E-Alert

E-ALERT™ - Homeland Security and Interoperablity Solution

E-Alert™ Homeland Security and Interperability Solution allows GIS-based wide-ranging data to be maintained in real time and provides for easy data entry and data access through simple navigation features. Graphic and text data is concurrently displayed improving understanding and comprehension, whereby effective planning and responding is possible.

Emergencies do happen, including fires, explosions, chemical spills, toxic gas releases, natural disasters such as tornadoes and floods, and man-made disasters such as riots and terrorist activities. The process of anticipating such emergencies and planning their respective responses require Emergency Operation Centers to assemble a multitude of quality data. An ability to access, comprehend, communicate and ultimately apply this quality data is key. With the power and capabilities of GIS, management is taken to the next level.

E-Alert™ is designed for both rural and urban use. The system allows for wide-ranging GIS-based physical data, environmental data, reference data, resource data and demographic data to be utilized by all jurisdictions: local, state, and federal. The multi-jurisdictional communication link available through E-Alert™ in remarkable. This data sharing tool allows response efforts to be efficiently planned,effectively coordinated and successfully executed. The messaging feature alerts relevant agencies of an incident so that they may respond accordingly. The call notification feature alerts individual institutions, businesses, and residences when a necessary action such as evacuation is necessary.

Key Benefits and Features:

Aids in Homeland Security Planning
Unlimited number of users and access
Live weather-link for “footprint” forecasting
Ability to generate customized reports
Tier-level security feature allowing restricted access
Scaleable systems allows for large increases in record capacity
Provides data update features to load data directly to other networked facilities
Ability to navigate the system by a simple point-and-click method, immediately accessing information on a specified area
Provides tools to develop and document hazardous materials emergency plans for an area
Accesses, stores, and evaluates information needed for an emergency response to hazard incidents
Ability to perform hazard evaluation scenarios that include plume modeling, tidal surge analyzes, identify evacuation routes, view mitigation plans and tap into an alpha messaging service is available

There are several clear advantages to the GIS solution.

This approach facilitates accurate latitude/longitude coordinates for an area, providing for very precise calculations. Once priority areas are mapped, the ability to manage an area is greatly improved.
Since the system is map-based, the level of detail incorporated in the system is very high. Planners need better predictive models of hazard and disaster incidents to increase their efficiency, effectiveness, and safety of people, animals and property.
GIS provides a visual environment for the analysis. This means a graphical presentation is a reflexive component of any solution.
The visual management environment provides a means of conveying highly technical information to the manager, specialists, or non-practitioner in a very straightforward and understandable manner. Users can prepare professional quality maps for both documentation and display purposes, which can be used to enhance emergency response capabilities in the future.

The number and severity of crisis situations that have affected government and industry over the past decade have reinforced the need for EOCs to prepare well thought out comprehensive plans. It is important that these plans be kept up-to-date and consistent with the EOCs operations, governmental regulations, and identified vulnerabilities.

E-Alert™ integrates components of StormTrak™, EPI-Pulse™, FireTrak™, SafePlant™, PortVantage™, and E-Plan™ in concert with the power of GIS to provide the ultimate Emergency Operations and Response Management Solution.

StormTrak™ GIS-based hazard mitigation planning and management solution provides a multi-hazard methodology for estimating potential consequences from weather related, accident related, and security related hazards. It is designed to help communities better understand risks, identify planning deficiencies, update plans, train first responders and identify systemic strengths and needed improvements.

Ability to perform tabletop incident planning
Internet linkages to real-time weather information
Facility, surge zone, and control equipment details
Emergency alerting and messaging capabilities

EPI-Pulse™ (Epidemiology Solution) offers an invaluable management tool that can rapidly develop questionnaires or forms as well as enter and analyze data. The system serves as a central location for the collection and coordination of information pertaining to any bio-incident such as West Nile, Small Pox and Rabies; a valuable asset both prior to and during an incident. The system provides the tools necessary to.gather, process, and evaluate data so that study of the causes, distribution, and control of diseases in populations may be achieved.

Patient information tracking
Message and correspondence tracking
Accommodates geographically distributed decision-makers

FireTrak™ (Fire Management Solution) allows decision-makers to meet the needs of local, state. and national initiatives, enhance community capability, and expand local economic opportunities while reducing risks. The system can be used to guide planning of long-range strategies to reduce fuel leads and minimize risks to people, animals, and property.

Identify fire risk zones
Identify potential range and manpower requirements in case of an incident
Generate “footprint” plume for carbon monoxide and other potentially toxic emissions

SafePlant™ (Plant Safety and Asset Management Solution) integrates geographic information systems technology with the physical data, environmental data, history and reference data, resource data, and demographic data of a facility and the surrounding region. A facilities availability and accessibility to data is not only necessary on a daily operational management basis, but it is even more important to have this data available and accessible for supporting agencies during a hazardous scenario.

Tagless component tracking
Fully integrated MSDS development
Operates as a fully GIS-based solution with 3D viewing capabilities

PortVantage™ (Port and Harbor Facilities Management Solution) was designed for small to medium-sized port authorities and has helped provide adequate savings as well. This decision-support system allows for wide ranging data to be gathered, processed and managed. By combining the power of computer databases with mapping, the users understanding of the facilities and respective data is enhanced, whereby decision-making is improved.

Impact/release forecasting
Furnish detailed resident industry information
Emergency evacuation route planning/details
Supplies support for Vessel Tracking Control and integrates with current port operations

E-Plan™ (Damage Assessment Module) simplifies the damage assessment process as well as develops detailed databases such as lot specific information like, PIN, address, owner, assessed value, land use code, historic designation, and repetitive loss status, if applicable, to be used for analyzing disaster impacts and providing accurate assessments of post-event hazard damage. It allows for the creation of summary tables and reports and the ability to graphically plot these results in a single environment.

Provides case history management tools
Prints completed FEMA damage assessment forms
Estimates potential damages for use in pre-event planning
Capability to identify, map and plot repetitive loss structures