Event Management & Mitigation Platform (EMMP)

EMMP - designed to deliver event specific information to all relevant emergency management operatives (EMO’s). In the specific case of a developing fire event, the EMO’s at the Dispatch Center (DC) will receive the initial fire alarm. They will dispatch a number of response assets that will determine the severity of the fire. If they decide that it is growing beyond their ability to effectively suppress, they will establish an Incident Command Center (ICC), possibly at the fire site. Here, EMO’s will orchestrate suppression activities, calling in additional resources as necessary. If the fire continues to grow, exceeding the ICC’s capabilities, they will call for the formation of an Emergency Operations Center (EOC) that will manage all phases of the fire event until it is resolved. For the purposes of this document, the DO, ICC and EOC will be collectively referred to as the Operations Center (OC).

EMMP and Situational Awareness – By integrating received fire detection data, that is being transmitted by FireALERT sensors situated throughout a monitored fire event area, EMMP is able to provide the EMO’s with real time initial fire event detection. Within minutes of the initial fire event, EMMP will support ongoing fire location mapping and tracking situational awareness using CommandALERT for the OC and MobileALERT for the field responder. At the heart of EMMP is Vigilys 3.0, a software environment that has in excess of 40 man years of development behind it. Running on multiple server platforms that operate at high security co-location facilities in the US, a fail over topology is utilized to ensure meeting a High Availability (HA) criteria approaching five 9’s (99.999%) of uptime reliability. Vigilys 3.0 uses a standards-based, open, service-oriented architecture (SOA) that integrates relevant FireALERT originated fire data, with other relevant data available from existing legacy systems to present a cohesive, real time picture of the event area. Such information would comprise all available Geographic Information System (GIS) overlays, asset tracking through Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL), all established Fire Pre-plans, all Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) information along with all map information detailing the event area. This aggregation capability, when accessed through CommanderALERT and MobileALERT, provides unprecedented levels of real time situational awareness to field responders, emergency management operatives, and the community at risk. EMMP also provides the means whereby emergency managers are provided the ability, through CommanderALERT, to trigger siren alerting (SonicALERT), to dispatch notification alarms and updates to a communities residents (HomeALERT), and to activate suppression on residential structures (ActALERT-RDS) and remote structures and fuel breaks (ActALERT-SAT).

CommanderALERT - A web browser based application that provides emergency managers and other authorized users the ability to share real time information on the developing fire event incident.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Tactical Common Operating Picture (COP)
• FireALERT-DC sensors
• HazMat sensors
• GIS / AVL / CAD
• IP Video Cameras
• Pre-Plans / Tactical Reference Materials
• Meteorological Information
• Predictive Data tools
• Plume Dispersion & Bomb Blast Models
• 24/7 situational awareness
• Live real-time collaboration
• Secure, web-browser access
• Displays multiple incidents
• Drill down into specific incidents
• Multiple agency data sharing
• Manage resources
• Full Administrative functions

 MobileALERT - An application deployed on mobile computers that connect field responders into the collaborative fire mitigation environment. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Same Live Collaborative COP as CommanderALERT
• Supports Disconnected Operations
• 24/7 Situational Awareness
• Real-Time Collaboration
• Touch Screen Enabled
• Intuitive & Easy to Use
• Integrated GPS Handling
• Tactical Tools
• Tactical Reference Materials
• Installed on Mobile Computers

Vigilys 3.0’s Data Aggregator Architecture – incorporating a data aggregation platform for integrating disparate systems and sensors to build situational awareness. Vigilys 3.0 is built around a “System of Systems” approach with the goal of operationalizing information from existing data stovepipes by weaving together legacy systems.

• An SOA framework, built on community-source tools and national standards
• Publish/Subscribe mechanism
• Business rules execution
• Aggregates data and reconciles different systems’ view of the world
• Server-based integration of the various data sources
• Leverage existing GIS map servers and data 

 

FireALERT-DC Deployment Architecture