SBIR/STTR Research Award
PracticeCom Training for Rural Communities` Emergency Workers
Award amount
$100,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2021Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Agriculture
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- inXsol LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2021-03-01
- Contract end date
- 2022-08-31
- UEI
- FLKEFNTRNUY6
- Solicitation number
- USDA-NIFA-SBIR-007772
- Topic code
- 8.6
Research abstract
ProjectSummary/AbstractTheCOVID19pandemichashighlightedtheneedtomodernizethecountry'sfirstrespondertrainingmethods.Forfirstresponders-firefightersspecifically-livetraininghasbeensuspendedvirtualtrainingisbeingattempted-sortofcobbledtogether.Ruralcommunitiesrepresenting80%ofthefirefightercommunityareimpactedbythesechangesintraining.Thereisavitalneedforfirefightersandfirst-respondingagenciestoeffectivelycommunicateandmanageresourcesduringacrisissituation.Trainingforincidentcommandinthefireservicerequiresdevelopingpersonalskillstosuperviseandmanageincidentoperations.Inadditionbuildingandretainingskillsthroughpracticeandrepetitiontostandardizeincidentoperationsandcommunicationsinahazardzonearecritical.Trainingneedstooccurnotonlywithinadepartment/organizationbutwithdifferentshiftsstationsbattalionsandacrossmunicipalmutualaidagreements.Theseskillsareappliedonthejobandpracticedusingsimulatedscenariobasedexercisesinvolvingradiocommunications.WeproposeawebbasedcommunicationssimulationplatformcalledPracticeCom(PC).Thefollowingspecificaims(SA)areproposedtoresearchthefeasibilityofdesigningtechnologytofacilitatethiscommunicationtraining.SA1-RefineFunctionalPrototypesofVirtualRadioTechnologiesAprototypesystemwasassembledandusedinavirtualtrainingpilotexerciseinvolvingparticipantsinOklahomaTexasArizonaCaliforniaandHawaiiinJuly2020.ThetechnologyiscurrentlyChromebrowserdependentandisnotoptimizedforuseofbandwidth.ThistaskwouldrefinefunctionalityandrefactorthecodedesignadjustingtheclientandserverWebRTCaudiostreamandSignalRrealtimemessagingthatkeepsparticipantsinsyncsothatmoreprocessingoccursonthecloudserverversustheclients.Theresultingtrainingtoolwouldbebroadlyaccessibleonmajorbrowsersandoperatingundermodestbandwidthrequirements.SA2:CreateInstructorScenarioControlforparticipantsandFeatureSet.Inavirtualtrainingscenarioparticipantsmaybeviewingapreparedstate/sequenceofvideographicslideorwebinteractions.SignalRtechnologyallowsforstudentwebbrowserstoberealtimelinkedtorealizeteamtraining.Thisabilitytopushmessagesenablescommandstobesenttotheconnectedbrowsers.Thisallowsthelockstepofagroupinascenarioortheindividualcontrolofatrainingparticipant'sbrowserpagetoreacttocommands.InthisSAwedevelopalockstepsequenceplayer/editorandaddinstructorcontrolstotakeadvantageofthefeaturesetandenabletheinstructortodirectindividualparticipantbrowserstoloadspecificmedia/webpages.SA3:ConductPilotTestsandRefinements.Wewillconductavirtualincidentcommand(IC)certificationclassover3-days(24hoursoftrainingtime).Theinstructor-ledexercisesinvolvescenario-basedsimulationswith10studentsand2to3instructors.Thestudentsp
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Health and Safety Training CoPilot: An AI-Driven Pre-Training Generator Tool Benefiting Low-Literacy and Limited-English Workers
- HazMat Risk Management, Readiness and Training Platform
- Phase II - HazPrep Worker Training - Community Risk Profile - COVID-19 Rapid Response
- HazPrep Worker Training Community Risk Profile
- Inhibitors of Mycobacterial Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase B (mPTPB) for therapy of
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Sargassum-Based Building Material for Affordable Housing Construction and Job Creation in Rural Communities
- Defending Fisheries and Rural Communities: Innovative 3D-Printed Living Seawalls
- Bridging Nutritional Education and Autonomy for Rural Health Transformation
- AMA: An AI-Driven Special Education Support Platform for Education in Rural Communities.
- SBIR Phase I: Evaluating the Feasibility of an On-site Rapid Lead Analyzer to Support Community and Rural Based Healthy Drinking Water Initiatives
Research funding history
11 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2007–2025). Reported award amounts total $2,181,054. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Health and Human Services, National Science Foundation, Department of Agriculture