Zerg90 maps focus on public safety facilities. Many fire stations are shown. Police stations, ambulance stations, public works garages, etc are being added.
Zerg90 maps typically use the native Google Map markers (which are supplied by Google Inc) - plus additional Zerg90 markers that display additional information that has been discovered via searching the Internet etc. Because - Google Maps does not know everything. Yet.
Most Zerg90 maps cover one county or one agency. The maps are constantly being updated. Continuously even. Continually also. (???)
How do you use Zerg90 maps? Select a county of interest. Read the information in the index section. Select a map layer (if applicable). Mouse over a map marker, For more info - click on View In Google Maps. Mouse over the photo in the upper left to go to photos or to go to street view (which has a small 'curved arrow' in the lower corner). (The 'street view' can also be reached by dragging the little gold pegman in the lower right corner onto the map). At 'street view' - the view can be panned and zoomed and moved about. The little map box (at the lower edge in the middle) will take you to Google Satellite View or Aerial View.
The goal of the Zerg90 maps is to show the exact location of each facility - and to provide any additional info that can be discovered. Such as phone numbers and radio channels and staffing and budget info - etc.
(Please note that - sometimes google does not place the marker at exactly the right location even if the address is exactly correct - sometimes google seems to change the addresses slightly - sometimes there are 2 markers with the exact same address but at wildly different location - see Wells VT for example - circa 2019)
What is the primary differences between a Google Map Marker and a Zerg90 map marker? Answer - Google Map Markers have phone numbers + stars + a URL for sharing - 11/22/2023
8/15/2025 - this we have learned - post offices in the USA sometimes cover areas that span towns and villages and even countys - post offices seem to cover 1 or more zip code areas - and any 1 zip code area might cover areas in multiple counties and multiples cities (???) and multiple townships and multiple boroughs etc - so when you see FCC radio data that shows 154.13 used by Bobs FD, Charlies FD, and Davids FD - and they all have different street addresses - but they have the same zip code and 'city' name - that 'city' name is actually the post office name - [ the overall post office scheme is - the mail goes to the regional hub - and then maybe to a local hub - and then to the local post office - and from the local post office the mail is delivered to the actual mailboxes ] - google map markers also show these addresses with city name which is actually the post office name
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Special Zerg90 maps
New England Fire Stations - www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1-xg9HGisASLRJAgTZlxl1c7P1Vvlmw_9&usp=sharing
New Hampshire Fire Stations - www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1MLihNocBgsyLXuGHy0OUScnI9z0&usp=sharing
USA Medevacs -
MetroFire Boston
Montana statewide fire stations
Idaho statewide fire stations
State forestry - multi various states
fdny
montreal - toronto - british columbia - new brunswick or maritime maybe - calgary - etc
paris - london - poland - frankfort - berlin - manila - tio - sao paulo - brazil - bangladesh - mumbai - calcutta - new delhi - cairo - israel - instanbul - kiev - etc
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Common Abbreviations
A = amb = ambulance = a vehicle that can transport medical patients to a medical facility
abbr = abbreviation
AEL = Air Evac Lifeteam = medevac provider based in Missouri
AEMT = advanced EMT - an EMT who can start IVs
ALS = advanced life support = paramedics
ARFF - aircraft rescue and fireghting = airport fire trucks or airport fire department
ATB = air tanker base or Air Tactics Base = a wildfire agency term
BB = brush breaker = a brush truck with big steel bars around the front
BC = battalion chief
Bearcat = a SWAT truck or a brand of police scanner
bld = building
BLM = Bureau of Land Management - (they provide wildfire management for the plains of the western USA)
booster - a brush truck in Texas
Br = brush truck - usually has 4 wheel drive or all wheel drive
Branch Chief - a position in ICS - typically found at large wildfires
CAD - computer aided dispatch system
CDF = California Department of Forestry - presently known as Cal Fire
ch = channel = a radio channel
Co = county or company
Company = 1 fire engine plus 2 to 6 staff members (big city definition) - 1 or 2 fire stations under a local fire chief (small town definition)
Dist = district
Div Chief = Division Chief - many structural fire departments in the USA have this rank structure - firefighter / engineer / captain / battalion chief / division chief / chief
Division Chief - 2nd definition - a position in the ICS command structure - both structural and wildland
DOT - Department of Transportation
DPS = department of public safety = usually a college police department - sometimes a combined police/fire agency
DPW = department of public works = service department = highway department
DTG = digital talk group on a TRS
E = eng = engine = pumper
ECC = emergency communications center = (Cal Fire's name for their dispatch centers)
EMA = emergency management agency = civil defense - people who plan for large scale disasters
EMT = emergency medical technician - has 100 hours of first aid training
