emergencies
RSS emergenciesThe Evolution of Asset Management
White Paper But are most managers spending their time reacting to breakdowns and emergencies, or planning ahead on how they optimize their assets for business performance? Asset management - i.e.the acquisition, use, maintenance, modification and disposal of... [17 Jul 2008]
Dynamic Group Discovery and Routing in Ad Hoc Networks
White Paper For instance, in a battle theater, new missions are often created by rearranging and regrouping the current assets in response to new emergencies etc. In some applications of large scale Ad Hoc networks, for example, advanced battlefield scenarios... [11 Jul 2008]
New System Enables Quicker, Smarter Responses to Montreal Emergencies
White Paper The Montreal Fire Prevention Department wanted quicker, smarter responses to more Montreal emergencies. And build a system robust enough to perform well even in extreme emergencies. In 1990, the Montreal Fire Prevention Department outlined its... [03 Jul 2008]
Palm Handhelds Become Indispensable for School Emergencies
White Paper The Fulton School District wanted to provide quick emergency response management plans and procedures for its school district administrators. To achieve this school district decided to use Palm handheld computers and keyboards with its applications. [03 Jul 2008]
Requirements for Resource Priority Mechanisms for the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
White Paper During emergencies, communications resources including telephone circuits, IP bandwidth and gateways between the circuit-switched and IP networks may become congested. Congestion can occur due to heavy usage, loss of resources caused by the natural... [03 Jul 2008]
Emergency Management Plan Reviews
White Paper Emergency Management Plans establish a process and describe the activities for the delivery of assistance to address the consequences of disasters and emergencies. Plans describe the array of mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery... [03 Jul 2008]
Breathing Easier?
White Paper In response to the anthrax attacks of fall 2001, the federal government increased public health funding for state and local governments to enhance preparedness for such emergencies. Thanks to the generous support of the Robert Wood Johnson... [03 Jul 2008]
2002 Activity Report
White Paper The Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded the state $2.54 million in December to improve the preparedness of state and local responders and emergency managers to respond to acts of terrorism and other emergencies. [03 Jul 2008]
TIBCO ActiveEnterprise Enables NASA's Ground Control System to Provide Command and Telemetry Interfaces for X-38 Project
White Paper The X-38 will serve as both an ambulance for medical emergencies and as an evacuation vehicle. With technologies that blaze a trail for future spacecraft development, NASA's X-38 Project is developing a prototype for a rescue vehicle that will... [03 Jul 2008]
The State of Michigan Unites Its Key Healthcare Agencies With a State-of-the-Art Emergency Alert Network
White Paper The benefits were improved collaboration and increased response time to critical healthcare emergencies. The State of Michigan situated in USA faced the challenge to ensure up-to-the-minute delivery of key data among public and private healthcare... [03 Jul 2008]
Spatiotemporal Analysis of 9-1-1 Call Stream Data
White Paper Predictive models built with this data can lead to real-time decision support and better overall planning to enable more efficient and effective response to emergencies. Analysis of 9-1-1 call stream data will provide a better understanding of the... [03 Jul 2008]
Cisco Integrated Security for State and Local Government
White Paper Cisco Systems empowers governments to improve their network security by offering technology solutions that enable quick response to unplanned events and emergencies, as well as secure delivery of citizen services. [03 Jul 2008]
The Network Appliance Enterprise Storage Architecture: System and Data Availability
White Paper While extremely important, this does not address data availability emergencies that can occur. Information is a critical business asset and customers today require continuous availability to data. Enterprise storage solutions must furnish a high... [03 Jul 2008]
Centralized Monitoring, Management, and Maintenance of Novell NetWare Servers
White Paper Consequently even an inexperienced administrator can effectively manage NetWare servers as well as anticipate and prevent network emergencies before they cause a serious failure. This paper covers AdRem Server Manager 4.0. [03 Jul 2008]
Photos: India 999
Photo All calls are directed to the EMRI call centre, which employs 4,382 workers directing some 600 ambulances in response to 1.6 million emergencies each year. The Indian government will help fund the rollout of a scheme created by an Indian... [01 May 2008]
