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Video: Ready Tools, Situational Awareness via GIS Key in Disaster
The IT leader for Butte County, where 2018’s devastating Camp Fire began, talked about the importance of GIS in an emergency.
December 02, 2019 •
Theo Douglas
OLYMPIC VALLEY —
Butte County
Information Services Department Director
Art Robison
talked with
Techwire
about the need for situational awareness and pre-existing GIS tools during a disaster, on Nov. 5 at the 2019
California County Information Services Directors Association
(CCISDA)
Fall Conference
near Lake Tahoe.
Butte County, Robison said, was able to adapt solutions from some of its neighbors, which helped in its response to the 2018 Camp Fire.
Theo Douglas
Theo Douglas is Assistant Managing Editor of Industry Insider — California.
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