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Subject: Re: [emergency] Public as responders (was RE: [emergency]...PPWletter re CAP)
Well stated! I cross posted to the IF SC, because this is dead on target with their purpose - to work with the existing, already deployed, and widely adopted infrastructure, rather than against. Rick: have any of your efforts and initial research into transport started to yield some feedback here? I know, I know - its a premature question, but I am excited to see what you guys are finding out! Allen On Wed, 2003-10-08 at 16:55, Art Botterell wrote: > Thanks, John. In addition to its intel value, that article > illustrates an important point: > > The majority of victim rescues after an earthquake (and in most major > disasters) are performed by other victims and bystanders, not by > official responders. While it's necessary for administrative > purposes to distinguish between the response community and the larger > community it serves, major incidents tend to blur that boundary at > the practical level, especially during the first crucial hours. > > So while it's important to improve communications among "first > responders" (however that term is defined, and it's a controversial > question) that's still not the whole story. The public is the > largest and most influential responder there is, and we need > constantly to be thinking about how it fits into our systems on those > days when business isn't as usual. > > - Art > > > > At 1:36 PM -0700 10/8/03, Aerts, John F. wrote: > > > >http://www.latimes.com/news/local/pilot/news/la-dpt-briefs19sep19,1,1590414. > >story a d v e r t i s e m e n t > > > > > > > > > >BRIEFLY IN THE NEWS > > > >September 19, 2003 > > > >UCI wins $9-million grant from foundation > > > >UC Irvine has received a $9-million grant to help shorten emergency response > >time by improving communications between first responders to crises and > >natural disasters. > > > >The award comes from the National Science Foundation, which also gave $3.5 > >million to UC San Diego for the five-year project, called "Responding to the > >Unexpected." It will use information technology to develop organizational > >strategies between law enforcement, fire departments and other agencies. > > > >It represents the largest National Science Foundation grant in UC Irvine > >history. > > > >"Examples include integrating different information sources such as > >satellite images, video and sensor data with field observations to monitor > >the situation," UC Irvine information and computer science professor Sharad > >Mehrotra said of the project. > > > >Mehrotra heads Cal-(IT)2, the two-campus science and innovation institute > >that is managing the project. He said that the goal is to make early > >responders into "human sensors" who could gather and distribute information > >to reduce casualties and economic loss. > > > >They will test their findings with the Irvine and San Diego police > >departments, city and county of Los Angeles and the California governor's > >office of emergency services. > > > >"I am pleased to see UC Irvine and its partner, UC San Diego, successfully > >compete for federal dollars to improve our urban crisis response using > >technological ingenuity," said Newport Beach's Rep. Chris Cox, chairman of > >the House Homeland Security Committee. > > > >"Large threats call for large-scale coordination, and new technology can > >provide critical tools to our early responders," he added. > > > > > > > >- Marisa O'Neil > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list (and be removed from the roster of the OASIS TC), go to http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/emergency/members/leave_workgroup.php. -- R. Allen Wyke Chair, Emergency Management TC emtc@nc.rr.com http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/emergency
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