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| Abstract |
| Many emergency response units are currently faced
with restrictive budgets which prohibit their use of technology
both in training and in real-world situations. Our work focuses
on creating an affordable, mobile, state-of-the-art emergency
response test-bed through the integration of low-cost, commercially
available products. We have developed a command,
control, communications, surveillance and reconnaissance system
that will allow small-unit exercises to be tracked and recorded
for evaluation purposes. Our system can be used for military
and first responder training providing the nexus for decision
making through the use of computational models, advanced
technology, situational awareness and command and control.
During a training session, data is streamed back to a central
repository allowing commanders to evaluate their squads in a
live action setting and assess their effectiveness in an after-action
review. In order to effectively analyze this data, an interactive
visualization system has been designed in which commanders
can track personnel movement, view surveillance feeds, listen
to radio traffic, and fast-forward/rewind event sequences. This
system provides both 2-D and 3-D views of the environment
while showing previously traveled paths, responder orientation
and activity level. Both stationary and personnel-worn mobile
camera video feeds may be displayed, as well as the associated
radio traffic. |
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@Article{Maciejewski:2008:ICTHS,
author = {Ross Maciejewski, SungYe Kim, Deen King-Smith,
Karl Ostmo, Nicholas Klosterman, Aravind K. Mikkilineni,
David S. Ebert, Edward J. Delp, Timothy F. Collins},
title = {Situational Awareness and Visual Analytics
for Emergency Response and Training},
journal = {Technologies for Homeland Security,
2008 IEEE Conference on},
year = {2008},
volume = {},
number = {},
pages = {252-256}
doi = {10.1109/THS.2008.4534459}
}
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