Building tactical information systems for public safety officials:
David G. Holmberg, William D. Davis, Stephen J. Treado, Kent A. Reed · 2006
The Building Tactical Information project begins the process of developing technology and standards to realize the vision of making real-time building information accessible to emergency responders to enable safer and more efficient emergency response.This project addresses both the information needs of the fire, police and emergency medical services and the technology needed for moving building data out to emergency responders.A workshop was held to gather information on first responders' building information needs, and presentation standards have been examined based on emergency responder needs while enroute to an incident and on-scene.A technology data path is proposed that will allow information collection and transport to the emergency responder.A security analysis addresses the security concerns of the information transfer.A demonstration of the technology, with a decision support system transmitting real-time building information to first responders, was held at NIST and forms the basis for a documentary video.