Australasian Inter-service Incident Management System (AIIMS)

AIIMS is an Incident Management System that enables the seamless integration of activities and resources from multiple agencies for the resolution of any emergency situation. It operates effectively for any type of incident, imminent or actual, natural, industrial or civil, and many other situations in which emergency management organisations are involved.

The flexibility in the OCA system roles and permissions allows for the implementation of the AIIMS model in an emergency operation.

Reference: AFAC

Common alerting protocol v 1.1 (CAP)

The Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) is a simple but general format for exchanging all-hazard emergency alerts and public warnings over all kinds of networks. CAP allows a consistent warning message to be disseminated simultaneously over many different warning systems, thus increasing warning effectiveness while simplifying the warning task. CAP also facilitates the detection of emerging patterns in local warnings of various kinds, such as might indicate an undetected hazard or hostile act. And CAP provides a template for effective warning messages based on best practices identified in academic research and real-world experience.

In the OCA system CAP alerts arrive in the communications inbox and are then reviewed and processed into reports. Outbound CAP alerts work in reverse: first they constructed as a report, then are sent like a normal communication. CAP RSS feeds can be tracked on a ongoing basis via the inbox.

Reference: CAP 1.1 specification ( http://www.oasis-open.org )

ESRI

ESRI is a software development and services company providing Geographic Information System (GIS) software and geodatabase management applications. OCA can consume ESRI data and display it on a map.

INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM (ICS)

The ICS is a standardised, on-scene, all-hazard incident management concept. It is a management protocol originally designed for emergency management agencies in the United States and has since been adopted by agencies in other countries. ICS is based upon a flexible, scalable response organisation providing a common framework within which people can work together effectively. These people may be drawn from multiple agencies that do not routinely work together, and ICS is designed to give standard response and operation procedures to reduce the problems and potential for miscommunication on such incidents.

The flexibility in the OCA system roles and permissions allows for the implementation of the AIIMS model in an emergency operation.

Reference: FEMA

GEO-RSS

GeoRSS is an emerging standard for encoding location as part of a web feed. In OCA, GeoRSS feeds are geocoded and can be plotted on maps as layers.

KEYHOLE MARKUP LANGUAGE (KML)

KML is an XML-based language schema for expressing geographic annotation and visualisation on maps. In OCA KML has been implemented as a part of the mapping standards.

national information exchange model (niem)

NIEM enables information sharing, focusing on information exchanged among organisations as part of their current or intended business practices. The NIEM exchange development methodology results in a common semantic understanding among participating organisations and data formatted in a semantically consistent manner. NIEM will standardise content (actual data exchange standards), provide tools, and managed processes.

In the OCA system, NIEM information arrives in the communications inbox, and is then mapped to the related objects in the system for use. Outbound NIEM information works in reverse: first it is mapped to a NIEM report type, and then it is sent to other emergency management systems via email as an attachment.

Reference: http://www.niem.gov