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Photos: Victoria's high-tech mobile emergency command

How much IT can you fit in the back of one truck?

on Mar 31 2016 6:41AM

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Victoria's emergency services tech incubator, the National Safety Agency, showcased its self-sufficient mobile command centre, packed into the back of a truck, at the D61+ Live expo in Sydney yesterday.

The emergency services integrated communications (ESIC) vehicle has been designed for the Victorian government, and is on standby to be leased by the state's emergency services teams during a bushfire or other natural disaster.

Inside, the mobile command centre houses five specialist emergency services operators digesting data from multiple panels of data feeds coming in from meteorological agencies, 24-hour news channels, live streaming from helicopters and UAVs, traffic cameras, flight trackers and specialist flood and fire modelling tools.

There are even dedicated panels for staff to track the impact of emergencies on the public via social media.

Inside the command room, a tabletop-mounted touchscreen allows emergency responders to model anticipated bushfire impacts using the CSIRO-developed 'Spark' software.

Spark is a fire modelling tool informed by data from real-life experimental burns, which makes for more accurate predictive algorithms.

The ESIC was put into action during the 2014 Hazelwood mine fire in Victoria, which burnt for 45 days and covered neighbouring towns in smoke and ash.

As well as acting as an operational command for the officers leading an emergency response, the vehicle is also fitted with a satellite and long-range antennae to maintain telecommunications coverage both inside the truck and for nearby emergency services teams and residents.

It also carries generators with enough capacity to power the ESIC vehicle and a whole community centre for affected residents.

When disaster strikes, telecommunications are often the first services to drop out, so the mobile command carries a hefty amount of computing power to maintain its technology functions in isolation.

The command room can display live feeds from emergency helicopters, over which the ESIC team lays grid software borrowed from the surveying industry to guide firefighters to their target site, even when visibility is limited by smoke.

The view from the rear of the ESIC vehicle.

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