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Sukumar Dwarkanath, Technical Director, COMCARE
Agency Locator Services: EPAD
Emergency Services SDO Workshop October 4-5, 2006New York
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Outline
COMCARE – Overview Two Core Services
Agency Locator and Identity Management - EPAD Overview Prototype Alpha version - design overview
Next Steps - NEARS
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COMCARE Overview A national advocacy
organization with over 100 members dedicated to advancing emergency communications and response
Our goal: seamless, geographically targeted information sharing for the most advanced response to emergencies
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Outline
COMCARE – Overview Two Core Services
Agency Locator Service and Identity Management - EPAD Overview Prototype Alpha version - design overview
Next Steps - NEARS
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Core Service - Agency Locator Service (EPAD)*
A national directory of agencies, NOT individuals
Secure, shared community utility that will operate as a non-profit public/private partnership
Geospatially-enabled, web-based registry that enables the accurate routing of emergency and warning messages
* EPAD Emergency Provider Access Directory
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Agency Locator Service - EPAD
Information profiles are established and maintained by the agencies themselves Agencies choose what information they receive Agencies choose when and how they receive it Agencies choose who has access to its information
Messaging systems query EPAD to determine to whom and where messages should be sent
EPAD returns a list of agencies — based on geographic area and incident type — that can be used for simultaneous message distribution
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Core Services - Identity Management and Access Control Linked to EPAD, but independent
Verifies entities and their authority to perform certain actions, such as sending out or receiving messages for certain incidents
Enables secure and reliable information sharing Four basic functions:
Identification and authentication Role-based access control Policy enforcement and administration Usage Auditing
Serves multiple applications Flexible; assumes different policies in different areas Information sharing rules are established and maintained by the
appropriate authorizing organizations: What information can registered organizations receive? What messages can registered organizations send? Agencies choose who has access to their information
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EPAD - Prototype
Locator only, not identity management functionality Developed by member – DICE Used in Various Pilots and Demonstrations http://www.epad.us
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EPAD – Detailed Design (Alpha Version)
Funded by Department of Justice (DOJ) grant Developed detailed requirements
Process and Participants Outreach to identify stakeholder requirements National Emergency Response Organizations Working Groups
– Health, EMS and Medical– Transportation– Emergency Management – Public Safety– Federal, State and Local Government
Detailed Design Deliverables: Design Compositions Process Flows Traceability Matrices Use Cases Wireframes Technical Architecture
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Architecture - Services
SOAP
EPAD External Facing Components
EPAD Query System EPAD Admin
HTTP
GIS Services
Web ServicesWeb Services StrutsStruts
EPAD Internal Shared Components
SunOne Directory Server
SunOne Directory Server
SHAREidSHAREidCOREidCOREid
COREsvCOREsv
PostGISPostGIS
MapServerMapServer
MoxiMediaMoxiMedia
GeoServerGeoServer
Identity Management System
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Technology Matrix
Logical Component Product Version
Operating System Red Hat Linux Enterprise AS Enterprise AS 4.0
Web Server Apache Web Server Apache 1.3 & 2.x
Web Container TomCat Tomcat 4.x & 5.x
Application Server JBoss Application Server Jboss AS 4.x
Database PostgreSQL (including Spatial PostgreSQL) Postgres 8.x
LDAP Server Sun ONE Directory Server Sun ONE DS 5.2+
Access Manager and Identity Manager
Oracle/Oblix COREid, SHAREid, and COREsv COREid: 7.0.3+, SHAREid: 2.5+, COREsv 4.+
GIS Components PostGIS PostGIS 1.0
MapServer MapServer 4.4.2
GeoServer GeoServer 1.2.4
MoxiMedia IMF IMF Enterprise Edition (for OpenGIS)
TopoZone Web Mapping Service GeoZone OGC WMS
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Design Summary
Adherence to Open Standards Adherence to Government Standards Promote Reuse High Availability, Scalability, Performance Secure resources Minimize custom developed code Utilize open source solutions Maximize out-of-the-box COTS functionality (Identity Management)
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Outline
COMCARE – Overview Two Core Services
Agency Locator Service and Identity Management - EPAD Overview Prototype Alpha version - design overview
Next Steps - NEARS
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Next Steps - The National Emergency Alerting and Response System (NEARS) Initiative A non-profit cooperative effort focused on demonstrating
and deploying interoperable emergency messaging systems using: National emergency message data standards Commercial information technologies Shared, electronic routing directory of agencies
A three-track program that demonstrates the concept, builds production version of EPAD and integrates them into existing emergency response infrastructures
Partners will the lead the effort and ensure directory population and development of business rules for operation.
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NEARS Partners
American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)
Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)
International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM)
National Association of EMTs (NAEMT)
National Association of State EMS Directors (NASEMSD)
National Emergency Number Association (NENA)
National Association of Emergency managers (NEMA)
National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC)
Brain Trauma Foundation (BTF) Emergency Interoperability
Consortium (EIC) Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) American Public Health Association
(APHA) Brain Injury Association (BIA) George Washington University
Homeland Security Policy Institute COMCARE Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
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NEARS – Focus Areas
NEARS Tracks: Nationwide demonstrations to increase Awareness
and focus attention on data communications preparedness
Interoperability toolkit that includes the production version of EPAD
Regional Demonstrations and Trials
Resource: http://www.nears.us
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Conclusion
Sukumar DwarkanathTechnical Director, [email protected]
Resources:
http://www.comcare.orghttp:///www.epad.us