Patent ID: 6748400
Filing Date: 2004-06-08
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
An apparatus for dynamically collecting data regarding emergency information, said apparatus comprising:first means for collecting said data during regulatory mandated reporting campaigns, including reporting of hazardous materials used or stored on site and their location, to make information available to emergency response personnel in the event of an incident, said first means formatting, printing, and presenting documents related to said regulatory mandated reporting campaigns for distribution to a plurality of regulatory mandated public agencies using a plurality of telecommunication channels, said first means providing for real-time access to input and update said data by entities reporting said data via a plurality of telecommunications channels; second means for receiving said data during regular inspection, including site plans, pre-plans, facility emergency response plans, equipment locations, space utilization and to make information available to emergency response personnel in the event of an incident, said second means formatting, printing and presenting documents for distribution to a plurality of public safety and government entities, using a plurality of telecommunication channels, said second means providing for real-time access to input and update said data by inspection entities reporting said data via a plurality of telecommunications channels, third means for collecting said data volunteered by businesses, agencies and individuals desiring to make information available to emergency response personnel for use in the event of an accident, including information on infirm, elderly persons, children, pets and domestic animals, site plans, pre-plans, facility emergency response plans, equipment locations, space utilization, hazardous conditions and hazardous materials, said third means permitting businesses, agencies, and private individuals to provide said data in a plurality or protected or secure fashions for use in an emergency by said emergency response personnel on scene or en route to an incident or reported incident, and for use in an emergency planning event by said emergency planning personnel, said third means permitting said emergency response personnel to access said data over secure channels, said third means providing for real-time access to said data by said emergency response personnel via a plurality of telecommunications channels, fourth means for collecting data from non-related systems to present to an emergency response personnel user, to enhance their understanding of an incident or reported incident, said fourth means including hazardous materials reference documents, photographs, maps and current and forecast weather, fifth means having the ability to analyze and discover correlations or trends associated with said data that would permit proactive responses by said emergency planning personnel and emergency or first responder personnel, said data, regarding emergency information, being stored so as to be made available real-time to approved emergency responders and to approved planning personnel when requested, remote from said first means, said second means, said third means, said fourth means, and said fifth means, said data, regarding emergency information, including maps, site photographs and depiction of stored data on said maps and said photographs, said data, regarding emergency information, being stored in a secure data repository, said data, regarding emergency information, being housed in a centralized single system available to a plurality of public safety and government entities.