Title: "Emergency Medical Service Locations" (2008) Description: EMS Locations in North Carolina The EMS stations dataset consists of any location where emergency medical services (EMS) personnel are stationed or based out of, or where equipment that such personnel use in carrying out their jobs is stored for ready use. Ambulance services are included even if they only provide transportation services, but not if they are located at, and operated by, a hospital. If an independent ambulance service or EMS provider happens to be collocated with a hospital, it will be included in this dataset. The dataset includes both private and governmental entities. This dataset is comprised completely of license free data. The Fire Station dataset and the EMS dataset were merged into one working file. TGS processed as one file and then separated for delivery purposes. Records with "-DOD" appended to the end of the [NAME] value are located on a military base, as defined by the Defense Installation Spatial Data Infrastructure (DISDI) military installations and military range boundaries. Text fields in this dataset have been set to all upper case to facilitate consistent database engine search results. All diacritics (e.g., the German umlaut or the Spanish tilde) have been replaced with their closest equivalent English character to facilitate use with database systems that may not support diacritics. The currentness of this dataset is indicated by the [CONTDATE] field. Based upon this field, the oldest record dates from 01/05/2005 and the newest record dates from 08/15/2008. Homeland Security Use Cases: Use cases describe how the data may be used and help to define and clarify requirements. 1. An assessment of whether or not the total emergency medical services capability in a given area is adequate. 2. A list of resources to draw upon by surrounding areas when local resources have temporarily been overwhelmed by a disaster - route analysis can determine those entities that are able to respond the quickest. 3. A resource for Emergency Management planning purposes. 4. A resource for catastrophe response to aid in the retrieval of equipment by outside responders in order to deal with the disaster. 5. A resource for situational awareness planning and response for Federal Government events. | ||||
Keywords and Themes: Airplane Ambulances, Ambulance Service, Ambulances, Emergency Management, Emergency Medical Personnel, Emergency Medical Services, Fire Departments, Fire Stations, Helicopter Ambulances, | ||||
Filename Prefix: ems | ||||
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Mapped Drive Folder: /cgia83/ncom200903/ | ||||
Total size of data files: 3.5 MB | ||||
Data Type: Shapefile | ||||
Feature Type: Point | ||||
Coordinate System: NAD_1983_StatePlane_North_Carolina_FIPS_3200 | ||||
Datum: North American Datum of 1983 | Map Units: Meters | |||
Spatial Extent: North Carolina | ||||
Source Scale: unknown | ||||
Created by: TechniGraphics, Inc. | ||||
Released by: NC Center for Geographic Information & Analysis | ||||
Content Date: varies - see metadata | ||||
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Collection Name: NC OneMap - 3/30/2009 | ||||
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Acquired Date: Downloaded Mar 30, 2009 | ||||
Distribution Restrictions: Public Domain | ||||
Note: Public download and possible updated data are available from NC OneMap | ||||
Links to Metadata, Documentation, and Mapping: Record ID: 3327_NCOM |
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