SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISASTER TRAINING, SIMULATION, AND RESPONSE

• US 20080221965A1
• Filed: 02/11/2008
• Published: 09/11/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/09/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: DNI Holdings, LLC
• Original Assignee: DNI Holdings, LLC
• Inventors: Riddle, Chris
• Application Number:
  US12/029,242
• Publication Number:
  US 20080221965A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/9
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06311 Scheduling, planning or task assignment for a person or group
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0637 Strategic management or analysis, e.g. setting a goal or target of an organisation; Planning actions based on goals; Analysis or evaluation of effectiveness of goals
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06375 Prediction of business process outcome or impact based on a proposed change
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1095 Meeting or appointment
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/26 Government or public services business processes related to the transportation industry G06Q50/40
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 90/10 Information and communication technologies [ICT] supporting adaptation to climate change, e.g. for weather forecasting or climate simulation

Abstract

A system for conducting simulations of disaster and hazardous incident responses to assist in the organization, planning, and testing of the response of healthcare and other institutions to such incidents. A series of modules are used to enter personnel resource information into the system, design and create disaster and hazardous incident scenarios, assign personnel to incident command system (ICS) roles, and conduct a simulation with said personnel taking appropriate responsive actions. Personnel may interface with the system through a program creating a dashboard interface. Personnel can access an ICS organization chart, and use it to initiate messages and communications, conduct meetings, take actions, and assign subordinate positions. Personnel can view the status of the response actions in real-time. Standard and custom reports can be created and viewed. The system also can be used to respond to a real incident using the same interface and methods practiced in the simulation.

Claims

1. A incident command system, comprising:

a scenario building module for creating a hazardous incident or crisis scenario;

a resources assignment module for assigning personnel to specific roles in the incident command system for a scenario; and

means for said personnel to take actions in response to the hazardous incident or crisis scenario.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said actions include sending or receiving communications from other personnel.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the system operates on a network.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the system operates on the Internet.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising a simulation module, said simulation module adapted to conduct a simulation of a hazardous incident or crisis scenario.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the personnel interact with the system through a computer dashboard interface, said dashboard interface allowing access to an incident command system organizational chart.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising a reports module.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the reports module can produce standard or custom reports.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the standard reports include a time and cost report.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein personnel can view response statistics in real-time.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein said actions include conducting a meeting through a network or the Internet.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein a list of job action sheet items are provided for one or more specific positions.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein job action sheet actions can be time and date stamped when completed.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein said means comprises a computer dashboard interface.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein said means comprises a computer or computing device.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein said device is a handheld computing device.