Accession Number ADA560685
Title 9/11 Ten Years After: Command, Control, Communications Remain an Issue.
Publication Date Feb 2012
Media Count 36p
Personal Author B. A. Barthel
Abstract This research paper reviews current emergency management capability to respond to significant incidents, both natural and manmade. In such incidents, multiple agencies must respond, manage forces, and provide critical support as a cohesive team. These organizations span the gamut of local, tribal, state, and federal levels of government and the private sector. They include the broad range of first responders, fire, medical, and police. The unity of effort needed to provide timely, efficient, and integrated responses can only be achieved through effective command, control, and communications (C3) within and among responding forces. A unified response requires interoperable communications among all agencies, at all levels; a mechanism to track all responding forces; and a common operating picture that fuses and displays disparate data. This paper reviews current national policies, procedures, and technologies for managing large-scale emergencies. It identifies challenges and opportunities for improvement. It concludes with recommendations for implementing a nationwide interoperable communications system that, along with an effective tracking system, will facilitate the formulation of a COP for first responders.
Keywords Command control communications
Common operating picture
Crisis management
Disasters
First responders
Homeland security
Interagency coordination
Interoperability
Local government
Policies
Response
Response force tracking
State government
Teams(Personnel)
Tracking
United states government
Unity of effort


 
Source Agency Non Paid ADAS
NTIS Subject Category 92 - Behavior & Society
91I - Emergency Services & Planning
45C - Common Carrier & Satellite
Corporate Author Army War Coll., Carlisle Barracks, PA.
Document Type Technical report
Title Note Research paper.
NTIS Issue Number 1222
Contract Number N/A

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