SBIR-STTR Award

The proposed Phase I effort examines the feasibility of integrating commercial advanced technologies and capabilities of the System Definition, Inc. (SDI) Advanced Personnel Accountability Application (APAA) into a representative of the Air Force Disaster Response Force (DRF) Common Operating Picture (COP) to create an enhanced First Responder accountability solution for Air Force and DoD First Responders. The DRF COP integrates disparate data from multiple sources into user configurable visualization functions to enhance situational awareness and comprehension. The COP for Event Response Situational Awareness (COPERS) was developed by AFRL and The Design Knowledge Company and is a candidate for the Air Force-wide DRF COP. SDI's innovative commercial Advanced Personnel Accountability Application (APAA) works in conjunction with radio system resources and organization datasets to provide a modern, effective personnel accountability solution that improves on existing systems to accurately and rapidly account for personnel at an incident. COPERS is an agile and scalable Air Force solution for an Event, Incident, and Emergency Response/Management common operating picture that can cross the Air Force enterprise as well as integrate with other federal, state, and local agencies. The proposed approach examines improving on these capabilities by investigating potential pathways to integrate commercial First Responder technology.

The proposed Phase II Enhanced Personnel Accountability for Responders (EPAR) effort leverages prior Phase I activities that examined feasibility of integrating advanced commercial technologies and capabilities of the System Definition, Inc. (SDI) Advanced Personnel Accountability Application (APAA) with the Air Force Common Operating Picture for Event Response Situational Awareness (COPERS) system to create a modernized First Responder accountability solution for Air Force and DoD. SDI’s innovative, state-of-the-art commercial APAA works with radio system resources and organization datasets to modernize incident personnel accountability activities to accurately and rapidly account for personnel at incidents. COPERS is an agile, scalable Air Force solution for an Event, Incident, and Emergency Response/Management common operating picture. Phase I outreach identified WPAFB Fire & Emergency Services and AFRL as key stakeholders and the AFLCMC DRF COP Office is interested in this integrated capability as a featured function for the DRF COP. The DRF COP POM is currently being worked in conjunction with A4C and AFIMSC. The developed capabilities directly assist First Responders by modernizing to a PTT-based personnel accountability application for simpler, streamlined, more accurate accountability within an Air Force COP that can support life-saving activities. It will bring state-of-the-art personnel accountability capabilities to the DoD environment.