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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, COMCAREsdwarkanath@comcare.org

Resources:

http://www.comcare.orghttp:///www.epad.us