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21 st Century Communications and Cooperation: Building an Integrated Vision David Aylward

Explore the alliance of 50+ organizations in ComCARE for coordinated emergency response & assistance in healthcare, public safety, transportation, industry. Learn about cutting-edge technologies like WirelessE9-1-1, MayDay/ACN systems, and the National Mayday Readiness Initiative. Discover how the alliance improves EMS notification times and fosters public-private partnerships. Stay informed on FCC deadlines, crash notifications, and the future of emergency communications in the modern era.

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21 st Century Communications and Cooperation: Building an Integrated Vision David Aylward

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  1. ComCARE Alliance Communications for Coordinated Assistance and Response to Emergencies 21st Century Communications and Cooperation: Building an Integrated Vision David Aylward Executive Director July 26,2000

  2. ComCARE is an Alliance of more than 50 organizations representing Nurses/Doctors, Public Safety, Police/Fire, Federal/State Officials, Citizen Groups, Transportation & Industry

  3. ComCARE Membership List Medical and Public Health Emergency Nurses Association Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses American Association of Critical-Care Nurses American Association for the Surgery of Trauma American Burn Association American Heart Association American Public Health Association American College of Emergency Physicians American Association of Nurse Anesthetists AO North America Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses Brain Injury Association Coalition for American Trauma Care Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma Emergency Nurses Care Journal of Trauma National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses National Association of EMT’s National Association of EMS Physicians National Association of State EMS Directors National Flight Nurses Association North American EMS Employee Organization Network Orthopaedic Trauma Association Professional EMT’s and Paramedics Society of Pediatric Nurse Wireless Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association First Cellular of Southern Illinois GTE MobilNet Rural Cellular Association SBC Wireless Public and Highway Safety American Automobile Association (AAA) Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International City and County of Denver Fraternal Order of Police Medic Alert Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) National Emergency Number Association National Association of Governor’s Highway Safety Representatives Road Runners Club of America Technology and Transportation American Trucking Associations ATX Technologies Castle Rock Consultants Integrated Data Communications Intelligent Transportation Society of America MJC Thomas, Inc. Nissan Research and Development, Inc. OnStar SafeQuest, Inc. Telematics Suppliers Consortium University Transportation Center for Alabama Veridian Engineering

  4. Opportunities for Minnesota: • Beyond the ITS Paradigm • - US DOT Leadership • - MnDOT Leadership • - Mayo Clinic • - Veridian Engineering • - Congress • - Industry • Building Blocks • - Intelligent Transportation Systems • - Emergency Communications: E9-1-1 • - Telematics: MayDay/ACN • - Wireless L-Commerce: Traffic, AVL, E4-1-1 • - Modern Telecommunications • - Coalition Building: public/private/partnerships • Characteristics • - Sharing Systems • - Sharing Information in Real Time • - Lowering Costs • - Faster and Broader Deployments

  5. Who Cares and Why? Police Fire EMS Hospitals Public ---------------------------------------------------- Consumers andC V O Commercial Applications Institutional & Operational PSAP 9-1-1 Other Gov’t Transportation Wireless Carriers ----------------------------------------------- Location Academia

  6. Wireless Tracks the Reduction in EMS Notification Times Time of Fatal Crash to EMS Notification, U.S. Averages*** (in minutes) ***Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  7. Wireless 9-1-1 Screen Today

  8. Emergency Communications • WirelessE9-1-1 • Federal Communications Commission Deadlines • - October 2000 • - October 2001 • Automatic Crash Notification • Integration? • “The Commission shall encourage each State to develop and implement coordinated statewide deployment plans.”--Wireless Public Safety Act of 1999

  9. PSAP “Screen of the Future”

  10. • Crash Time: 04:40 pm • Notification Time: 04:41 pm • Police Response Time: 04:45 pm • EMS Response Time: 04:48 pm • Delta Velocity ( D V): 16 mph • Principal Direction of Force: 2 o’clock • Number Injured: 2 • Maximum AIS: 2 6 X acceleration Z acceleration 4 Y acceleration 2 0 Acceleration -2 -4 -6 -8 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 Time (seconds) Automatic Crash Notification (ACN)ACN Crash - January 31, 1999

  11. Mayday/ACN Systems Today • Immediate notification of crashes or in-vehicle emergencies when airbag deploys or emergency call button is pressed • Real-time information for 9-1-1, law enforcement, EMS, and incident mangers • Private sector (consumers) absorbing most of costs for life-saving technology • “Call screening” for actual emergencies; exact location; vehicle type; driver information; call-back number • One Million Vehicles by 12/31/00

  12. National Mayday Readiness InitiativeProject Background • A public-private process to work out integration issues between private call centers, PSAPs, incident managers and EMS • Co-sponsored by ComCARE Alliance and U.S. Department of Transportation; supported by grant from General Motors • Includes leaders of all key stakeholder organizations including NENA, APCO, and NASNA • Process to increase awareness of Mayday technologies and reach non-regulatory consensus on key issues: technical, policy and business

  13. Who Cares About E9-1-1 and ACN? • EMS, Citizen Groups and Public • 9-1-1; Law Enforcement • Public Cares -- If They Know • Wireless: barriers to be overcome • Transportation

  14. Transportation • Wireless Phones as Data Probes • Inexpensive Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) • Integrated Incident Management • Planning and Prediction

  15. Wireless Phones as “Data Probes”

  16. Wireless Phones as Data Probes

  17. Traffic Management

  18. Automatic Vehicle Location

  19. Integration and Incident Management

  20. Expand the Coalition:Who Else Cares? • - All Hazard Warning: FEMA, DOC, Agriculture • - Weapons of Mass Destruction: DOD, HHS • - Senior Elected Officials • - Advocacy Organizations (AHA, BIA, ENA, etc.) • - Automotive Companies • - Private Industry: users and wireless • - Wireless Carriers

  21. What’s Next?Integrate People and Technology • - Broaden Your Base: Allies • - Develop a Vision • - Specific Task Forces • - Create Business Plans • - Hold a Summit • - Educate Leaders and Elected Officials • - Build Public/Private Partnerships • - Enhance Current ITS • - Deploying E9-1-1 • - FOTS of New Applications • - Create a National Model

  22. WWW.COMCARE.ORG

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