Management of resources in emergency and operational situations
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- defining one or more response plans, each response plan definition associated with at least one resource of two or more response resources;
specifying a first resource and a second resource, both of the plurality of resources, the specifying comprising;
defining an area on a map; and
correlating the defined area with either the first resource or the second resource;
selecting either the first resource or the second resource based upon the correlating; and
executing one plan of the one or more response plans, the executing comprising;
deploying the selected resource; and
displaying status information corresponding to the deployed resource.
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Abstract
Provided is a method for designing, managing and executing response plans. Specific plan and resources are defined and a defined plan is executed either automatically or manually according to pre-determined or “real-time” parameter definitions. An executed plan notifies, by various user-defined means, actively or pre-defined parties in a near simultaneous fashion of security communications, notifications, directives and/or information. One embodiment of the system includes a component that requires a notified party to acknowledge a particular notification event by responding with a personal identification number (PIN) or calling a specified telephone number and entering the PIN. The system enables parties to be organized into groups based upon member profiles. Individual parties can be assigned to sub-groups, enabling specifically designed communications to go to the parties of any particular sub-group. Alternative means of contact can be prioritized and utilized either simultaneously or sequentially until contact with a particular party is achieved.
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1. A method, comprising:
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defining one or more response plans, each response plan definition associated with at least one resource of two or more response resources; specifying a first resource and a second resource, both of the plurality of resources, the specifying comprising; defining an area on a map; and correlating the defined area with either the first resource or the second resource; selecting either the first resource or the second resource based upon the correlating; and executing one plan of the one or more response plans, the executing comprising; deploying the selected resource; and displaying status information corresponding to the deployed resource. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A system of defining, managing and executing emergency response plans, comprising:
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a processor; a plurality of response resources; categorizing the response resources into groups of response resources; one or more response plans, each response plan associated with at least one group of response resources; and logic, for execution on the processor, for executing one plan of the one or more response plans, the execution logic comprising; logic for notifying a first resource of the at least one resource group associated with the one executed plan; and logic for notifying a second resource of the at least one resource group in the event of a failure of the notifying of the first resource.
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