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Environmental Protection
Agency "Emergency Operations Center"
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| Client |
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency |
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| Location |
Washington DC
National Response Plan |
| Project |
"Emergency Op'ns Center" upgrade |
| Duration |
2Q 2004 - 1Q 2005 |
| Scope |
Upgrade A/V capability to increase simultaneous
videoconfencing including computer white-boarding, app'n sharing, &
GIS/imagery |
| Role |
Project Technical Lead: Scope, Functional Design,
Equip. Select |
| Tasks |
- Developed upgrade master-plan by spaces & functionality,
worked with Emergency Response Team
about their needs
- Specify each sub-system upgrade path and expansion path
- Plan cabling system requirements for audio/visual/PC/Web
- Develop requisitions, participate in final vendor selections
- Enabled expanded access to satellite television into EOC
- Develop contract elements for installation, ongoing support
- Successfully install upgrade in two-week shut-down window
- Test and validate all sub-systems, support
test videoconf.
- Develop forward plan for GIS desktop upgrade to ArcGIS 9 and on-demand access to contracted satellite
imagery
- Wrote internal white paper for EPA about
other options for "on-demand" aerial and satellite imagery acquisition
e.g. Google Earth
professional, GlobeXplorer
- Supported tests of operations from back-up
EOC site, and data acquisition from
chemical sensors-equipped
airplane
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