Description:
SCALABLE DISASTER VICTIM, SURVIVOR, BODY TRACKING SYSTEM.
The SE Asian tsunami in December 2004 resulted in 275,000 dead across 9 countries. Katrina resulted in approximately 1,800 dead across the Gulf Coast (and several hundred missing). An 8.0 magnitude earthquake in California could have ten times that number, as could a NBC-type (nuclear, biological, chemical) attack. We are not prepared to deal with thousands or tens of thousands of bodies, or live victims. This thesis would build on existing research that we and DMDC have conducted over the last two years. (Work thus far has been funded by OSD-HD.)

• Hardware and software components
• This system would use existing ID systems where available, or be its own ID system where not, to track both moving survivors and disposition of dead bodies.
• It is a software/database application that needs a number of hooks to accommodate both live and dead personnel.
• It would have a biometric ID component.
• It would be connected to wireless clouds to provide real-time integration with Defense Manpower Data Center’s (DMDC) DEERS Personnel Database and Non-Combatant Evacuation Operations (NEO) tracking system and other DMDC or international databases.
• It would integrate in real-time with other Federal ID options (passports, drivers licenses, etc).

NPS Point of Contact:
Brian Steckler, Scott McKenzie

NPS Point of Contact: Email:
steckler@nps.edu

Sponsor:
TBD (possibly OSD-HD)