EPA FRS = Environmental Protection Agency Facility Registry System = good source of info about sites that have gasoline pumps and hazardous material
ERT = emergency response team = industrial fire or rescue brigade - usually staffed by oncall workers
ESU = emergency services unit = NYC area police rescue/swat squad
FAST = first aid squad team or whatever - name for QRU teams in Dartmouth NH area
FAST = 2nd definition - firefighter assist safety team or whatever - squad of firefighters tasked with rescuing trapped firefighters
FCO = fire control officer - BLM name for a FMO
FD = fire department = an agency / an organization
FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency - they do planning for nationwide disasters ish
FF = fire fighter = a person
FFS = forest fire station - term used by Cal Fire and USFS
FO = field office - BLM name for a Ranger District
Fire Fandom = an excellent website with tons of info about fire departments
FMO = fire management officer - ranking officer in federal wildfire agencys
FPD = fire protection district = a FD that sets its own budget and tax rate
FT = full time = career = someone who works 32 or more hours per week
FW = fixed wing = aeroplane = plane = airplane
FWS = US Fish and Wildlife Service - they run the National Wildlife Reserves - part of the Department of Interior
GACC = geographical area coordination center - a multi or partial state wide dispatch center for the federal wildfire agencies
Gator - off road vehicle
Guard Station = older term for a remote USFS fire station
Haz Mat = hazardous material
HEAR = Hospital Emergency Ambulance Radio = 155.34 - "nationwide" radio channel for ambulance to hospital communications
Helo = helicopter
Hosp = hospital
HQ = headquarters = the building where the chief has his/her office
HTL = home town locator dot com = a website with detailed information about public safety facility locations
info = information
in = input channel to a radio repeater
ISO - Insurance Services Office - a private agency that classifies FDs from Class 10 (worst) to Class 1 (best)
L = lad = ladder = aerial = "truck"
lats and longs = latitude and longitude - measurement of locations from universal meridian etc
Life Flight or LifeFlight = a common medevac helicopter name
LO = lookout = forest fire observation station = forest fire lookout tower
Marine unit (MU) - fairly typical term for any larger boat used by public safety agencies
MCP = mobile command post - the zerg90 terminology for any motor vehicle that is outfitted with a boatlaod of radios
medevac = aircraft used to transport patients
MedFlight = another common name for medevac agencys
Medic = an ambulance staffed by medics - medics are EMTs who haved approx 1,000 hours of medical training
MEDCU = an ALS ambulance in Portland Maine
Mhz = megaHertz - radio frequency
MICU = mobile intensive care unit = an ALS ambulance in Texas
Misc = miscellaneous = odds and ends
NF = Natl Forest = National Forest - served by USFS
NPS = National Park Service
NWR = National Wildlife Reserve
OEM = Office of Emergency Management = civil defense
OES = Office of Emergency Services = civil defense
old = former or expired or defunct etc
on call = POC
PD = police department
POC = paid on call = part time staff who are usually activated via pager
Primary map - updated before secondary maps
PT = part time = someone who works less than 32 hours per week
QRS = Quick Response Squad - (Pennsylvania - EMS first response unit)
QRU = quick response unit = (Idaho - rural EMS team that does not have an ambulance)
R = res = rescue squad = big truck with rescue tools - (also is an ambulance in some area of the USA)
R - 2nd definition - repeater output channel - ie 154.40R
R - third definition - in southern California, some reserve fire trucks are E24R E1625R etc
RCC = regional communications center - term used in Maine
RD = ranger district - each Natl Forest is administratively divided into Ranger Districts
RW = rotorwing = helicopter = copter = chopper
SAR = search and rescue - usually refers to rural or wilderness search and rescue
scuba team = underwater rescue / recovery team
Secondary map - updated after primary map
SN = snorkel = articulating platform
Sq = Sqd = Squad = big rescue truck (term used in middle and western USA)
Sq = squad = 2nd defintion - a general term in Massachusetts for various smaller fire apparatus
Sq = squad - 3rd definition - can also be a group of 5 to 25 people
Sta = station = a building = a fire house or fire barn or fire shed or fire station or police station or ambulance station even
State Forestry = state forest fire service - sometimes called Natural Resources or Forestry Commission etc
SWAT = special weapons and tactics - police officers with heavy armor and big guns etc
Tanker = fire bomber plane on west coast = water carrier truck on east coast
Tr = "truck" = the name for ladder trucks in middle and western USA
TRS = trunked radio system
Unit = general term - could be a Lousiville ambulance or a Kansas pumper etc
USAR = urban search and rescue = large rescue truck with large rescue tools - a southern California term
USAR - 2nd definition - the FEMA nationwide temas that respond to earhquakes etc
USCG = United States Coast Guard
USFS = United States Forest Service - USFS provides wildfire management for the National Forests
VFC = volunteer fire company
VFD = volunteer fire department
Vol = volunteer = unpaid - (sometimes used to mean "on call")
WildCAD - WildWeb - webpage with information about wildfires in USA - until 2022 also had information about specific fire vehicles
WT = water tender = big truck with a big water tank = water carrier = tanker truck