VAMLIS GeoCon 2024

GIS has been incorporated into both the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and the Incident Command System (ICS) at the federal level. Indeed, there are many natural and powerful synergies between the principals and tools of GIS and the principals and tools of Emergency Management. That said, a profound gap between the practice of GIS and the structure of Emergency Management is still all too common in many local jurisdictions. The gap between local GIS and local Emergency Management typically comes down to a lack of understanding and/or communication between local professionals. This gap needs to be closed, and it needs to be closed from both sides. This being a GIS conference, however, we will discuss ways that local GIS practitioners can begin to close the gap from our side…and why you should.