Enhanced Strength, Nanolayered SiC for Micro-Gas Turbine Portable Power Generation

Not Available The purpose of this proposal is to develop a portable and easy to learn suite of graphical decision aids for First Responders, to mitigate and respond to multiple hazard and threat incidents. Our experience as responders to the Oklahoma City Bombing in 1995, and our involvement in the OKC Bombing Injury Study just completed, has provided us with an insight into the community of responders and their unique needs. Our proposal will consist of a unique blend of commercial off the shelf software (COTS) and a common interface stripped of technical menus and verbiage. The user will interface with Computer-Assisted Design (CAD) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) through a simple front end and common database. This gives the user the flexibility to move from architectural detail to geographic information without duplicating common data. Users will not only have standard symbol libraries and databases, but will also have the ability to add their own particular mission requirements. Predictive analysis plug-ins will have the option of a graphical interface to CAD, GIS or both. This approach will allow integration of different threat specific plug-ins to a common interface, thus reducing the learning curves and placing decision aids in the hands of true first responders. The benefits of this proposal are to empower Incident Commanders with traditional engineering knowledge in preplanning or the first critical hours of a disaster. Commercial applications will include metropolitan Public Safety Services such as Fire and Police Departments, Urban Search and Rescue teams and the National Guard.