Intergraph Awarded Public Safety Contract at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- Intergraph and UT-Battelle to Provide Consolidated E.911 Facility Intergraph Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :INGR), the leading global provider of spatial information management (SIM) software, announced today that it has been selected by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is a multiprogram science and technology national laboratory managed for the United States Department of Energy by UT-Battelle, LLC. ORNL is located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, near Knoxville. (ORNL ORNL Oak Ridge National Laboratory ) to assist in the design and implementation of a consolidated E.911 emergency dispatch system for the Integrated Incident Management Center at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Fort Bragg is a major United States Army installation, in Cumberland and Hoke Counties, North Carolina, U.S. . This important installation contract, worth $2 million, will deliver emergency public safety services to Fort Bragg Fort Bragg, U.S. army base, 11,136 acres (4,507 hectares), E N.C., N of Fayetteville; est. 1918. Originally an artillery post, it is now the principal U.S. army airborne-training center and the site of the Special Warfare School. , including the capability to interconnect emergency alerts, critical data and predictions of potential incidents to E.911 centers. The system will provide alerts over public safety mass notification networks for homeland security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Department of Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States and public safety emergencies. The consolidated E.911 facility will also help provide mutual aid and secondary dispatch notification operations for Pope AFB AFB abbr. acid-fast bacillus AFB Acid-fast bacillus, also 1. Aflatoxin B 2. Aorto-femoral bypass and various city and county volunteer fire and rescue services in the Fort Bragg vicinity. Working with ORNL and the Fort Bragg Public Safety Business Center, Intergraph will introduce its premier computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system to the Bragg Experimental SensorNet Testbed (BEST), a five-year research project to develop and implement standards-based interfaces between public safety answering points and smart sensor networks. Intergraph's participation in the project will provide a comprehensive, effective command and control system that facilitates 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 and preparedness via a common operating picture. The Intergraph CAD (I/CAD) system includes integrated, intelligent mapping, as well as system availability of 99 percent uptime. "We are extremely proud to be a part of this effort," said Tom Young, Intergraph vice president. "We have a long and successful history of working with Fort Bragg and are delighted to help them develop one of the most impressive incident management centers in the world." About Intergraph Intergraph is a leading provider of spatial information management (SIM) software. Governments and businesses in more than 60 countries around the world rely on our spatial technology and services to support better and faster operational decisions. Our commitment to the customers and markets we serve, history of innovation and proven solutions span 35 years. Intergraph's stock trades on the NASDAQ stock market Nasdaq stock market The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Smallcap Market that trades emerging growth companies. under the symbol INGR and the Company can be found on the Web at www.intergraph.com. About Oak Ridge National Laboratory ORNL is a multi-program science and technology laboratory managed for the U.S. Department of Energy by UT-Battelle, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control . Scientists and engineers at ORNL conduct basic and applied research and development to create scientific knowledge and technological solutions that strengthen the nation's leadership in key areas of science; increase the availability of clean, abundant energy; restore and protect the environment and contribute to national security. Information about ORNL can be found at www.ornl.gov. Intergraph and the Intergraph logo are registered trademarks of Intergraph Corporation. Other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. (C)2004 Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville, AL 35894-0001. EDITORS: --Receive all Intergraph Solutions Group press releases: isg_press@intergraph.com. --Receive ISG's complimentary newsletter, New Directions: at newdirections@intergraph.com. |
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