Electronic emergency incident notification system
First Claim
1. An emergency notification system comprising:
- an incident report;
a notification relay center further comprising one or more databases;
a means for transmitting an incident report regarding an emergency incident at a subscriber site to said notification relay center; and
a means for said notification relay center to notify any appropriate receiving parties of said emergency incident.
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Abstract
The present invention is an electronic emergency incident notification system (“EEINS”) which allows subscribers to transmit notification of a nuclear/chemical/biological release to a central server for transmittal to the appropriate governmental agencies. In the preferred embodiment, a subscriber would utilize a user interface device to transmit spatial data and an incident report to the central server, typically using the Internet. The central server would map the spatial data onto a GIS database to determine which agencies require notification, and would then transmit the incident report to the receiving nodes at the appropriate agencies. At the local level, the receiving node may include software to automatically activate the appropriate public warning systems. The EEINS is sufficiently flexible to service both fixed and mobile sites.
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48 Claims
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1. An emergency notification system comprising:
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an incident report;
a notification relay center further comprising one or more databases;
a means for transmitting an incident report regarding an emergency incident at a subscriber site to said notification relay center; and
a means for said notification relay center to notify any appropriate receiving parties of said emergency incident. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An emergency notification system comprising:
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one or more user interface nodes with internet access;
an internet-accessible central server having one or more databases; and
one or more receiving nodes located at receiving parties which may need to be notified in case of an emergency incident. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. An emergency notification system comprising:
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an internet-accessible webpage which allows subscribers to log onto said emergency notification system and to enter an incident report concerning an emergency incident;
a GIS database;
a means for selecting appropriate receiving parties for notification regarding said emergency incident; and
one or more means for notifying any selected appropriate receiving parties. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method for notifying receiving parties of emergency incidents comprising the steps of:
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receiving an incident report from a subscriber site regarding an emergency incident;
determining the appropriate receiving parties which should be notified of said emergency incident based upon the location and affected area of said emergency incident and the jurisdictional boundaries of said receiving parties; and
transmitting a notification signal to said appropriate receiving parties. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A method for reporting an emergency incident comprising the steps of:
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submitting an incident report with spatial and non-spatial data regarding an emergency incident at a subscriber site;
mapping said spatial data onto a GIS database having information concerning the jurisdictional boundaries of agencies;
selecting appropriate agencies for notification by determining which agencies'"'"' jurisdictional boundaries intersect said spatial data;
transmitting a notification signal to said appropriate agencies. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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