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How 3-D Mapping Software Could Save First Responders’ Lives

By   /  May 24, 2012  /  Emergency Management  /  No Comments

It’s well known that when firefighters go into a burning building they’re usually not sure what they’re going to find in terms of structure, stairwells, locked doors, combustible materials and chemicals. Students at Ohio University have developed a 3-D mapping project called the Immersive Video Imaging Network (IVIN) that goes a long way toward addressing [...]

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Katrina Changed Everything: New Software Predicts How Water Will Spread

By   /  April 23, 2012  /  Emergency Management  /  No Comments

Answers to at least some of the problem are now on the way, thanks to a team led by the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), and they come in the form of some remarkable computer software. When dam and levee owners and emergency planners want to know what flood water [...]

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Infrastructure security, disaster planning “Super map” developed

By   /  March 7, 2012  /  Emergency Management  /  No Comments

A U.S. Marine stationed at the Quantico base in Virginia has developed sophisticated mapping software that can give users full situational awareness of their surroundings in real-time. The Installation Common Operational Picture (I-COP), developed by Marine specialist Michael Lisovich, is essentially a “super map,” taking in a torrent of data streams from emergency dispatch reports to weather [...]

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The Top 5 Mistakes in Public Safety Software Selection

By   /  January 10, 2012  /  Emergency Management, Homeland Security, Training, Exercise and Drills  /  No Comments

Public safety software saves lives. Public safety agencies the world over depend on software to deliver services. Computer Aided Dispatch, Records Management, Jail Management, Courts Management, Human Resources, Resource Tracking, Common Operating Picture, Emergency Management, Communications, and other software applications help public safety agencies achieve their operational mission every day. Software applications form the building [...]

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