EM INFRASTUCTURE RECOMMENDATIONS STATEMENT

Title: Message

EM 
Infrastructure Framework Sub-committee (EMIF - SC) – Request for Infrastructure 
Comment  

  

  Scope of 
  Work
  
Within the EM community there exists a lack of definition regarding the validation, 
  selection and deployment of infrastructure-based facilities supporting 
  persistent interoperability across a broad range of applications. For 
  instance, what components and/or transport protocols support interoperability 
  today, and are they valid in the context of a national emergency management 
  system?

  
With 
  that in mind the EMIF – SC requests formal comments and suggestions from EM-TC 
  members, and specifically from its allied SC’s, in order to evolve baseline 
  recommendations, leading to a formal set of technological requirements, for EM 
  systems development and deployment.   

  
 

  
Purpose

  
 

  
The sub-committee requests recommendations 
  in order to establish consensus regarding a strategic systemic framework, 
  capable of producing connectivity between EM systems regardless of operational 
  focus.

  
 

  
Examples of areas for recommendation 
  include, but will not be limited to;

  
 

  
·        
  Interface 
  Management

  
·        
  Data 
  Transport Protocols

  
·        
  Telecommunications 
  Protocols

  
·        
  Geo-spatial 
  Protocols

  
·        
  Alert 
  Notification and Messaging Protocols

  
 

  
CONCLUSION

  
 

  
Recommendations are 
  solicited on a “time is of the essence” basis. Responses should be directed to 
  the committee chair at