WebEOC (Registered) in Daily Command Post Operations in an Integrated Information Environment at the USAF 45th Space Wing

摘要

WebEOC was developed specifically for use in emergency operations centers. Modus Operandi, Inc. selected WebEOC for a project with the US Air Force 45th Space Wing at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and Patrick Air Force Base, Florida where it now serves as the basis for command post operations and crisis management activities on a daily basis. Deployed under the name 'Shark Command and Control System' (SCCS), the system is based upon WebEOC and Modus Operandi's Wave (registered trademark) data integration product. This paper explores the customizations that were required to adapt WebEOC for the command post role, suggested approaches to managing incidents when using WebEOC on a daily basis, integration with other applications, and advanced use of Active Server Pages. Special emphasis is placed upon the integration of WebEOC into Modus Operandi's Wave product, which is serving as the Knowledge Management Framework (KMF) at the 45th Space Wing. The KMF federates data from a variety of structured (e.g. RDBMS) and unstructured (e.g. Word documents) sources into a semantic framework that supports queries, searches, and viewing of the data. Through the KMF, SCCS and other applications are able to access data stored in distributed, disparate data sources throughout the Space Wing. Finally, the use of this approach for emergency management at the state and regional levels is explored.