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Subject: Re: [egov] Countermeasures for Epidemic of Congressional Ignorance?
Duane -
This does not fulfill all the requirements you have listed, but there is a
project called EPAD that is a step in the right direction
http://www.comcare.org/projects/epad.html The following is the vision for
EPAD.
EPAD-Emergency Provider Access Directory
There is currently no accurate, comprehensive printed or electronic
directory of telephone numbers, Internet addresses, street addresses and
other relevant contact information for all federal, state and local
emergency response agencies in the U.S. This is a critical missing link in
the infrastructure of the emergency response community in America that
impairs the ability of these agencies to respond to individual or mass
emergencies.
Quick and appropriate response to crisis situations affecting both
individuals and communities can be accelerated through a shared electronic
Emergency Provider Access Directory (EPAD). EPAD is a non-proprietary
directory, containing full agency contact information that will be made
available to all qualified public and private emergency response providers
in the nation. Rather than telling each agency what incident data they will
get and how, the EPAD will empower emergency response agencies by letting
them register:
a.. How they want information delivered: Up-to-date computer, telephone
and fax numbers, addresses, jurisdictional boundary information, and an
information "sheet" for all emergency response and related agencies such as
hospitals, law enforcement and transportation agencies, emergency management
agencies, telephone carriers, telematics service providers, and the like;
a.. What information they want delivered: The type of information, the
kinds of incidents, that they want to hear about;
a.. For what areas they want notification for each kind of incident alert.
EPAD will also list appropriate emergency contact information for private
entities which are able to notify the public at large.