# Presentation: 442698

## ComCARE Alliance

***Building an Integrated Vision***
***David Aylward***
***Executive Director***
***July 26,2000****** ***

**ComCARE Alliance**
*Communications for Coordinated Assistance and  Response to Emergencies*

## ComCARE is an Alliance of more than 50 organizations representing Nurses/Doctors, Public Safety, Police/Fire, Federal/State Officials, Citizen Groups, Transportation & Industry

## ComCARE Membership List

- Emergency Nurses Association
- Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses
- American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
- American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
- American Burn Association
- American Heart Association
- American Public Health Association
- American College of Emergency Physicians
- American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
- AO North America
- Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric
-      and Neonatal Nurses
- Brain Injury Association
- Coalition for American Trauma Care
- Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma
- Emergency Nurses Care
- Journal of Trauma
- National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses
- National Association of EMT’s
- National Association of EMS Physicians
- National Association of State EMS Directors
- National Flight Nurses Association
- North American EMS Employee Organization
-     Network
- Orthopaedic Trauma Association
- Professional EMT’s and Paramedics
- Society of Pediatric Nurse

_**Wireless**_
- Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association
- First Cellular of Southern Illinois
- GTE MobilNet
- Rural Cellular Association
- SBC Wireless
_**Public and Highway Safety**_
- American Automobile Association (AAA)
- Association of Public-Safety Communications
-     Officials International
- City and County of Denver
- Fraternal Order of Police
- Medic Alert
- Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)
- National Emergency Number Association
- National Association of Governor’s Highway Safety
-     Representatives
- Road Runners Club of America
_**Technology and Transportation**_
- American Trucking Associations
- ATX Technologies
- Castle Rock Consultants
- Integrated Data Communications
- Intelligent Transportation Society of America
- MJC Thomas, Inc.
- Nissan Research and Development, Inc.
- OnStar
- SafeQuest, Inc.
- Telematics Suppliers Consortium
- University Transportation Center for Alabama
- Veridian Engineering

**ComCARE Membership List**

## Opportunities for Minnesota:

**	****Beyond the ITS Paradigm**
- -   US DOT Leadership
- -   MnDOT Leadership
- -   Mayo Clinic
- -   Veridian Engineering
- -   Congress
- -   Industry
**	****Building Blocks**
- -   Intelligent Transportation Systems
- -   Emergency Communications: E9-1-1
- -   Telematics: MayDay/ACN
- -   Wireless L-Commerce: Traffic, AVL, E4-1-1
- -   Modern Telecommunications
- -   Coalition Building: public/private/partnerships
**	****Characteristics**
- -   Sharing Systems
- -   Sharing Information in Real Time
- -   Lowering Costs
- -   Faster and Broader Deployments

## Who Cares and Why?

**Public**
- ----------------------------------------------------
**Consumers**
**and** **C V O**

**PSAP**
**9-1-1**

**Wireless **
**Carriers**
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**Location**

**Academia**

**Transportation**

**Other **
**Gov’t**

**Commercial**
**Applications**

**Hospitals**

**Police**
**Fire**
**EMS**

**Who Cares and Why?**

**Institutional &**
**Operational**

## Wireless Tracks the Reduction in 

*Time of Fatal Crash to EMS Notification, U.S. Averages****
- (in minutes)

**Wireless Tracks the Reduction in **
**EMS Notification Times**

- ***Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

## Wireless 9-1-1 Screen Today

## Emergency Communications

- 	**Wireless** **E9-1-1**
**	****Federal Communications Commission Deadlines**
**- October 2000**
**- October 2001**
**	****Automatic Crash Notification**
**	****Integration?**
***“******The Commission shall encourage each State to develop and implement coordinated statewide deployment plans.”--Wireless Public Safety Act of 1999 ***

## PSAP “Screen of the Future”

## Automatic Crash Notification (ACN) ACN Crash - January 31, 1999

## Mayday/ACN Systems Today

- 	Immediate notification of crashes or in-vehicle emergencies when 	airbag deploys or emergency call button is pressed
- 	Real-time information for 9-1-1, law enforcement, EMS, and 	incident mangers
- 	Private sector (consumers) absorbing most of costs for life-saving 	technology
- 	“Call screening” for actual emergencies; exact location; vehicle 	type; driver information; call-back number
- 	One Million Vehicles by 12/31/00

## National Mayday Readiness InitiativeProject Background 

**	**A public-private process to work out integration issues 		between private call centers, PSAPs, incident managers 		and EMS
- 	Co-sponsored by ComCARE Alliance and U.S. 			Department of Transportation; supported by grant from 		General Motors
- 	Includes leaders of all key stakeholder organizations 		including NENA, APCO, and NASNA
- 	Process to increase awareness of Mayday technologies 		and reach non-regulatory consensus on key issues: 			technical, policy and business

## Who Cares About E9-1-1 and ACN?

- 	**EMS, Citizen Groups and Public**
**	****9-1-1; Law Enforcement**
**	****Public Cares -- **_**If**_** They Know**
**	****Wireless: barriers to be overcome**
**	****Transportation**

## Transportation

- 	**Wireless Phones as Data Probes**
**	****Inexpensive Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL)**
**	****Integrated Incident Management**
**	****Planning and Prediction**

## Wireless Phones as “Data Probes”

## Wireless Phones as Data Probes

## Traffic Management

**Traffic Management**

## Automatic Vehicle Location

**Automatic Vehicle Location**

## Integration and 

**Integration and **
**Incident Management**

## Expand the Coalition: Who Else Cares?

**	**
**-   All Hazard Warning: FEMA, DOC, Agriculture**
**-   Weapons of Mass Destruction: DOD, HHS**
**-   Senior Elected Officials**
**-   Advocacy Organizations (AHA, BIA, ENA, etc.)**
**-   Automotive Companies**
**-   Private Industry: users and wireless**
**-   Wireless Carriers**
** ****	**

## What’s Next?Integrate People and Technology

**-   Broaden Your Base: Allies**
**-   Develop a Vision**
**-   Specific Task Forces**
**-   Create Business Plans**
**-   Hold a Summit**
**-   Educate Leaders and Elected Officials**
**-   Build Public/Private Partnerships**
**-   Enhance Current ITS**
**-   Deploying E9-1-1**
**-   FOTS of New Applications**
**-   Create a National Model**

## WWW.COMCARE.ORG