Canvas basemap.
    • Add the FireIncidents layer to the map and remove all the layers except Fire Incidents-Incident Cause. Rename the Fire Incidents-Incident Cause layer to Incident Cause.
    • Configure the pop-up.
    • Save the map as Incident Cause, then type in tags that describe your map and enter a summary.
  3. Share the map with your Fire Incidents group.
  4. Browse to the Incident Cause map and edit the item details.

Response Time map

To create an ArcGIS Online Response Time map, complete the following steps:

  1. Sign in to your ArcGIS Online organization.
  2. Create a map used to display fire incidents by response time, by completing the following workflow:
    • Choose the Light Gray Canvas basemap.
    • Add the FireIncidents layer to the map and remove all the layers except Fire Incidents-Response Time. Rename the Fire Incidents-Response Time layer to Response Time.
    • Configure the pop-up.
    • Save the map as Response Time, then type in tags that describe your map and enter a summary.
  3. Share the map with your Fire Incidents group.
  4. Browse to the Response Time map and edit the item details.
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