MiKi

Visual Communications Program for Emergency Responders in a

Disaster Situation

Outline

• Introduction and Motivation

• MiKi

• Introduction Demo

• Interactive Demo

• Development

• Future Plans

• Q & A

Outline

Intro

Miki

Demo 1

Demo 2

Dev.

Future

Q & A

Appendix

Disaster Recovery

“Disasters typically compromise the two things most essential for response and relief services - the ability to communicate and the ability to function in a geographically disrupted area. Whether the agency is a first responder or a social service provider; whether the information is damage assessment or site assignment - solutions to these problems are vital.”

Barb GraffDirector of Emergency Management

Seattle Police Department

Outline

Intro

Miki

Demo 1

Demo 2

Dev.

Future

Q & A

Appendix

Tablets with Maps

• Panning and Zooming Map

• Pen-Based Interface– Expressive– Natural to use

• Portability

• Wireless Networking– Clients can share ink through a

database

Outline

Intro

Miki

Demo 1

Demo 2

Dev.

Future

Q & A

Appendix

MiKi Application

• MiKi = Maps + Wiki

• Pen Input Enabled

• For Emergency Responders– Share information by drawing on

maps

• Built on WinFX for Vista– WPF Ink (Avalon)

Outline

Intro

Miki

Demo 1

Demo 2

Dev.

Future

Q & A

Appendix

DEMO

Outline

Intro

Miki

Demo 1

Demo 2

Dev.

Future

Q & A

Appendix

Development

• Platforms– Virtual Earth– Tablet PC– WinFX– WPF / XAML– .NET Web Services– SQL Server 2005

• Tools– VS Team System– Team Foundation

Outline

Intro

Miki

Demo 1

Demo 2

Dev.

Future

Q & A

Appendix

• Architecture

Future Plans

• Permission levels for different groups and organizations

• Route finding

• GPS

Outline

Intro

Miki

Demo 1

Demo 2

Dev.

Future

Q & A

Appendix

Q & A

Acknowledgements– Steve Lombardi, Virtual Earth PM– Barb Graff, Dir of Emergency Mgmt– Vicky Storm, UW Chief of Police– Firefighters of Fire Station #17– Richard Anderson, UW CSE– Valentin Razmov, UW CSE

Outline

Intro

Miki

Demo 1

Demo 2

Dev.

Future

Q & A

Appendix

Appendix

“Fire engines and trucks from each fire station will go out on  ‘damage-assessment’ routes, where they will look for dangerous situations and buildings, and look for trapped victims, fires, major damage to utilities, building damage and bridge conditions.”

Seattle Mayor Greg NickelsEmergency Preparedness web site

http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/mayor/issues/emergencyPrepMay 4, 2006

Outline

Intro

Miki

Demo 1

Demo 2

Dev.

Future

Q & A

Appendix

Appendix

“Commanders are still using Grease pencils on glass to represent Emergency Responders visually in the command Center, because they are comfortable with that interface, and not with a Computer Interface.”

Fire Station #17

Seattle

Outline

Intro

Miki

Demo 1

Demo 2

Dev.

Future

Q & A

Appendix

Appendix

“The MiKi is a great system to allow emergency responders to not only see, in real time, scene management, but to document what is going on and to have a record of the response and activity during a major event.  The incident commander, supervisors, other critical on scene responders and managers can easily see what is happening, where responders are located, what needs to be covered or addressed, and know what others are doing because of its interactive capability.  This is a terrific tool that enhances critical incident response and management.”

Vicky StormChief of Police

University of Washington

Outline

Intro

Miki

Demo 1

Demo 2

Dev.

Future

Q & A

Appendix

Appendix

Outline

Intro

Miki

Demo 1

Demo 2

Dev.

Future

Q & A

Appendix