Unified Incident Command and Decision Support (UICDS)

The Unified Incident Command and Decision Support (UICDS) architecture is an innovative technology enabling easy interoperation of applications and systems, existing and new, for the sharing of information in support of Homeland Security.

UICDS is rich in geospatial location information, which provides a common basis for processing and understanding of incident situational awareness.

ObjectFX is dedicated to the development of products and solutions that provide dynamic geospatial solutions, and has invested in a number of initiatives centered on UICDS. Two solution initiatives are described below: the ObjectFX UICDS Viewer and the ObjectFX UICDS SpatialRules Monitor.

UICDS Viewer

100% web standards based, the geospatial viewer includes an integrated UICDS Adapter, enabling the visualization of UICDS information as an interactive application. The Viewer can connect to any UICDS core accessible via HTTP/S, and supports any number of web clients from anywhere on the internet. DHS Symbology (ANSI 415) is provided to represent the UICDS information.

The Viewer is an AJAX-based web client based on Web 2.0 principles and has the capability to fuse large amounts of data and large numbers of dynamic objects into the map view, display multiple map views simultaneously in a single HTML page, connect multiple map views for “linked” map view behavior, and operate as a OGC Web Map Service (WMS) server or client.

UICDS SpatialRules Monitor

A spatial-temporal reasoning engine with an integrated UICDS Adapter, providing 24x7x365 monitoring of all location enabled UICDS information. UICDS provided Alerts, Incidents, and other NIEM based information is continuously watched by the Monitor and processed by user defined rules, detecting spatial and temporal interactions of interest.

spatialrules-monitor.png'> Unified Incident Command and Decision Support (UICDS) spatialrules-monitor.png" width="" height="" title="" alt="" /> For example, UICDS notification of a new Alert can be processed to detect if the Alert is within proximity to a motorcade (a dynamic spatial location). Another example includes integration of external location data, such as Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) reports of the departure of a critical resource from a monitored “Area of Interest” during a specific time window or time range. Integrated notification capabilities automate the dissemination of UICDS shared information via voice, email, instant messaging and other communication channels.