Medrn - a Mutual Aid Information Network for Emergency Response

Abstract

Rapid and slow onset disasters require coordination between emergency responder and public health organizations. During a disaster many organizations are involved in the delivery of emergency services: emergency medical services (EMS), the fire and police departments, hospitals, public health officials, local authorities, etc. Resource planning, logistic coordination, and information sharing among all these units is therefore very important to save lives and reduce costs. To satisfy these needs, through grants from the National Library of Medicine, Semandex Networks is building the Medical Emergency Disaster Response Network (MEDRN). MEDRN uses Semantic Network technology to facilitate the access, dissemination and sharing of information across all parties involved in emergency management. The technology is currently fielded by SPAWAR, the Marine Corps and other Department of Defense (DoD) and non DoD national security agencies. INTRODUCTIONThe need for effective information networks for disaster prevention, response and recovery is strikingly clear. One only needs to look at recent disasters to understand this: Hurricane Katrina, which caused over 1,800 deaths [1], the December 2004 tsunami, which killed over 280 thousand

Design for change: Information-centric architecture to support agile disaster response

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