Richmond, Va. – January 12, 2012 – Timmons Group, a leader in enterprise geospatial products and services, announced today that Horry County, South Carolina recently selected Timmons Group to provide applications development support for their Integrated Regional Information Sharing System (iRISS). Timmons Group provided emergency management consulting services and Esri programming and integration support. Specific tasks included integration with their Motorola 911 Dispatch system feeds for fire and rescue, adding archival views, earthquake tracking, integration of USGS MODIS events, and real-time plume modeling from captured fire events to assist in smoke management and response efforts. Timmons Group also assisted the county in the integration of ESi WebEOC for tracking open shelters, road statuses, and emergency events.

“As a major entity and leader in geospatial efforts in the Southeast region, Horry County is often looked to as a best practices site for GIS Integration and Management,” said Lowell Ballard, Director of Geospatial Solution for Timmons Group. “We have used Horry as a Best Practices interview site in several strategic planning efforts for other clients. It’s great to finally work with them directly to expand their world-class GIS program.”

About Timmons Group
Timmons Group is a leading provider of geospatial, information architecture and engineering services focusing on developing intuitive, enterprise geospatial web applications, highly-usable, cross-device mobile applications, and integrated, geospatially-enabled enterprise solutions. Timmons Group develops solutions across multiple platforms, including Adobe Flex/Flash, Microsoft Silverlight, JavaScript, HTML5, and native mobile operating systems. Timmons Group is a privately held ENR 500 company and maintains a strong business partner relationship with Esri. Timmons Group has been a recipient of both the Esri Business Partner of the Year award and the Esri Foundation Partner of the Year award. For more information, visit www.timmonsgis.com.

Media contact:
Tim Asimos, CPSM
Corporate Marketing Manager
Timmons Group
804.200.6375
tim.asimos@timmons.com