Communication and Information System For Disaster Relief Operations

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Communication and Information System For Disaster
Relief Operations

• Maj Wim Mees
• Miss Karin Mertens

Royal Military Academy Belgium
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Royal Military Academy

• Education
• Officers
• Research
• Military
• Civilian

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Projects in RMA
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Projects in RMA

• C4/01 Appui au Centre belge d'interprétation
  d'images (CBII). Etude et analyse de GIS et
  développement d'outils logiciels et leur
  intégration dans des systèmes d'information
  géographiques (GIS) (beeldverwerking GIS)
• C4/02 Globale satelliet navigatiesystemen
• C4/03 Communicatie- en informatiesysteem voor
  noodhulpverleningsoperaties van beperkte omvang
• C4/04 Mid-infrared hyperspectral imagers
• C4/05 Evaluation technologique de composants mis
  en uvre dans les liaisons tactiques sur fibres
  polymères POF (Plastic Optical Fiber) et
  réalisation de prototypes LAN sur POF
• C4/06 SAR ISAR systemen
• C4/07 Systèmes dalerte pour la détection de
  changements dans les images digitales aériennes
  ou satellitaires
• C4/08 Problèmatique de la mesure de champs RF
• F01/03 Performance Analysis and Optimisation of
  High Resolution SAR-Systems on UAV-Platforms
• F05/02 Het semi-automatisch gebruik van
  hyperspectrale en radar beelden voor algemene
  veiligheidsvraagstukken
• F05/04 Traitement de signaux et images radar et
  sonar

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Cooperation with SIC-RMA

• Signal and Image Center
• 20 researchers
• Different subjects
• Signal Processing
• Data Fusion
• Feature Extraction
• Pattern Recognition
• ...

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Communication and Information System for Disaster
Relief Operations

• Crisis management system that supports data
  exchange between NCC and DACC on a near real time
  basis in order to provide both parties a complete
  overview of the situation
• Light-weight, flexible, fast deployable, user
  friendly
• Based on GIS software

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Crisis Management IS (Overview)
Supporting nation(s)
Disaster area
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Crisis Management IS (demonstrator)
mobile terminal
supporting nation(s)
disaster area
consultationstation
GISserver
consultation station
GISserver
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Cooperation with the Belgian First Aid and
Support Team

• Response to international demand for aid
• Composition
• Search and Rescue Teams
• Civil Protection Teams
• Health / Medical Teams
• Military Units

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COURSE OF ACTION
Warning
Alert
Consultation, Assessment Decision
Operations
Fact Team
UN OCHA EADRCC Country Embassies Media
Relief Mission
Demobilization

• Crisis Center
• activated
• Warning Order
• to Fact Team

• Activation Order
• Phase ONE
• Warning Order
• Phases TWO/THREE

• End of mission
• Hand-over
• Phases FOUR/FIVE
• Lessons Learned

• Options
• Ministerial
• Green Light

• Activation Order
• Phase TWO/THREE
• End of Emergency ?

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Demonstrator
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Questions?
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Projects in RMA
Cooperation with SIC
IS Overview
IS Demonstrator
Bfast Course of action