FIRE DISTRICTS
Status: Completed in May, 1997
SOURCE/CONVERSION METHODOLOGY
This data layer is developed by Brookline GIS staff, based upon the existing paper map of the fire tracks service boundaries from the Brookline Fire Department, and the Boston Edison Company’s street centerline datalayer.
COVERAGE NAME
FIRETRACKS
FEATURE TYPE
POLYGONS
ATTRIBUTES
Polygon Attribute Table (FIRETRACKS.PAT):
| COLUMN | ITEM NAME | WIDTH | OUTPUT | TYPE | N.DEC | ALTERNATE NAME | INDEXED? |
| 1 | AREA | 8 | 18 | F | 5 | - | |
| 9 | PERIMETER | 8 | 18 | F | 5 | - | |
| 17 | FIRETRACKS# | 4 | 5 | B | - | - | |
| 21 | FIRETRACKS-ID | 4 | 5 | B | - | - | |
| 25 | TRACK-ID | 4 | 4 | I | - | - |
* See Appendix G for detail
Sample record from the FIRETRACKS polygon attribute table:
Arc: list firetracks.pat
2
AREA = 5656975.28908
PERIMETER = 11612.79420
FIRETRACKS# = 2
FIRETRACKS-ID = 12
TRACK-ID = 4002
COORDINATE SYSTEM
Massachusetts State Plane North America Datum (NAD) 83 Feet