FLYTECOMM TO DEMO AFFORDABLE SERVICE FOR SHARING
 FIRE DISPATCH DATA TO IMPROVE EMERGENCY RESPONSE

Graphical View of Situation and Resources Streamlines Team Coordination

Portland, OR—March 14, 2006—FlyteComm, a leader in situational awareness services, today demonstrated a service that changes the economics of sharing dispatch data among fire response jurisdictions.  FlyteComm Surface Logistics™ takes data feeds from existing 9-1-1 Emergency Communication Center computer-aided dispatch (CAD) systems and provides a seamless display of incidents, along with personnel, equipment, and apparatus availability to participating Public Safety Access Points (PSAPs).   

The demonstration was held at the 2006 APCO Western Regional Conference sponsored by the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials-International, Inc. 

FlyteComm was selected to develop the new service in coordination with the Washington County Consolidated Communications Agency (WCCCA), which provides 9-1-1 service and public safety communications for police, fire, and emergency medical service for Washington County , Oregon . WCCCA’s goal for the project is to improve data sharing among its 10 fire agencies, and eventually, to provide multi-jurisdictional real-time situational awareness and data sharing.

“FlyteComm automatically keeps the dispatcher and all of the public safety stakeholders working off the same, real-time information, while extending the life of our existing CAD installation, which does not need to be upgraded to support Surface Logistics,” said Paul A. Pedersen Jr., Director, WCCCA. 

FlyteComm Surface Logistics is a hosted service that lets PSAPs share information without installing server software, a significant factor in cost-effectiveness.  No software purchase is required, and no server hardware needs to be purchased and maintained, making the service an ideal solution for agencies with busy technical staff who want to extend the life of their computer-aided dispatch (CAD) systems.  The system is modular, and agencies can add PSAPs incrementally, building a regional data sharing network a step at a time.

Carl Simpson, executive director of the Salt Lake Valley Emergency Communications Center (UT), evaluated the Surface Logistics service and said, “Budgets continue to tighten and we have to figure out how to service our growing communities with the same or fewer resources.  Multi-jurisdictional sharing is a good start. Surface Logistics makes it possible.”

Surface Logistics is built on a platform in use at a number of Federal Law Enforcement Agencies, and contains extensive data, site, and application security features.

“With Surface Logistics, we can bring an affordable new way of sharing data to every fire dispatch organization in the country,” said Maurice Bailey, FlyteComm CEO.  “FlyteComm pioneered the integration of real time data feeds from different agencies, in support of Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5 (HSPD-5).  Flytecomm has provided its Traveler Advisory Systems to Federal Law Enforcement Agencies. Now the company has expanded its platform into other Public Safety applications, all building on the mission-proven Flytecomm architecture and service that displays complex data streams across multiple jurisdictions.”

Surface Logistics Keeps Dispatch, Field in Sync

Surface Logistics is accessed through an Internet web browser either at the dispatch center or in the field, where wireless communications keeps teams connected..  Every viewer has concurrent, up-to-date information derived directly from the CAD data feeds of participating PSAPs.  Decision makers in the field can get real-time updates at any time, without calling the dispatch office.

Information is displayed in graphical format for easy comprehension and spatial awareness of incident and resource status.  This extended view helps assure that the most appropriate equipment with the fastest response time is being dispatched to an incident.  The Surface Logistics display also serves as a real-time Move-Up board to assure no area is without fire protection while incidents are being handled in nearby areas.

About FlyteComm www.flytecomm.com
FlyteComm Corp. is a leader in situational awareness services, providing real-time information about personnel, equipment, and resources to more than 200 corporate customers, state, local, and federal government and law enforcement agencies. FlyteComm uses proprietary technology to integrate maps, weather tracking, and real-time data feeds into a relational data base, and serves custom views, reports, and alerts through a web browser.  A growing family of applications enables coordinated data sharing to improve incident and emergency response across jurisdictional lines.  Headquartered in Mountain View , CA , the company is privately funded.

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