EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
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1. An emergency management system comprising:
- a plurality of uniquely identifiable portable monitors;
each of the monitors including a sensor portion for determining one or more exposure parameters;
a plurality of geographically separated command centers, each configured to receive real time updated information about an area of interest from the monitors; and
each of the monitors including a communications portion for providing two-way communications over at least two different types of redundant communications channels with at least two of the command centers, wherein one of the command centers is a command center of record.
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Abstract
An emergency management system comprises a plurality of command centers, each having real time updated information about an area of interest, a plurality of uniquely identifiable portable monitors, each of the monitors including a sensor portion for determining one or more exposure parameters, and each of the monitors including a communications portion for providing two-way communications over redundant communications channels with at least two of the command centers. A method of managing emergency responders is also provided.
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1. An emergency management system comprising:
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a plurality of uniquely identifiable portable monitors; each of the monitors including a sensor portion for determining one or more exposure parameters; a plurality of geographically separated command centers, each configured to receive real time updated information about an area of interest from the monitors; and each of the monitors including a communications portion for providing two-way communications over at least two different types of redundant communications channels with at least two of the command centers, wherein one of the command centers is a command center of record. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of managing emergency responders, the method comprising:
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receiving information from a plurality of uniquely identifiable portable monitors; sending the information to each of a plurality of geographically separated command centers over at least two different types of redundant communications channels, wherein one of the command centers is a command center of record; integrating the information with supplemental data, at the command center of record; and transmitting instructions to the emergency responders based on an assessment of the information and the supplemental data. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A monitoring device comprising:
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a sensor portion for determining one or more exposure parameters; a communications portion for transmitting the exposure parameters to a plurality of geographically separated command centers over at least two different types of redundant communications channels over a communications channel; and an identification generator for producing an identification tag associating the monitoring device with a user. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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