MEMIS: Multimedia emergency management information system

Conference · Sun Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:282350

Beroggi, G E.G. ^[1]; Aebi, M ^[2]; Wallace, W A ^[3]

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1. Delft Univ. of Technology (Netherlands)
2. Univ. of Zurich (Switzerland). Inst. of Computer Science
3. Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, NY (United States)

In this paper the authors present a prototype management information system (MIS) designed for emergency managers: MEMIS (multimedia emergency management information system). The purpose is to show the technological possibilities and ease of development, and the tasks that can be supported by such systems. MEMIS is based on the latest technology for the development of MISs: multimedia, animation, voice and video communication, LAN and WAN, and machine intelligence. MEMIS covers the three most important tasks of an emergency manager: (1) emergency planning (facility management, site selection for hazardous activities, designation of hazardous material shipment routes), (2) emergency response (notification, monitoring, and response management), and (3) the daily management work (communications by phone, fax, and e-mail; database and spreadsheet management). MEMIS communicates with (and can control) standard software packages and databases used in the emergency management community, such as CAMEO. Its open architecture makes it easy to incorporate features designed to meet the unique needs of a specified region or nation.

• OSTI ID: 282350
• Report Number(s): CONF-9505224--; ISBN 1-56555-079-X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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DECISION MAKING
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SAFETY
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT