Which device is used to document the location of the incident?

• A. GPS
• B. Tape measure
• C. Camera
• D. Graph paper

Answer: (A)

Documenting the exact location of an incident relies on capturing geographic coordinates. A GPS device provides precise latitude and longitude (often with a timestamp), giving objective, map-ready location data that can be shared, stored, and referenced later in reports or GIS systems. This makes the location verifiable and easy to plot, even if the site is large or hard to describe verbally.

Tape measures record distances and dimensions, not where the site sits on a map. A camera captures images of the scene but doesn’t inherently provide precise location data unless separate metadata is obtained, which is not as reliable or universally available. Graph paper is about manual plotting and layout, not automatic geographic coordinates.