{"id":68591,"date":"2015-07-16T18:26:53","date_gmt":"2015-07-16T18:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/uncategorized\/new-learn-arcgis-lesson-monitor-real-time-emergencies\/"},"modified":"2018-03-26T21:06:06","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T21:06:06","slug":"new-learn-arcgis-lesson-monitor-real-time-emergencies","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/decision-support\/decision-support\/new-learn-arcgis-lesson-monitor-real-time-emergencies","title":{"rendered":"New Learn ArcGIS Lesson: Monitor Real-Time Emergencies"},"author":5091,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[37141,24371],"tags":[27691,27121,34621,27711,27721,27731],"industry":[],"product":[36591,36671,36551],"class_list":["post-68591","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-decision-support","category-public-safety","tag-customize","tag-emergency-management","tag-emergency-response","tag-fire","tag-police","tag-widgets","product-apps","product-ops-dashboard","product-arcgis-online"],"acf":{"short_description":"By Tim Ormsby, Learn ArcGIS Team, and Greg Tieman, Solutions Professional Services\n\nIn medical, police, and fire departments, each depart...","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>By Tim Ormsby, Learn ArcGIS Team, and Greg Tieman, Solutions Professional Services<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2015\/07\/monitor-real-time-emergencies.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2015\/07\/monitor-real-time-emergencies.png\" alt=\"Monitor Real-Time Emergencies\" width=\"200\" height=\"137\" \/><\/a>In medical, police, and fire departments, each department uses its own method to track real-time emergencies throughout the city. The current method is not as efficient as it can be, and it makes resource allocation difficult to implement. With the use of GIS, you can coordinate the response efforts more effectively to better respond to emergencies or natural disasters such as earthquakes.<\/p>\n<p>In the new\u00a0<a title=\"Monitor Real-Time Emergencies\" href=\"http:\/\/learn.arcgis.com\/en\/projects\/monitor-real-time-emergencies\/\" target=\"_blank\">Monitor Real-Time Emergencies<\/a>\u00a0lesson on the\u00a0<a title=\"Learn ArcGIS\" href=\"http:\/\/learn.arcgis.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">Learn ArcGIS<\/a>\u00a0website, you\u2019ll create a real-time operation view using Operations Dashboard for ArcGIS. You\u2019ll start off by exploring an existing operation view to get a better understanding of how a view works. Then, you\u2019ll make your own view with the goal of monitoring the locations of police, fire, and medical vehicles throughout the city. 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