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GIS mapping makes Goodyear safer BY LAUREN SERRATO
W OnePointOne hopes to improve human health
SPORTS ......... 16 Kurt Warner’s story hits the silver screen
FEATURES ..... 17 Nardini Manor reopens after 10 years
OPINION ...............10 BUSINESS.............. 13 SPORTS ..................16 FEATURES ..............17 YOUTH ..................20 OBITUARIES ...........21 CLASSIFIEDS ..........22 SOUTH
December 29, 2021
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hen responding to a fire, every second matters. Fires can double in size every 30 seconds, making a quick, efficient response imperative to keeping residents safe and limiting property damage. Facility managers are not always available during an incident, and the fire’s site may contain limited roadway access, blocked entries, or additional security measures, which can increase response time and pose significant dangers to first responders. To assist firefighters and better protect residents and businesses, Goodyear is utilizing field-based geospatial information systems (GIS) data collection. “Picture in the middle of the night, we get a call out to a commercial structure, and we have a fire happening,” said Bryan
Duell, Goodyear Fire Department battalion chief. “With GIS, we’re able to identify all the different attributes that we need to for firefighter safety and fire protection, and for the safety of the customers and the business. “We’re able to access that information, and see it like we’ve been there before, even if we haven’t. It’s all standard information that we would utilize in the Valley with our brothers and sisters responding there from any city that comes into our town.” GIS mapping enables all emergency response personnel to digitally capture location information using Esri ArcGIS Field Maps, collect and update preincident plans in real time, and deploy them digitally within the emergency response vehicles that are shared among responders in var-
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Bryan Duell is the Goodyear Fire Department battalion chief. (Photo courtesy of the city of Goodyear)
Avondale looking to fill Dennis’ spot BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI West Valley View Executive Editor
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he Avondale City Council is accepting applications for a vacant position on the governing body due to the impending retirement of City Councilmember Pat Dennis. “I’m totally retiring,” said Dennis, whose last day is Jan. 3. “My husband
has leukemia. I want to be there through his treatment and recovery. I think when things like that happen, you have to put some perspective on life.” Dennis was elected in 2016 to serve as a member of the Avondale City Council and was appointed vice mayor for two years in January 2019. Dennis served on the Avondale Parks,
Recreation and Libraries Advisory Board, the Avondale Municipal Arts Committee, the Valley Metro-Regional Public Transportation Association Board of Directors, and as president of the Southwest Lending Closet. “Pat Dennis has answered the call to
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