GIS for Public Safety

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The Emergency Response Management Network
Developed by SYS Technologies for the California
Governors Office of Emergency Services
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• Effective Public Safety Response Requires
  Collaboration Before, During and After an
  Incident.

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ERMN Objective

• ERMN Delivers the Right Information to First
  Responders.ERMN Delivers the Right Information
  to Operations Centers. ERMN Provides Public
  Safety Providers with Data Interoperability for
  Right-Time Situation Status.

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ERMN Application
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ERMN Data Sharing Architecture
Existing Networks
Agency User
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Agency User

Publisher
Publisher
COP Visualization
COP Data sharing
COP Visualization
COP Data sharing
Web Service
Web Service
Web Service
Web Service
Data Adapter to
Data Adapter to
Data Adapters to
Data Adapters to
Data Sharing
Data Sharing
local data
local data
Service
Service
Subscriber
Subscriber
Agency Owned Data Sources
,
Agency Owned Data Sources
,
AGENCY B
AGENCY A
Each Agency controls everything on its side of
the line except the communication medium between
agencies which is shared and may be public or
agency owned.
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ERMN is Designed to Scale
National Level
DOD
DHS
Sub-National or District Level (FEMA Regions)
State OES
Local EOCs ICs
Incidents
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ERMN Public Safety Applications

• Event Detection
• Vulnerability Assessment
• Response Planning
• Resource Tracking
• Response Management
• Recovery Management

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What Makes ERMN Different?

• Common Operational Picture
• Users work from the same information
• Accommodates multi agency/multi jurisdiction
  applications from common data
• Data Ownership and Control
• Data generation, maintenance and sharing is
  controlled by data originator
• Simplicity
• Browser-based access
• Intuitive use
• Designed for everyday use, not extraordinary
  events
• Scalability
• Operates within current IT system
• Incorporation of new information
  sources/capabilities
• Dynamically add/remove users

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• Providing Public Safety Professionals with the
  Right Information at the Right Time
• Enabling Better Decisions, Faster
• Saving Lives And Infrastructure.

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For More Information, Please Contact Julie
Leon Director of Business Development SYS
Technologies 858-790-7212 jleon_at_systechnologies.co
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