Patent ID: 6798343
Filing Date: 2004-09-28
Classification: A62C,B62D

Abstract:
A mobile platform for conducting and monitoring in-field administration and coordination of emergency response activities comprising:an all-terrain vehicle, said all-terrain vehicle having the capacity to accommodate at least two persons and having load bearing members that are one type selected from the group consisting of at least six wheels, at least two tracks, and a combination of a plurality of wheels and tracks, said all-terrain vehicle having the capability, without requiring in-field modification by an operator, of traversing multiple off-road surfaces that include each of sand, mud, snow, swampland, thickly wooded areas, ice, grasslands, man-made rubble and debris, surfaces having angles of about at least thirty degrees from horizontal, and floatably operating on waterways; electronic communication equipment, said communication equipment having the capabilities of being moved across the multiple off-road surfaces with said platform to a first remote location, of receiving, while being located at the first remote location, at least two types of wireless communication transmissions from one or more additional remote locations, and, while being located at the first remote location, of transmitting at least two types of wireless communication transmissions from said mobile platform to the one or more additional remote locations; said communication equipment having, while being located at the first remote location, the further capabilities of receiving an incoming signal of a first signal type and regenerating and relaying the incoming signal of the first signal type as a second signal type that is different from the first signal type, and of receiving an incoming signal of the second signal type and regenerating and relaying the incoming signal of the second signal type as a signal of the first signal type; and an environmental monitoring station having the capabilities of being moved across the multiple off-road surfaces with said platform to the first remote location and of measuring environmental conditions surrounding said platform.