IIntaero is able to provide solutions to disaster management agencies including: Tools to manage relief and rescue team operations Tools to manage the distribution of relief supplies Tools to manage casualty evaluation and evacuation Tools to collect and distribute data Data management Decision support Rugged hardware and radio communications Interfacing to NGOs, army, police etc for real time data exchange

SMART C4i has been designed and configured to function effectively in a civil environment, using commercially available communication links. Most information systems are very restricted in Command and Control terms and applications such as Vehicle Tracking Systems only display limited data and do not allow the two-way exchange of graphical information, commands, chat and status.  SMART enables all users to communicate with each other, and share information between, for example, the police and security forces. 

SMART runs on the latest, rugged, tablet computers and PDA's and, most importantly and supports  multiple protocols and communication formats to enable easy integration into existing systems and data communications. 

 

Simulation and Modeling
SMART interfaces to simulation and modelling software which enables the output of these products (such as the dispersion of a gas in an urban environment) to be graphically distributed in real time to forces on the ground dealing with the emergency.  Examples include flood predictions and management, oil spills and chemical releases.

Chemical / Biological Events

SMART can analyse and display chemical / biological events and calculates predicted spread from weather data giving an immediate and projected hazard prediction and a graphical overview of personnel and key locations in danger.   SMART incorporates an automatic and selective warning to threatened ground assets.  Current calculations are based on ATP45 (NATO field manual) but SMART can also incorporate calculations based on any alternate database for civil emergency and disaster management scenarios.

Oil Spills
		Working with partners, ASA, Intaero can take data from a modeling environment and pass it in graphical format on tablet computers or PDAs to the decision makers responsible for minimising the effects of the spill.  In addition, the actual extent of the spill can easily be entered into the mobile computer and passed back to the modeling centre to update the model and refine the output

Disaster Management and Situation Monitoring
Intaero and its partners can design, develop and install an integrated communications management system and operational database.  This could include call centres at regional level which would integrate to a national call centre at the Disaster Headquarters.  The SMART C4i capability is an ideal tool for disaster management, integrating all people on the ground with support, logistics, medical facilities, command posts etc.  Our ability to manage the distribution of real time data over any communications including radio and satellite, enables information and images to be input by the teams on the ground and shared in real time with all interested agencies.

Intaero has expertise in data acquisition and integration, using GIS tools to integrate and make sense of data from multiple sources.  We also have considerable experience of working with both manned aircraft and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs).  We are able to operate and manage aircraft fitted with a wide range of sensors to gather data and provide real time information on the extent of a disaster, whether local or remote.  Use of a manned, twin engine aircraft, such as the Diamond MPP shown here, provides an ideal, all weather platform for disaster assessment and for initial control of the disaster relief effort, providing imagery, communications relay and an airborne command post with 6 hours endurance.  When fitted with high resolution day and Infra Red cameras this aircraft has a 24 hour capability to monitor and report on the disaster and relief requirements.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles have unique qualities which make them ideal for long term situation monitoring.  However, to operate a UAV in a commercial environment requires experience and the right kind of vehicle.  We are proud to work with Aerosonde, an Australian company which has considerable experience of UAV design and operations in all environments.  Aerosonde is the only company to have an Airborne Operators Certificate for the operation of their UAV in civil airspace and this, together with the light weight, makes it ideal for long endurance, monitoring operations.  The UAV can be equipped with a high resolution video camera and can fly over an affected area for up to 30 hours without needing to land.  This facility would provide real-time, cost-effective information to those responsible for managing the disaster.