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A dispatch-mediated communication model for emergency response systems

  • SUNY Buffalo

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Abstract

The current state of emergency communication is dispatch-mediated (the messages from the scene are directed towards the responders and agencies through the dispatch agency). These messages are logged in electronic documents called incident reports, which are useful in monitoring the incident, off-site supervision, resource allocation, and post-incident analysis. However, these messages do not adhere to any particular structure, and there is no set format. The lack of standards creates a problem for sharing information among systems and responders and has a detrimental impact on systems interoperability. In this article, we develop a National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) and Universal Core (UCORE) compliant messaging model, considering message structures and formats, to foster message standardization.

Original languageEnglish
Article number2
JournalACM Transactions on Management Information Systems
Volume4
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2013

Keywords

  • Design science
  • Dispatch-mediated communication
  • Emergency response systems
  • Message classification
  • Message queuing
  • Message structuring

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