Future Force and First Responders: Building Ties for Collaboration and Leveraged R&D

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1 Future Force and First Responders: Building Ties for Collaboration and Leveraged R&D Joachim Hammer 24 th Army Science Conference Orlando, FL November 30, 2004

2 Motivation Need for collaboration between Military Forces and First Responders e.g., response to terrorist attacks, international peacekeeping roles First Responders (FR) and Future Force warriors (FF) have similar information needs Focus on accessing and analyzing information from multiple sources to enable advanced command and control IT infrastructure and technologies to support coalition forming and information sharing Opportunities to leverage knowledge, expertise, tools, etc., field testing of technologies, Motivation Joachim Hammer 2

3 Outline of Talk First Responders Similarities between First Responders and Future Force Respective IT Environments Operational Needs Collaboration: Opportunities & Challenges Relevant Technologies in First Responder Domain Conclusions Outline Joachim Hammer 3

4 First Responders Police, Fire Rescue, Hazmat, Hospital e.g., search and rescue, medical triage, sensing and scouting, Supported by Federal, State, Local officials FBI, ATF, FEMA, Homeland Security State Fire Marshal Local utilities, plant/facilities operations personnel Common procedures and chain of command defined in National Incident Management System (NIMS) First Responders Joachim Hammer 4

5 Increasing Use of Technology Berkeley, CA: Nov. 29, 2004 The suit includes a heads-up display prototype which is being developed by the UC Physical Sciences Department. This prototype can project text messages, floor plans of the building, and identify where firefighters are located on a particular floor. California Firefighter Association, Full Spectrum Protective Combat Ensemble: Ultra-lightweight, protective clothing with integrated medical sensor suit Integrated access to variety of sensor data in heads-up, multifunction display Robust communication to team members Low-weight, self-regenerating power sources United States Army Web Site, Similarities Joachim Hammer 5

6 FR vs. FF: Many Similarities Mode of operation Training Data Sources Data Needs Common Operational Picture Multiple units; need for autonomous decisionmaking; Specialized training; wide range of employment Large number of very heterogeneous, dynamic sources; sensor and multimedia data Situational awareness; secure sharing among different agencies EMC FR FF Small teams; frequent need for autonomous decisionmaking ( on-the-move planning ) Specialized training; wide range of employment Large number of very heterogeneous, dynamic sources; sensor and multimedia data Situational awareness; secure linkage to other force assets JTF operations center Similarities Joachim Hammer 6

7 FR Information Environment state public safety personnel national public safety personnel municipal agencies fire & rescue law enforcement Florida x 67 counties x N municipalities external data sources (e.g., insurance) Many computers, many users, many information needs FR IT Environment Joachim Hammer 7

8 IT/C4ISR: JBI Framework Planning Execution Query Subscribe Common Object Representation Command Publish Control Information Support (Marmelstein 2002) Fuselets Force Templates Command & Control Functions Combat Support FF IT Environment Joachim Hammer 8

9 Operational Needs First responder operations Gainesville/Alachua 2 fire, 3 police depts; 16+ agencies with relevant operational data data sharing coordination Emergency management/investigative response Explosions, terror multiple local + state + national data mining data sharing coordination Pre-planning & reporting Extend existing sources update, share NFIRS, hydrant pressure Needs Joachim Hammer 9

10 Opportunities for Collaboration In general, coordination of operational teams, shared situational awareness desired Increasingly, domestic and international incidents require direct collaboration joint Navy and Coast Guard operations to prevent assaults on ports international peace keeping and relief efforts support of modular forces during extended expeditionary campaign As result, greater need for leveraged research and development in order to provide necessary infrastructure Army Science and Technology for Homeland Security: Report 2 - C4ISR (2004). Board on Army Science and Technology Collaboration Joachim Hammer 10

11 Dual Use of Equipment A former U.S. Army Cobra outfitted to fight fires for the U.S. Park Service in California. The basket under the Cobra's nose contains microwave and infra-red sensors. This is the first time an attack helicopter has ever been used to fight fires. NPR News Story, Sept. 19, Collaboration Joachim Hammer 11

12 Collaboration is Challenging Many computers, many users, many information needs Varying sophistication Different systems & data formats Inconsistent data FR training exercise in San Diego revealed benefits and challenges for integrated IT infrastructure Wind Sensors Address Bell South Address DB Collaboration Joachim Hammer 12

13 Technology Needs for IT/C4ISR Community Processing services and tools to satisfy core needs of JBI framework: Decision-support tools and algorithms Information aggregation, fusion, and sorting Efficient, scalable access to wide variety of heterogeneous data sources (incl. sensor sources) Collaboration Joachim Hammer 13

14 SEEK Toolkit Connection Toolkit Legacy Source Application Secure, valueadded access to source data SEEK Components Analysis Module Wrapper Knowledge Extraction Module Domain Expert Legacy Data and Systems Relevant Technologies Joachim Hammer 14

15 ECalls System Emergency Call Center ECAD Report ECAD Report ECAD Report ECalls Integrator Hydrant DB Property Appraiser Business Info Enhanced ECAD Enhanced Report ECAD Enhanced Report ECAD Report NFIRS Data Pump NFIRScompatible NFIRScompatible ECAD NFIRScompatible ECAD Reports Reports ECAD Report NFIRS Generation of value-added ECad reports and their automatic translation into NFIRS-compatible data Relevant Technologies Joachim Hammer 15

16 NFIRS data pump Relevant Technologies Joachim Hammer 16

17 Mobile Fire Hydrant Database Management System Master DB upload synchronize Mobile Device backup DB change log App The recorded information on the mobile device is used to synchronize the master copy of the hydrant database in the home office Support automated synchronization even in those cases where multiple mobile devices are used in the field Relevant Technologies Joachim Hammer 17

18 Database synchronization tool for Tablet PC Relevant Technologies Joachim Hammer 18

19 Other Relevant Technologies from FR Domain NIJ s AGILE (Advanced Generation of Interoperability for Law Enforcement) Program ACU-1000: gateway for tying together incompatible radio systems INFOTECH: information integration system to enable information sharing between law enforcement agencies The Florida Law Enforcement Data Sharing Consortium Decentralized sharing architecture for secure access to existing agency systems Current prototype system connecting over 40 jurisdictions to share pawn data COPLINK (Univ. of Arizona, Tucson PD) Platform to support integrated analysis of facts from multiple, incompatible repositories Sex-offender registries, gang databases, inmate records systems Relevant Technologies Joachim Hammer 19

20 Summary Collaboration benefits between FF & FR: Continued validation of JBI and related technologies Establishment of emergency management testbed Opportunities for leveraged R&D between DoD and Homeland Security agencies Experiences and lessons learned from First Responder integration efforts Conclusions Joachim Hammer 20