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Project Goal
Reduce the number of lives impacted and structures damaged by dangerous fires that firefighters can't contain due to broken fire hydrants.Business Problem Solved
Our firefighters would not know for sure whether a fire hydrant was fully functioning when arriving at the scene of a fire incident. That was because 1) the processes of inspecting fire hydrants and fixing fire hydrants were disconnected, and 2) firefighters couldn't tell which hydrants were functional when arriving on scene
Technology Implemented
In partnership with the Department of Innovation & Technology (DoIT), Detroit Fire Department (DFD) firefighters now use Esri Collector for ArcGIS to conduct fire hydrant inspections, and the results populate hydrant status hosted feature service layers in the City's ArcGIS Online organization.
The Detroit Water and Sewage Department (DWSD) connected its ArcGIS for Server to the City ArcGIS Online organization and asset/work order management system. Once a firefighter flags a hydrant as inoperable via Collector, a work order is created and a DWSD crew fixes the hydrant. Once the work order is closed, the DWSD ArcGIS for Server triggers an update to the hydrant status layer.
That color-coded hydrant status layer is then exposed to the Bryx system that firefighters use for routing when responding to calls for service.
Development Team Biography
Department of Innovation & Technology
Detroit Fire Department
Detroit Water & Sewage Department