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Innovation in fire response and prevention technologies has been a growing focus in the world of fire safety. The visualization of fire emergencies is crucial for crews who have to rush into a emergency that needs to be brought under control quickly, a task which is made even more difficult when there is little knowledge of the structure’s interior. One technology for visualizing emergency situations, known as SituMap, is currently in development by faculty over at Texas A&M University Corpus Christi. The mapping application, which will be sold by CartoFusion Technologies, is designed to serve as a digital command center implemented on a table-size display which gives fire crews the ability to better track individuals, groups of people and other support crews. SituMap is enabled to import various data sources so that firefighters can incorporate a structure’s floor plans or images captured by assisting drones.