A Virtual Crisis Information Sharing and Situational Awareness Platform for Collaborative Disaster Response

[raju@louisiana.edu]

One-sentence layman's description:

This demo is a description of a new deployable emergency-response network for the state of Louisiana, and a live view of its EOC command system.

Who should see this demo?

Attendees interested in optimizing situational awareness during emergency response, from field operations to EOC activities, should see this demo.

Demo description paragraph(s):

In the hours after a disaster, the single most important requirement for all emergency support functions is maintaining communications. A desirable infrastructure would allow field operators to stream Situational Awareness data, in real-time, back to the main Emergency Operations Center.

This demo describes such an infrastructure, which leverages SDN for resilience across degraded network segments, and it also shows a new Incident Command System which provides dashboard features within the EOC.

List of equipment that will need AC connections (e.g. laptop, switch, monitor):

One (1) tablet, Two (2) laptops, One (1) local gateway device, One (1) wifi router, Three (3) switches.

Total number of wired network connections (sum standard IP and VLAN connections):

Two (2) wired IP connections, Zero (0) VLAN connections.

Number of wired layer 2 VLANs (if any):

Zero (0)

Number of wireless network connections (include required bandwidth if significant):

Two (2) wifi connections, typical bandwidth.

Number of static addresses needed (if any):

Zero (0).

Monitor (y/n, specify VGA or DVI):

No monitor needed.

Number of posters (max size poster boards are 30" x 40"):

Two (2) 30"x20" posters.

Special requests:

None.

GENI Project: NIMSAT