Automated decision support for the emergency manager

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is developing a single architecture to support all phases of emergency response over the full spectrum of hazards. This system will enhance and supplement existing capabilities from FEMA´s toolbox, to perform the complete mission. It is an overall framework for integrating existing analytical tools and providing output in a form that is most appropriate, with special emphasis on the use of geographical displays. The framework will provide all of the human-computer interfaces and the functions that are common across the emergency spectrum and will integrate those applications and functions that are specific to a particular hazard. This approach will greatly reduce the time and effort required to learn the system, develop the necessary plans, and implement them in an emergency