MassGIS Data: Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) Regions

July 2003
This MEMA Regions layer represents boundaries used by the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency for planning and administrative purposes.

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The MEMA Regions layer represents boundaries used by the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency for planning and administrative purposes. The data layer is considered unclassified information and was developed to meet Homeland Security Infrastructure Program requirements. The coverage was joined to the MassGIS Towns layer on TOWN_ID by MEMA staff. MassGIS dissolved the layer on region name.

The ArcSDE layers and Data Viewer shapefiles are named REGMEMA_POLY and REGMEMA_ARC.

Attributes

The polygon attribute table contains the following items:

Item	Width/Type	Description
NAME	8 / I	Region Name
PHONE	12 / C	Region Phone Number
POP2000	9 / I	Region Population, 2000

The arc attribute table contains the following items:

Item	Width/Type	Description
OUTLINE	1 / I	Boundary type: 9 = MEMA internal boundary 1 = State outline 4 = Coastline

Related Database Table

The table REGMEMA_POLY_TOWNS identifies which towns fall within each MEMA region. Items include:

Item	Width/Type	Description
TOWN_ID	4 / I	Municipality ID, from TOWNS layer
NAME	8 / C	Region Name (same as NAME item in polygon attribute table)

Maintenance

MEMA will provide any updates to MassGIS.

Last Updated 7/29/2003

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Record Info

Contributor	MassGIS (Bureau of Geographic Information)
Modified Date	2017-12-29
Release Date	2017-12-29
Identifier	657a592a-158d-4f98-a2e9-07e974d74bb7
Spatial / Geographical Coverage Location	Massachusetts
License	Creative Commons Attribution
Author	MassGIS
Contact Name	MassGIS
Contact Email	massgismail@mass.gov
Public Access Level	Public
Data Quality	False
Content Type	Data
Language	English (United States)

MassGIS Data: Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) Regions

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