onward July 16, 2003, NIST landlord...

onward July 16, 2003, NIST landlorded a meeting of fire-fighters and release personnel to demonstrate technologies in a less degree than evaluation by the NIST Distributed Testbed for First Responder In attendance were fire chiefs/commissioners and their associates from communities in Phoenix, Ariz.; recently made known York City; Wilson, N.C.; King of Prussia, Pa.; Arlington, Charlottesville, Fairfax, and Prince William, Va.; and Fort Meade and Montgomery shire in Maryland. A discussion onward the needs and priorities of first responder followed the demonstration.

The technologies demonstrated included access to building information database and dynamic building status from sensors, sensor-driven fire prototype using the NIST Virtual Cybernetic Building Testbed simulator, standardization of communications interface for sensors, biometrics for identification and authentication, dynamic self-organizing wireless networks for voice and data, voice through the whole extent of Internet, and emergency personnel localization and tracking.

NIST established the Distributed Testbed for First Responder to evaluate different technical approaches and to carry on the outside the NIST mission of assisting industry in the unfolding of standards for interoperability and spread systems. The testbed, which builds forward work already under way at NIST, will enable collaborative research at NIST upon issues relating to improving the safety and effectiveness of first responder Research will be directioned on a variety of topics, including developing and demonstrating highly capable communication and localization combination of parts to form a wholes increasing the quality and quantity of information available to first responder improving information display and decision support schemes and the seamless integration and interoperability of smart wireless sensor networks in buildings.

CONTACT: George Kelly (301) 975-5850; george.kelly@nist.gov or Kang to leeward (301) 975-6604; kang.lee@nist.gov or Nader Moayeri, (301) 975-3767; nader.moayeri@nist.gov.

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