Geodataset Name:       FIREZONES_D2_JUN06
Geodataset Type:       Shapefile
Geodataset Feature:    POLYGON
Feature Count:         215

DATA SOURCE(S):                    NCFRPC, NEFRPC, GeoPlan Center
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     VARIES
DATE OF AUTOMATION OF SOURCE:      20060614
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 FDOT District 2

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: FIREZONES_D2_JUN06.DBF

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item	Item Description
AUTOID	GeoPlan Center internal feature number
Shape	Feature geometry.
NAME	Designation of fire department
ZONE	Abbreviation of law enforcement agency.
MUNICIPAL	Responsible governing unit, city or county.
ZONE_NMBR	Zone number.
COUNTY	Corresponding county.
DESCRIPT	Based on 'NAME'.
SOURCE	The source from which FGDL acquired the data
FLAG	Type of update that occured. A = Attribute edit S = Spatial edit. B = Both N = New D = Delete NIN = Not in the new.
UPDATE_DAY	The last day the file was updated by the source
OBJECTID	Internal feature number.
SHAPE	Feature geometry.
SHAPE.AREA	No description
FGDLAQDATE	The date FGDL acquired the data from the source.
SHAPE.LEN	No description

USER NOTES:

This data is provided 'as is'. GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the original data layer's topology

This data is provided 'as is' by GeoPlan and is complete to our knowledge.

GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the original data.

This data is provided 'as is' and its horizontal positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan

This data is provided 'as is' and its vertical positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan

A note concerning data scale: Scale is an important factor in data usage. Certain scale datasetsare not suitable for some project, analysis, or modeling purposes. Please be sure you are using the best available data. 1:24000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the county level. 1:24000 data should NOT be used for high accuracy base mapping such as property parcel boundaries. 1:100000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the multi-county or regional level. 1:250000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the regional or state level or larger. Vector datasets with no defined scale or accuracy should be considered suspect. Make sure you are familiar with your data before using it for projects or analyses. Every effort has been made to supply the user with data documentation. For additional information, see the References sectionand the Data Source Contact section of this documentation. For more information regarding scale and accuracy, see our web pages at: http://www.geoplan.ufl.edu/education.html

REFERENCES:

North Central Florida Regional Planning Council NCFRPC 2009 N.W. 67th Place, Suite A Gainesville, FL 32653 407-314-8683 http://www.ncfrpc.org/ Carol Laine laine@ncfrpc.org Northeast Florida Regional Planning Council NEFRPC 6850 Belfort Oaks Place Jacksonville, FL 32216 (904) 279-0880 Fax (904) 279-0881 http://www.nefrpc.org/ info@nefrc.org Keith Joiner KJoiner@nefrc.org

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:

North Central Florida Regional Planning Council - Process Steps: ALACHUA: Unioned Alachua county fire districts shape-file (2001) and Gainesville fire territories shape-file (2004) to create new layer. Edited shape file to remove overlapping zones and expanded county zones to cover non-covered areas. BRADFORD: Used county EOC provided shapefile to determine boundaries and coverage area. DIXIE: 911 Coordinator Mike Gantt provided shapefiles of boundaries and coverage areas. GILCHRIST: Copied Gilchrist county property appraiser data to GC_firezones. Delete irrelevant data. HAMILTON: selected in parcel shapefile the parcels with cities that have police departments and cut a polygon around the feature for city boundaries. Rest of county handled by sheriff dept, and no subzones are available at publication time. LAFAYETTE: Used county EOC provided paper map to determine boundaries and coverage area. LEVY: Used county EOC provided paper map to determine boundaries and coverage area. MADISON: Used county EOC provided shapefile to determine boundaries and coverage area. TAYLOR: Used county EOC provided paper map to determine boundaries and coverage area. UNION: Used county EOC provided shapefile to determine boundaries and coverage area Process Date: 20050601 Northeast Florida Regional Planning Council - Process Steps: The polygons in this layer represent the actual parcels of land that the fire and rescue stations are located on. These polygons were extracted from the respective county cadastral GIS database supplied by the Property Appraiser's offices within the region. The original geocoded point locations provided by the FGDL (gc_firestat_sep05.shp) were analyzed and the polygons they represented were extracted from the respective cadastral parcel GIS layers. A spatial join was performed to move the attribution from the points to the polygons. The intersected polygons were analyzed to ensure that they were the correct features using attribution such as owner name and DOR use code. Aerial photography was also used for analysis purposes where applicable. Other sources of fire / rescue stations from municipal and county agencies were then added to the layer. These sources included data in disparate forms such as MS Access databases, Excel spreadsheets, MapInfo MIF files, shapefiles, and coverages. These data sources were then analyzed and when necessary added to the final layer via the process of either the append utility in Toolbox or copy/paste in an edit session. Where necessary attributes were transferred using the attribute transfer tool in the ArcMap spatial adjustment toolbar. Process Date: 20060501 GeoPlan Center - Process Steps: GeoPlan received this data and performed the following: -Reprojected to the FGDL Albers HPGN map projection -Merged datasets together to create one FDOT District-wide shapefile. -added the fields 'COUNTY' based on actual county. -added FGDLAQDATE field based on the date FGDL acquired the data from the source. -added DESCRIPT field based on 'NAME'. Process Date: 20060614 Metadata imported. Process Date:

MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS:

Projection                          ALBERS
Datum                               HPGN
Units                               METERS
Spheroid                            GRS1980
1st Standard Parallel               24  0  0.000
2nd Standard Parallel               31 30  0.000
Central Meridian                   -84 00  0.000
Latitude of Projection's Origin     24  0  0.000
False Easting (meters)              400000.00000
False Northing (meters)             0.00000

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GeoPlan Center - University of Florida
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