Patent ID: 7397368
Filing Date: 2008-07-08
Classification: G07C,G08B,H04L

Abstract:
1. A surveillance and monitoring system for use in monitoring a crisis scene, the system comprising: a plurality of observation devices selectively positionable at various locations surrounding the crisis scene and operable to provide monitoring information from the crisis scene, each observation device having a wireless transmitter for transmitting the monitoring information; a portable transfer module selectively positionable near the observation devices and the crisis scene, the transfer module being operable to receive the monitoring information from the observation devices, the transfer module being operable to retransmit the monitoring information; and a portable remote command post positioned remotely from the crisis scene to receive the retransmitted monitoring information from the transfer module and display the monitoring information, the remote command post being operable to transmit the monitoring information over a wide area network, wherein the portable remote command post is operable to transmit control signals to the observation devices through the transfer module such that the remote command post can control the operation of the observation devices.