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ABS Consulting Joins Veridian in Presenting "Critical
Incident Information Dissemination and Display System (CIIDS)
Test Bed" at National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Conference
May 6, 2002
(Bethesda,
MD -) CIIDDS, an enterprise-wide information system comprised
of a suite of tools designed for event / incident emergency
management, will be a sponsored technology test bed at
the 4th NIJ Public Safety Conference being held May 6 -
8 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. CIIDDS, a product of Veridian,
strengthens the capacity of local government's emergency
management agencies and their ability to effectively plan,
train for, respond to, manage, and evaluate complex threats,
natural disasters, and other critical incident situations.
Vital information can be shared by integrating the C4 system
of tools and databases.
CIIDDS
provides greater capabilities for emergency managers
and first responders in response to a broad spectrum of
public safety incidents with special capabilities directed
at chemical, radiological, and biological accidents or
acts of terrorism. CIIDDS significantly improves the triage
structure required to activate the appropriate public
safety response and recovery plans by integrating into
a common platform technologies that enhance the ability
to automatically identify, receive, analyze, track and
communicate information from a variety of sources. Better-informed
decision-makers will be able to make timely decisions by automatically
acquiring, correlating, and integrating the enormous amount of information
needed to adequately plan, train, evaluate, and manage crises. A primary
module of CIIDDS is MIDAS-AT, developed by ABS Consulting. MIDAS-AT utilizes
time-dependent dispersion models along with multiple data inputs, such
as meteorological information and sensor readings, to estimate impact
over long distances and extended time periods. Users can
determine the potential impact of actual hazardous material
releases on street-level maps, create what-if scenarios
to evaluate emergency plans, and train response teams using
actual site conditions. The software product is designed
to quickly produce "real time" estimates of plume
location and intensity for immediate use by emergency response
organizations. MIDAS-AT displays the release effects of
industrial chemicals, chemical and biological agents, and
radiological isotopes at five-minute intervals as an incident
unfolds.
Veridian
(www.veridian.com) is one of the world's most experienced
providers of trusted enterprise networks, knowledge discovery
solutions, and engineering consulting services for mission
critical systems. A private company with annual revenues
of $700 million, Veridian operates in over 50 locations
in the US and overseas and employs nearly 5,000 high technology
professionals.
ABSG Consulting Inc., marketing under ABS Consulting, (www.absconsulting.com)
provides rational engineering-based solutions that blend
state-of-the-art technology with practical loss-control measures
and innovative risk-transfer options. Headquartered in Houston,
Texas, ABS Consulting is an affiliate of ABS, one of the
world's largest providers of classification services to the
international marine and offshore industries.
For more information contact:
Rebecca Rieansnider
Senior Marketing Communications Specialist - ABS Consulting
1-281-673-2948 | rrieansnider@absconsulting.com |
