Developing & Updating NextGen 911 Addresses in Montgomery & Berks Counties

The counties of Montgomery and Berks are continuously upgrading their 911 systems with the goal of becoming Next Generation 911 (NG911) compliant. To assist with this effort, both counties completed projects focused on creating & updating their authoritative addressing layers to meet the NENA standards. Data quality management plans with automated quality checks, geoprocessing scripts, GIS-based addressing tools, and guidance documents were developed to support county-wide address & sub-address management workflows. The presentation will dive into the challenges, processes, and GIS tools used during both projects.

Nick DiPaolo has more than 20 years of experience working on Technology and Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) projects. He has managed GIS application development and data projects and, in positions, has provided QA/QC, performed SQL administrative tasks, and conducted training seminars and workshops for both GIS and non-GIS users. He has led several Next Generation 911 upgrade projects and is a member of the NENA GIS Data Model Working Group which is responsible for updating the model.

He is also a volunteer fire fighter of over 17 years and currently serves as the vice-president of his fire department. He has advanced emergency operations training and has aided his departments in developing GIS related applications for locating hydrants, routing emergency vehicles and preplanning.

Developing & Updating NextGen 911 Addresses in Montgomery & Berks Counties

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