ORNL SensorNet Program for Fort Bragg and Fort McNair
07 March 2007
The customer was seeking ways to improve emergency response and better communicate data between the base's emergency response teams and public safety personnel. Data needed to be collected from a large number of sensors that were monitoring equipment that supported base security and ensured smooth facility operations. The solution had to provide real-time information and meet all applicable military security standards.
A SECURE, WIRELESS SOLUTION
3eTI developed a secure, wireless solution to get real-time data from around the base to an integrated incident management center. A variety of sensors were installed across the facility, using 3eTI wireless products, to send the data back to command and control.
These sensors monitored items such as chemical, radiation and weather data, and sent it to the Emergency Operations Center (EOC). The data was used to aid in the control, analysis, modeling and prediction of various types of events and occurrences. Then, the data could be forwarded to appropriate field and end user personnel – either in other buildings, or in their vehicles – to respond to situations needing their attention.
This is a Department of Defense Net-Centric Enterprise Service (NCES) solution that empowers the end user to pull information from any available source, with minimal latency, to support their mission. The solution meets Open Geospatial Consortium Sensor Web Enablement (OGC-SWE) standards for web accessible sensor networks and archived sensor data that can be discovered and accessed using standard protocols and Application Program Interfaces (APIs).
THE BENEFITS
This was a specialized, yet non-proprietary application that was easily implemented – essentially plug and play for the customer. Information could be sent wirelessly and monitored in real time by the EOC and quickly disseminated to field personnel, allowing for immediate reaction and response, before a situation could escalate.
Another benefit is that the solution was highly scalable, enabling additional sensor monitoring to be added as it was needed. The entire solution was highly secure, and met NIST's IEEE 1451 standards for connecting smart transducers to networks.
