the.same.locaton..If .there.was.a.more.up-to-date.
mappng.capablty,.ths.confuson.could.have.
been.negated..Both.maps.would.have.been.ds-trbuted.to.all.partes,.and.would.have.provded.
stuatonal.awareness.to.all.nvolved..In.addton,.
federal.authortes.would.have.had.a.clearer.pc-ture.of .the.amount.of .people.that.needed.food,.
water,.supples,.and.eventual.evacuaton..
Planet Associates Inc..s.lookng.to.solve.
many.of .these.dstrbuton.problems.5 .The.com-pany.has.created.an.Intellgent.Infrastructure.
Texting Alerts on Campus
The.recent.tragedy.at.Vrgna.Tech.Unversty.
sent.wthn.eght.mnutes.of .the.shootng.
warnng.students.to.stay.ndoors.and.to.lock.
nform.all.students.of .the.shootng..E-mals.
are.not.useful.to.students.n.transt.or.those.
already.n.the.classroom..
Accordng.to.M:Metrc.researchers,.16.6.ml-lon.college.students.have.cell.phones,.whch.
represents.95.percent.of .the.17.5.mllon.full-.
and.part-tme.college.students.counted.by.the.
Census..These.statstcs.pont.to.a.remarkable.
opportunty.to.provde.emergency.nformaton.
to.students.n.a.tmely.manner.durng.a.crss..
Textng.and.nstant.messagng.over.cell.phones.
represent.contemporary.modes.of .communca-ton.that.are.wdely.used,.especally.by.members.
of .Generaton.Y.(ages.18-30)..These.technolo-ges.can.be.used.to.nform.communtes.about.
pendng.natural.dsasters.or.other.emergences.
Snce.the.school.shootngs,.Vrgna.Tech.has.
contracted.wth.the.National Notification
Network,.whch.wll.provde.cell.phone.alerts,.
phone.calls.drectly.to.dorm.rooms,.and.nstant.
message.pop-ups.workng.wth.AOL,.MSN,.and.
Yahoo.startng.at.the.begnnng.of .the.new.fall.
semester.6..
Roam Secure Inc.,.another.alert.notfcaton.
company,.holds.a.current.contract.wth.Vrgna.
state.agences.to.provde.ths.mportant.servce.7. The.company’s.most.recent.contract.s.wth.the.
Unversty.of .Mary.Washngton.n.Vrgna..The.
contract.wll.cost.$40,000.wth.annual.renewal. tragedy.at.Vrgna.Tech.emphaszed.the.mpor-tance.of .havng.such.a.system.n.place,”.Teresa.
Mannx,.drector.of .news.and.publc.nforma-ton.at.the.unversty,.sad.n.an.e-mal..“It.s.
our.goal.that.we.can.be.prepared.for.any.crss.”
Many.unverstes.across.the.country.have.
now.begun.to.assess.the.vablty.of .text.alert.
systems,.ncludng.colleges.n.Texas,.Florda,.
Department.of .Health..Mir3,.based.n.San.
Dego,.holds.the.contracts.wth.these.enttes.8..
The.company.also.holds.smaller.contracts.wth.
Using Wi-Fi to Connect Responders After.a.large-scale.dsaster,.such.as.the.brdge.
collapse.n.Mnneapols,.Mnnesota.n.August.
2007,.trage.unts.are.set.up.n.order.to.pro-vde.mmedate.care.to.the.vctms.of .the.
event..Ths.can.be.an.extremely.confusng.
tme,.tryng.to.shuffle.patents.to.hosptals.
that.may.already.be.full.or.over-capacty..
Dependng.on.the.amount.of .njures.and.
casualtes,.t.can.be.very.dffcult.for.fam-ly.and.frends.to.locate.loved.ones.because.
there.s.no.database.to.track.each.person’s.
whereabouts..New.wreless.technologes.are.
now.allowng.the.process.of .tragng.patents.
to.be.more.effcent,.and.less.of .a.logstcal.
nghtmare..
Accordng.to.Jonathan.Tech,.professor.
of .medcne.at.Harvard.Unversty.and.an.
attendng.physcan.n.emergency.medcne.at.
Brgham.and.Women’s.Hosptal.(BWH),.“It’s.
very.hard.to.keep.those.patents.n.track.and.
make.sure.we.are.handlng.all.of .the.most.
serous.cases.rght.away.”.The.Unversty.of .
The.company.Motion Computing Inc.,.
based.n.Austn,.Texas,.uses.the.technology.
to.help.wth.nteroperablty.ssues.to.connect.
