MASTER CONTROL
SCIDS – Sub-$100 Communication
Infrastructure Devices
TEAM BLACK
Matthew Bartkus
Dominic Brooks
Joshua Cruz
Evan Savaria
Daniel Swift
Xiao Lin
Mentor: Justin Brunelle
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OUTLINE
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Define Problem Historically
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Problem Evaluation
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Problem Statement
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Customer Information
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Current Process Model
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Solution Statement
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Solution Objectives
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Solution Principles
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Required Hardware and Software Components
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Solution Benefits and Problems
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XIAO LIN PRESENTING…
• Define Problem Historically
• Problem Evaluation
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DEFINE PROBLEM HISTORICALLY
• Lack of Interoperability
• Incompatible and Aging Communications
Equipment
• Funding
• Planning
• Cooperation
• Radio Spectrum
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PROBLEM EVALUATION
• Communication Being Ridiculously Inefficient
During Disaster
• Hundreds Failed to Receive Warning in 9/11
• Columbine High School Massacre
• Oklahoma City Bombing
• Ohio River Flooding
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PROBLEM STATEMENT
Communication during disaster relief efforts
becomes unreliable and ineffective when
terrestrial networks are damaged.
Unreliable and ineffective communication
disrupts the coordination of relief efforts
and the collection and dissemination of
information vital to responders.
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DANIEL SWIFT PRESENTING…
• Identify Case Study
• Case Study Specific Problem
Evaluation
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SCIDS - MASTER CONTROL
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INTERFACE AND DATABASE
SCIDS Master control serves as
an interface and database that
passes dispatch orders from the
relief command center to
response teams and taking in
response team reports through
the SCIDS data protocol.
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UPDATE NATIONAL DATABASES
Its secondary function is to
update national relief
databases in an effort to
coordinate the overall relief
in the event of a disaster.
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MATT BARTKUS PRESENTING…
• Customer Information
• Current Process Model
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CUSTOMER INFORMATION
• Individuals and agencies involved in relief
efforts
• Individuals affected by the disaster
• Volunteers
• Private relief organizations
• Government agencies
• Fifteen emergency support functions (ESFs)
• Communication
• Emergency Management
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MCOV
NEMIS
CURRENT
PROCESS
FEMA Liaison
Officers
Response Team
Response Team
Command Center/Dispatch
In-Person Communication
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DIAGRAM SOURCES
• An Analysis of Inter-Agency Radio
Communications with Emergency
Responders
• Liaison Officer Position Checklist
• NEMIS-MT User Manual
• Why Can’t We Talk? Working
Together To Bridge the
Communications Gap To Save Lives
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DOMINIC BROOKS PRESENTING…
• Solution Statement
• Solution Objectives
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OUR SOLUTION…
The SCIDS project aims to solve the
issues of communication first
responders have, in an inexpensive,
versatile and efficient manner.
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OUR OBJECTIVES…
• Transfer of data to and from SCIDS
devices
• Streamlined, User-Friendly User
Interface
• Robust and versatile alert system
• Interoperability with other devices
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Joshua Cruz Presenting…
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Improved Process Flow
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Competition
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MCOV
NEMIS
Old
Process
FEMA Liaison
Officers
Response Team
Response Team
Command Center/Dispatch
In-Person Communication
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Command Center
FEMA Liaison
Officer(s) / Dispatch Team
Improved
Process
Information Flow Key
External Database
(NEMIS,IRIS,etc.)
Dispatch/MASTER CONTROL
Response Team Reports
Updates from External Source
SCID MASTER CONTROL
Data Protocol
Response Team(s)
With SCIDS Hand-held
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Competition
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There is no “competition”
Master Control aims to mimic, combine,
and extend the functionality of existing
data storage systems
Policies to keep in mind
 National Incident Management Systems

Presidential Policy Directive 8

National Disaster Recovery Framework
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EVAN SAVARIA PRESENTING…
• Required Hardware and
Software Components
• Solution Benefits and
Problems
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REQUIRED HARDWARE COMPONENTS
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REQUIRED SOFTWARE COMPONENTS
• Database Software
• Software providing the GPS
coordinates of the responders
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SOLUTION BENEFITS
• 100% communication in times of
disaster
• Low cost to setup and maintain
• Private Network
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PROBLEMS WITH SOLUTION
• Coordinating efforts is a very
difficult task
• Communication interference and
delay
• User Error
• Master Control failure renders
entire system useless
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THE END
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REFERENCES
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FEMA. Disaster Emergency Communications Division.
FEMA, 17 Aug 2012. Web. 10 Feb 2014,
<http://www.fema.gov/disaster-emergency-communicationsdivision/ >.
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FEMA. Emergency Support Function Annexes:
Introduction. FEMA, 2008. PDF file.
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FEMA.
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Gay, Ronald J. An Analysis of Inter-Agency Radio
Communications with Emergency Responders. Florida
Department of Law Enforcement, n.d. PDF file.
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National Task Force on Interoperability. Why Can’t we
Talk? Working Together To Bridge the Communications
Gap To Save Lives. NTFI, 2005. PDF file.
NEMIS-MT User Manual.
FEMA, 2014. PDF file.
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