Re: [emergency] EM INFRASTUCTURE RECOMMENDATIONS STATEMENT

[Art Botterell <acb@incident.com>]

Rick -

I was surprised to see "Geo-spatial Protocols" 
and "Alert Notification and Messaging Protocols" 
listed within your proposed scope.  Could you say 
a bit more about how you see your subcommittee's 
work fitting with that of the other SCs?

- Art


At 1:54 PM -0700 10/1/03, CONSULTRAC wrote:
>EM Infrastructure Framework Sub-committee (EMIF 
>- SC) – Request for Infrastructure Comment
>
>Scope of Work
>
>Within the EM community there exists a lack of 
>definition regarding the validation, selection 
>and deployment of infrastructure-based 
>facilities supporting persistent 
>interoperability across a broad range of 
>applications. For instance, what components 
>and/or transport protocols support 
>interoperability today, and are they valid in 
>the context of a national emergency management 
>system?
>With that in mind the EMIF – SC requests formal 
>comments and suggestions from EM-TC members, and 
>specifically from its allied SC’s, in order to 
>evolve baseline recommendations, leading to a 
>formal set of technological requirements, for EM 
>systems development and deployment.
>
>Purpose
>
>The sub-committee requests recommendations in 
>order to establish consensus regarding a 
>strategic systemic framework, capable of 
>producing connectivity between EM systems 
>regardless of operational focus.
>
>Examples of areas for recommendation include, but will not be limited to;
>
>·        Interface Management
>·        Data Transport Protocols
>·        Telecommunications Protocols
>·        Geo-spatial Protocols
>·        Alert Notification and Messaging Protocols
>
>CONCLUSION
>
>Recommendations are solicited on a “time is of 
>the essence” basis. Responses should be directed 
>to the committee chair at 
><mailto:rcarlton@consultrac.com>rcarlton@consultrac.com
>
>