City of McAlester, Oklahoma, Selects DATAMARK for Data Remediation Services

Firm to facilitate data improvement based on NENA standards and best practices

SANTA ANA, Calif., May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — DATAMARK, the public safety geographic information systems (GIS) team of Michael Baker International, announced today that the City of McAlester, Oklahoma, has selected the firm for GIS data remediation services.

“Public safety relies on accurate, complete and precise GIS data to support emergency response,” said Robert Murphy, ENP, RPL, Associate Vice President of Business Development at DATAMARK. “We are proud to partner with the City of McAlester to ensure its GIS data is accurate, complete and up-to-date after completing our GIS data remediation process.”

DATAMARK’s proven data remediation process leverages its cloud-native VEP (Validate-Edit-Provision) solution to ensure data meets National Emergency Number Association (NENA) standards. GIS data is used to support mission critical public safety systems to include Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1), call-handling-systems, computer-aided dispatch and automatic vehicle location system.  The City of McAlester will receive data remediation for the address points, road centerlines, public safety answering point (PSAP) boundaries, emergency service boundaries (ESB), provisioning boundaries and master street address guide (MSAG) data.