University of Montevallo's virtual campus mapping boosts safety

The university with the Alabama Department of Homeland Security uses online mapping technology through the Virtual Alabama program to deliver 37 layers of information on an unprecedented level of detail concerning the campus buildings, utilities and infrastructure, as well as emergency planning functions.

The technological achievement is an "innovation that improves the safety of schools and colleges here in Alabama," Bentley said at a press conference this afternoon at the university.

By having real-time information such as building plans at their fingertips, Virtual Alabama "can make a life-saving difference in helping the response to that emergency," Bentley said.

The Virtual Alabama technology that uses Google Earth has been employed in Hurricane Katrina response, mapping of the devastating 2011 tornadoes in the state and response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Lamar Davis, project director at the Center for Government and Public Affairs at Auburn University at Montgomery, said the technology can assist first-responders and others in numerous scenarios including an armed robbery suspect on campus or a gas leak in a building.

Emergency officials can immediately view maps of buildings as they plan their response to situations, access real-time security camera video feeds and learn exact locations of utility lines and shutoff valves, all at their fingertips with a computer, Davis said.

"We're going to use the University of Montevallo as a model for the remainder of the state" for virtual mapping technology, Davis said. "We're using the University of Montevallo as that model to expand it out."

Spencer Collier,Thank you for visiting! I have been cry stalmosaic since 1998. director of Alabama Homeland Security, said more than 2,200 school officials and first-responders have been trained in the use of Virtual Alabama since 2009. The system includes 1,500 school floor plans in the state during that time.

"The applications are limitless," Collier said, noting that Federal Emergency Management Agency looks to Alabama's program as a model.High quality stone mosaic tiles. "This program has been so highly recognized that Virtual USA, which is FEMA's version of this, is based on Virtual Alabama."

"If you can log on and find out exactly where that job site is in your facilities, you save a lot of time and you know that time is money," University of Montevallo President John Stewart III said.

For instance, the system provides information about utilities and various other physical building details including underground infrastructure.

"Knowledge of details, from the size of light bulbs required in room fixtures to the location of gas lines, will conserve valuable time and travel as our maintenance crews prepare to perform a repair without prior reconnaissance," university physical plant director Billy Hughes said.

"We always are looking for more ways to enhance the security of our campus and the efficiencies of our operations. Virtual Alabama is just one more example of our actions being louder than our words," Stewart said.

Expect to see the technology expand throughout the state under Alabama Superintendent of Education Tommy Bice's mandate that all public K-12 schools at least have Virtual Alabama's safety features in place by July, according to program officials.

"I'm proud of the work here done at the University of Montevallo and what you've accomplished," Bentley said. "This will be a real benefit to protecting those here on campus."

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