Archived News Release: May 24, 2018 - It is common to see emergency vehicles en-route to an emergency or service incident, and now details about those calls are readily available. The Ann Arbor Fire Department has launched ResponseMapping.com, a new online, dynamic mapping tool that shows up-to-date data about incident locations, nature of the incidents, response times and more.
All incidents that are logged in the fire department's records management system are mapped and displayed through this tool as far back as the past six months. Incident addresses are rounded to a block number for mapping purposes and for resident confidentiality. Ten different incident category types are displayed on the map, ranging from fires, EMS requests, rescues and more.
“Providing easy, online access to current Ann Arbor Fire Department response data on-demand not only satisfies public curiosities, but helps us strengthen transparency with our citizens," said Assistant Chief Ellen Taylor. “This ResponseMapping tool also provides an overview of the types and the number of incident occurrences requiring the fire department's response."
The public can also subscribe to ResponseMapping alerts to receive updates via email when new incidents occur in their area of the city.
ResponseMapping isn't the first online incident-mapping access provided by the city. The Ann Arbor Police Department launched CrimeMapping.com in 2011. Like the fire-incidents mapping process, CrimeMapping pulls incident data from the Ann Arbor police records management system, and displays the incident locations and details. CrimeMapping.com and ResponseMapping.com are both powered by TriTech Software Systems.
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