2011 Annual Report - Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito & Vector Control ...

GeographicalInformation Systems &Information TechnologyThe IT Department is responsible for aligning existing and future District goals with cost-effectivescalable technology solutions. The Department maintains three Windows servers and over 30workstations, laptops and projectors for District meetings and public presentations, 45 handheldmobile devices, 18 truck-mounted laptops with mobile data and custom GIS software, webbaseddatabase programming, software and peripherals, and a virtual private data networkand VoIP phone system with 35 extensions connecting offices in Elk Grove and Woodland. Dataintegrity is maintained with a RAID dual backup system including off-site storage.In 2011, the District replaced internet and phone services with fiber-optic ethernet and adigital PRI serving in-house VoIP hardware. This move, completed in early Spring 2011, hasprovided increased network and voice capabilities, increased system reliability, and significantcost savings to the District. The IT Department also created and deployed an in-house solutionto replace an existing vehicle GPS tracking system, for additional cost savings.In 2011 the GIS Department recorded 63,000 applications of California EnvironmentalProtection Agency—registered products to 517,872 acres which included over 18,000 knownmosquito breeding sources, 108,300 catch basins, 4,541 requests for service from the public,and 44,950 acres of rice. Besides the EPA registered products, mosquitofish were used inover 11,892 acres of mosquito breeding habitat. Seven hundred, eighty three pools wereadded to the database and confirmed as new mosquito breeding sources in 2011. The Districthas a database of just over 5,673 pools that are either current mosquito producers, historicmosquito producers, or are re-occurring mosquito larva habitats.The District uses GIS to track the locations of the adult mosquito surveillance sites, dead birdsfrom the CDPH West Nile virus dead bird program, sentinel chicken flocks, and positive canineheartworm locations.The District provides mosquito control to residents of Sacramento and Yolo counties.26 Sacramento–Yolo Mosquito & Vector Control District