FlyteComm to Demo Affordable Service for Sharing Fire Dispatch Data to Improve Emergency Response; Graphical View of Situation and Resources Streamlines Team Coordination.PORTLAND, Ore. -- FlyteComm, a leader in situational awareness Situation awareness or situational awareness [1] (SA) is the mental representation and understanding of objects, events, people, system states, interactions, environmental conditions, and other situation-specific factors affecting human performance in services, today demonstrated a service that changes the economics of sharing dispatch data among fire response jurisdictions. FlyteComm Surface Logistics(TM) takes data feeds from existing 9-1-1 Emergency Communication Center computer-aided dispatch (CAD) systems and provides a seamless display of incidents, along with personnel, equipment, and apparatus availability to participating Public Safety Access Points (PSAPs). The demonstration was held at the 2006 APCO APCO Association of Public Safety Communications Officials APCo Appalachian Power Company (Columbus, OH) APCO Air Pollution Control Officer APCO Alabama Power Company APCO Associated Public Safety Communications Officers, Inc. Western Regional Conference sponsored by the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials-International The Association of Public-Safety communications Officials-International (APCO) is the world's largest organization dedicated to public safety telecommunications. APCO has developed several standards that bear its name. , Inc. FlyteComm was selected to develop the new service in coordination with the Washington County Washington County is the name of 30 counties and one parish in the United States of America, all named for George Washington. It is the most common county name in the United States. Consolidated Communications Agency (WCCCA WCCCA Washington County Consolidated Communications Agency (Washington County, Oregon) WCCCA Wisconsin Cross Country Coaches Association WCCCA Western Cape Communities Coexistence Agreement ), which provides 9-1-1 service and public safety communications for police, fire, and emergency medical service for Washington County, Oregon Washington County is one of 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. Originally named Twality in 1843, the territorial legislature renamed it for the first president of the United States, George Washington, in 1849. In 2000 census, its population was 445,342. . WCCCA's goal for the project is to improve data sharing among its 10 fire agencies, and eventually, to provide multi-jurisdictional real-time situational awareness and data sharing. "FlyteComm automatically keeps the dispatcher Software that determines what pending tasks should be done next and assigns the available resources to accomplish it. It may execute other programs or generate a list for human operators to follow. See scheduler. and all of the public safety stakeholders working off the same, real-time information, while extending the life of our existing CAD installation, which does not need to be upgraded to support Surface Logistics," said Paul A. Pedersen Jr., Director, WCCCA. FlyteComm Surface Logistics is a hosted service that lets PSAPs share information without installing server software, a significant factor in cost-effectiveness. No software purchase is required, and no server hardware needs to be purchased and maintained, making the service an ideal solution for agencies with busy technical staff who want to extend the life of their computer-aided dispatch (CAD) systems. The system is modular, and agencies can add PSAPs incrementally, building a regional data sharing network a step at a time. Carl Simpson, executive director of the Salt Lake Valley Salt Lake Valley is a 500 square mile valley in Salt Lake County in the north-central portion of the U.S. state of Utah. It contains Salt Lake City and many of its suburbs, notably West Valley City, Sandy, and West Jordan; its total population is 948,172 as of 2005. Emergency Communications Center An Emergency Communications Center, or ECC, is the nerve center of an area's emergency services. Resources in the field communicate, often via radio, mobile data terminal, or mobile phone, to dispatchers who then effectively manage the emergency resources for the area. (UT), evaluated the Surface Logistics service and said, "Budgets continue to tighten and we have to figure out how to service our growing communities with the same or fewer resources. Multi-jurisdictional sharing is a good start. Surface Logistics makes it possible." Surface Logistics is built on a platform in use at a number of Federal Law Enforcement Agencies A law enforcement agency (LEA) is a term used to describe any agency which enforces the law. This may be a local or state police, federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). , and contains extensive data, site, and application security features. "With Surface Logistics, we can bring an affordable new way of sharing data to every fire dispatch organization in the country," said Maurice Bailey, FlyteComm CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "FlyteComm pioneered the integration of real time data feeds from different agencies, in support of Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5 (HSPD-5). FlyteComm has provided its Traveler Advisory Systems to Federal Law Enforcement Agencies. Now the company has expanded its platform into other Public Safety applications, all building on the mission-proven FlyteComm architecture and service that displays complex data streams across multiple jurisdictions." Surface Logistics Keeps Dispatch, Field in Sync Surface Logistics is accessed through an Internet web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. either at the dispatch center or in the field, where wireless communications keeps teams connected. Every viewer has concurrent, up-to-date information derived directly from the CAD data feeds of participating PSAPs. Decision makers in the field can get real-time updates at any time, without calling the dispatch office. Information is displayed in graphical format for easy comprehension and spatial awareness of incident and resource status. This extended view helps assure that the most appropriate equipment with the fastest response time is being dispatched to an incident. The Surface Logistics display also serves as a real-time Move-Up board to assure no area is without fire protection while incidents are being handled in nearby areas. About FlyteComm www.flytecomm.com FlyteComm Corp. is a leader in situational awareness services, providing real-time information about personnel, equipment, and resources to more than 200 corporate customers, state, local, and federal government and law enforcement agencies. FlyteComm uses proprietary technology to integrate maps, weather tracking, and real-time data feeds into a relational data base, and serves custom views, reports, and alerts through a web browser. A growing family of applications enables coordinated data sharing to improve incident and emergency response across jurisdictional lines. Headquartered in Mountain View, CA, the company is privately funded. All trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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