The primary goal of the project is the high-level technical support and implementation of emergency management in priority facilities. In connection with the task, tasks and expectations can be identified that arise for all stakeholders regardless of the profile of the operating environment (enterprise, facility). During the implementation of the development and research activity, the goal was consistently to create a flexible system consisting of several modules. We considered the most important requirements to be high availability and the provision of standardized intervention options. The system is made up of the main components listed below:
A process modeling tool that serves to place the developments on an easily transparent basis and to make them verifiable by processing the previous paper and electronic document-based regulations with a tool that provides analysis, query and optimization services based on a central database. With the help of this tool, not only the development of the solution and its compliance with the requirements can be checked more easily, but it is also possible to determine the order of importance based on the process relationships and to define possible further development directions based on needs.
Part of the system is an event initiation support module, which primarily consolidates the sub-processes of news (dispatching) activities related to the initiation of damage prevention into a single process. Part of it is the development of a response-driven application that supports the work of the news reporter, which automatically fills in the properly typed claim registration forms. The application to be developed, in a uniform structure and framework, supports the creation of a damage recording sheet based on signals from various sensors and signaling devices (automatic location determination) and, on the other hand, based on telephone reports (operator localization).
Another element of the implementation is the intervention support function, the purpose of which is to create and supplement a GIS-based system with, for example, fire department-specific elements. Based on this, it is possible to ensure the on-site traceability of the intervention by creating different support modules. This includes the coordination of the available technical devices and the associated personnel, device administration, and map tracking.
Part of the system is a location-specific expert support function, which provides data based on the GIS database of the given facility's system expanded with firefighting elements. The primary activity is to sort the elements in the selected area of a given place by type and display them on a map/floor plan. Furthermore, displaying the properties of the given element or elements in a list for those involved in damage prevention and its management, as a decision-supporting data set.
A knowledge base will be created, the first element of which is a catalog of hazardous materials and facilities with a specific search engine. The purpose of the catalog is to provide site-specific information on the hazardous materials stored, handled and used in the facility by displaying the possible hazard types.
An event recording function group is available in the system to save sound, image and IT events related to interventions performed during exercises and real events. The function provides a basis for a more sophisticated design of emergency management activities.
Furthermore, an evaluation function group is available in the system, which is an interface for subsequent analyzes based on the recorded events.
