Emergency Provider Access Directory

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Emergency Provider Access Directory

• EPAD
• The ComCARE Alliance

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Summary

• Introduction
• Power of EPAD
• Use Cases Alerting Process
• Inside EPAD

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Introduction

• What is EPAD?
• GIS-enabled database registry of 80,000 local,
  state, and federal emergency authorities and
  public service providers private entities
  performing those roles.
• Project of the ComCARE Alliance
• Made possible in part by a grant from the United
  States Department of Justice.

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Introduction
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Introduction

• How does EPAD work?
• Agencies Register in EPAD to receive information
  dependent on the following criteria
• Geography
• Incident Type
• Level of Government
• Agency Type

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Power of EPAD

• Scenario 1- Sending a General Alert using the
  Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)
• CDC wants to send a bio terror alert to relevant
  agencies within the DC area
• Scenario 2 Sending a vehicular Emergency Alert
  using the Vehicular Emergency Data Set (VEDS)
• Qualcomm needs to inform the right agenices of a
  hazmat truck hijacking

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Power of EPAD in the Alerting Process

• CDC has learned of a bio terror incident in the
  Washington DC area

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Power of EPAD in the Alerting Process

• CDC needs to alert all agencies with jurisdiction
  over a specific area (or interested in alerts
  affecting an area)

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Alerting Process Step 1 - Login

• An agency user logs in to an incident alerting
  system such as the Emergency Alerting and
  Response System (EARS)

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Step 2 - Select Type of Alert

• Agency user selects the type of alert message it
  needs to send

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Step 3 - Select Incident Area Using a Map

• User identifies the area affected by the alert.

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Or Specifying Geographic Terms
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Step 4 - Define Alert

• User defines the alert using parameters specified
  in the CAP standard.

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Step 5 - Describe Alert

• User types headline Bio Terror in Washington DC
  Area and provides additional information.

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Step 6 - Review the Alert Message
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Step 7 - Send the Alert
Alerting System Sends the Alert to the Agencies
Alerting System Interacts with EPAD to Determine
the Receiving Agencies
EPAD
Emergency Alerting and Response System
Receiving Agencies React and Respond
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EPAD Returns List of Agencies

• Agencies registered in EPAD to receive the alert.

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. . . which registered map boundaries for the
area of the alert

• Receive the alert

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The Receiving Agencies

• Review Message
• Respond/Update Message

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Agencies in Other Areas

• do not receive the alert.

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Inside EPAD New User
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Inside EPAD Login
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Inside EPAD
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Inside EPAD Contact Information
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Inside EPAD Level, Type of Agency
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Inside EPAD Register for Incidents
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Inside EPAD Notification Information
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Inside EPAD - Jurisdiction/Interest Area
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Inside EPAD - Administration
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For More Information Please Contact
ComCARE Alliance 888 17th Street, N.W., 12th
Floor Washington, DC 20006 [phone] Web
www.comcare.org e-mail info_at_comcare.org