OASIS Emergency Management TC

RE: [emergency] Response from David Ellis - Video in

  • 1.  RE: [emergency] Response from David Ellis - Video in

    Posted 01-13-2005 19:19
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    Subject: RE: [emergency] Response from David Ellis - Video in <derefUri>


    CCTV would be the first systems any intelligent attacker would 
    take down.  They are useful and vital, but vulnerable.  They 
    do die.
    
    The use of an artificial representation is necessary to backup 
    the CCTV sensors to enable Cursor on Target style coordination.  Maps 
    and simulations work if they are reasonably current.  The CONOPS 
    has to handle degrading sensors and isolated resources.
    
    len
    
    
    From: Elysa Jones [mailto:ejones@warningsystems.com]
    
    Please forward to the mailing list.  The alerting framework already can
    handle video without operational impact.  The "publish and subscribe"
    nature of the framework minimizes the delivery of unwanted messages.
    
    Also, the normal XML messages from sensor systems is usually extremely
    short do the limited processing capability and power budget of the
    devices.
    
    This being said, the use of the <derefUri> for sending detection data
    from special purpose nodes (e.g. sensors or sensor concentrators) and/or
    private networks which are unreachable from the "Internet" is the best
    way to get this data to a general purpose computer.  This is only way to
    publish the detected data.  This detection data is usually stored in a
    local tactical data base for not only emergency use but to be retrieve
    periodically to develop base line data and State of Health of the large
    network.
    
    The video issue is very real.  We continuously struggle with the Concept
    of Operation issue (CONOPS.)  The use of video to assess whether CBRN
    sensor detections are real versus a false alarm and to assist in first
    and emergency responders command and control is critical.  Cameras do
    not die but people do when exposed to CBRN events.  The problem is who
    really need to see the video data.  When the Four star general and/or
    the civilian equivalent wants to monitor the response in real time it is
    hard to tell them no.  This may be something which will be solved by the
    EDXL standards work.
    
    I would be very interested to talk with committee members who have
    experience with this type of CONOPS problem.
    


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