The purpose of our project was to geocode a given number of fire hydrants in Seaside, CA for the local fire department. It is necessary for them to have their hydrant locations geocoded in order for the department to receive accreditation for funding. Our study area will be focused in the city of Seaside, CA (Figure 1). Our spatial question for this project is: Does the zone a fire hydrant is found in determine its class? While geocoding our points, we conducted a spatial analysis on how many hydrants are found in residential areas compared to commercial areas and what determines the amount in each area. We will also look at how the hydrants are classified and determine if that plays a role in their spatial arrangement.
Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner.
Sustainable City Years Program Contact Info
University Faculty Contact
Jessie Doyle
Natural Sciences
Lecturer
jdoyle@csumb.edu
Local Government / Community Contact
Brian Dempsey
Public Safety
Fire Chief
bdempsey@ci.seaside.ca.us