Situational Awareness During Mass-Casualty Events: Command and Control

Barry Demchak , BA, Theodore C. Chan, MD, William G. Griswold, PhD, Leslie Lenert, MDCalifornia Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology, San Diego Division and the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine.

Funding: National Library of Medicine What is WIISARD?ClientsPatient tracking, triage, & treatmentPatient tags, First responder PDAs, & Team leader tablet PCs802.11b-enabledDisconnected operations

NetworkLow cost, Linux-based access pointsScalable, self-organizing mesh network 802.11b (local), EVDO/GPRS/RTT (remote)Self-locating (GPS)

Incident CommandGeographical, status, and trend viewsHazard detection and reportingReal-time updates802.11b-enabledDisconnected operations

DatabasePostgreSQL-basedPublish/subscribe distributionSupports disconnected/reconnected clientsAutomatic partitioning and rejoining

Comm. Tower

Mesh Node

Comm. Tower

Mesh Node

Laptops

Incident Command

Server

Database