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Lawmakers weigh school safety mapping grant to give first responders verified building maps
Summary
Representatives and private vendors urged the committee to fund a school safety mapping grant program that would produce standardized, verified maps for every school to improve emergency response; vendors and proponents detailed costs and standards for creating and maintaining maps.
Lawmakers and safety practitioners heard detailed testimony in favor of establishing a Massachusetts School Safety Data Grant Program to fund standardized, verified emergency maps for schools. Proponents said accurate, shared maps would give first responders precise, interoperable location data during high‑stress incidents.
Why it matters: Austin Sprague of Critical Response Group and Kevin O’Connell of Geocom described how standardized maps—aerial imagery with labeled…
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