afaik - any FD in the USA can upload photos and info to Google Maps
most Google Map markers for fire stations already include - lats /
longs - street address - link to FD website - telephone number - link
to street view or satellite view of station - name of FD - name of
station - companies in station (sometimes)
sometimes you will find photos of fire apparatus also - I think those
are usually added by civilians or individual firefighters - but I am
sure that any FD can add "official" photos if they want to - and they
can probably add 1 or 2 lines of info also
Google Maps is missing markers for many fire stations in the USA -
maybe 25% of them. Anyone can add markers to the Google Maps. I have
added some but some never seem to be accepted. Like the Winchester
Mass FD west station. Google just flat out refuses to add that station
even though they have recent 'close up' Street View of it.
Sometimes the Google Map makers are poorly positioned. Maybe that wont
get fixed until they get sued for billions because someone died due to
a bad map marker. (such as a parent with a choking baby trying to find
a fire station using a google map app)
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