By Don Lehman
Post-Star
Fire departments and rescue squads around Warren County will be getting new tablet computers in the coming months as part of a project designed to give them more information about the buildings and neighborhoods to which they are sent for emergency calls.
The goal of the project is to have emergency responders better able to locate addresses and prepare for their response while en route to a call.
The effort is being funded by a $30,000 state grant, which will not only provide equipment and software but also result in improvements to the E-911 databases to provide more information for emergency responders.
The grant is being administered by the Warren County Planning Department. County Planner Wayne Lamothe said the grant will help improve the 911 address database, correcting conflicts and errors while also giving fire departments and rescue squads more detailed information about the addresses where they are sent. Participating departments should have the equipment by the middle of the year.
The database will include “identifiers” for addresses, and can give responders building plans and other details, such as exact locations of calls in shopping centers, apartment complexes and other commercial buildings.
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