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Iowa Critical Incident Mapping (CIM) Project

GeoComm School Safety

Accelerate school incident response with trusted and patented technology for superior real-time indoor visualization. GeoComm School Safety empowers your school and community with a dynamic footprint for a more unified, effective, and responsive security.

GeoComm School Safety is a critical incident mapping solution which leverages the latest Esri ArcGIS technology to support faster response to school emergencies. This solution enables panic button and 9-1-1 caller locations to be displayed on a detailed indoor map of the school and alerts other authorized users to the incident.

Iowa Critical Incident Mapping Project Video

Stepping up the game: Working together to keep our schools safer

GeoComm worked with the Iowa Department of Education to implement critical incident mapping (CIM) for over 1,400 Iowa schools as part of Governor Reynolds’ School Safety Initiative. As part of this project, the GeoComm School Safety solution staff conducted site visits to verify the accuracy of provided floor plan resources, scan school buildings, and collect locations of public safety points of interest in and around schools.

GeoComm School Safety is delivering the Iowa critical incident mapping (CIM) solution for planning and responding to emergencies occurring on school properties by providing detailed indoor maps of schools and surrounding grounds.

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Published On: June 28, 2023

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