C H A P T E R 1
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Emergency.Response:.Empowering First Responders and Citizensother.wreless.systems.9.Ths.devce.works.to.
mprove.workflow.wth.sngle.ntegrated.data.
capture.and.allows.for.facltaton.of .real-tme.
communcatons..It.was.orgnally.used.n.con-sumer.electroncs.and.gamng.applcatons..
Now.ths.technology.has.been.renvented.to.
provde.much.needed.assstance.to.our.emer-gency.responders.
It.s.mportant.to.note.that.for.many.of .the.
technologes.mentoned.above.to.be.avalable,.
operablty.of .the.communcatons.nfrastruc- ture.must.exst..Durng.dsasters.the.very.nfra-structure.that.these.technologes.rely.on.to.be.
functonal.s.mpared.due.to.the.destructve.
nature.of .natural.or.manmade.events..In.order.
for.the.technologes.to.be.avalable.for.emer-gency.response,.plans.and.arrangements.must.
be.n.place.pror.to.a.dsaster.at.local,.state.and.
federal.levels.to.allow.for.the.necessary.restora-ton.of .the.communcatons.nfrastructure..
The.Whte.House Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina: Lessons Learned.report.ncludes.the.rec- ommendaton.for.commercal.rapdly.deploy-able.communcatons.capabltes.to.restore.
operablty.and.acheve.nteroperablty..It.s.
mportant.that.federal,.state.and.local.jursdc- tons.have.arrangements.to.deploy.communca- ton.capabltes.to.augment.exstng.nfrastruc-ture.mpared.durng.a.dsaster.and.ncrease.
capacty.n.areas.saturated.wth.emergency.
response.users..Sprint Nextel.has.Emergency.
Response.Teams.wth.scalable.capabltes.to.
rapdly.deploy.moble.nfrastructure.wth.sup- port.teams.managng.the.entre.effort.and.pro- vdng.support.to.end.users..Operable.commu-ncatons.are.essental.to.emergency.response.
S
ecurng.our.ports.s.a.crtcal.aspect.of .pro-tectng.the.supply.chan..Amerca’s.ports.are.an.ntegral.part.of .the.U.S..economy..
Accordng.to.a.study.conducted.by.Martn.
Assocates,.Unted.States.deep-draft.seaports.and.
seaport-related.busnesses.generated.approx- mately.8.4.mllon.Amercan.jobs.and.added.near-ly.$2.trllon.to.the.economy.10.A.terrorst.attack.
at.a.U.S..port.or.a.catastrophc.event.that.causes.
ports.to.shut.down.would.severely.dsrupt.eco-nomc.actvty..Explotng.technology.to.enhance.
port.securty.wll.con-trbute.substantally.to.
strengthenng.the.resl-ency.of .the.U.S.
Port.securty.has.
been.a.major.focus.
of .recent.acton.n.
Congress..The.new.
law.mplementng.
many.of .the.9/11.
Commsson.recom-mendatons.that.had.
not.prevously.been.
addressed.wll.requre.
100.percent.scannng.of .cargo.headed.for.
Amercan.ports.by.the.year.2012.11.Technology.
s.now.at.the.forefront.of .ths.mplementaton.
requrement..Currently,.DHS.pre-screens.many.
of
.the.shppng.companes;.once.they.are.prov-en.credble.all.of .ther.contaners.are.consdered.
safe.and.not.ndvdually.scanned..The.screenng.
process.s.nadequate.because.t.assumes.that.
the.contaner.s.secure.throughout.the.transport.
process..Technology.exsts.that.can.neutralze.
ths.concern.by.guaranteeng.contaner.securty.
throughout.ts.travel.
Container Security Devices
New.devces.are.helpng.to.contan.the.fears.
that.the.next.drty.bomb.can.be.brought.nto.the.
country.through.our.
shppng.lanes..A.con-taner.securty.devce.
(CSD).has.been.manu-factured.that.wll.lock.
the.cargo.doors.from.
the.nsde..The.system.
desgned.by.the.Dutch.
frm.ZOCA.locks.and.
unlocks.the.devce.
remotely.12.Handheld.
devces.are.dstrbuted.
to.customs.offcals.
and.can.scan.and.relay.
the.barcode.nformaton.back.to.the.company.
for.verfcaton..The.company.also.verfes.the.
securty.code.and.the.coordnates.before.access.
s.granted.to.the.contaner..Many.companes.
use.GPS.and.global.precptaton.measurement.