The Need for a Systems Approach to Information Management in Emergency Operations

In response to emergencies, a recurring “lesson learned” is the failure of responding authorities to maintain a common operating picture and deploy interoperable systems and technologies. Several after action reports for recent events in the Gulf Coast region found that response and recovery activities were hampered due to the ineffective flow of information between key stakeholders. While recent revisions to the National Incident Management System emphasize the need for information management and interoperable communications during emergency response, no systems architecture or systems engineering process has been defined to address this critical need. Efforts to achieve interoperability or develop effective common operating pictures will continue to be problematic without the use of an Emergency Management System Architecture and a Systems Engineering process.

• Corporate Authors:

  ITS America

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  Washington, DC  United States  20036
• Authors:
  • Broemmelsiek, John M
• Conference:
  • ITS America 20th Annual Meeting & Exposition
  • Location: Houston TX, United States
  • Date: 2010-5-3 to 2010-5-5
• Publication Date: 2010

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: 8p
• Monograph Title: ITS America 20th Annual Meeting & Exposition

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Disaster preparedness; Disasters and emergency operations; Emergency communication systems; Emergency management; Incident management; Information management; Interoperability; Lessons learned; System architecture
• Geographic Terms: Gulf Coast (United States)
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Security and Emergencies; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01342719
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 23 2011 9:07AM