Data Management for Wide-area Responses: Technology Evaluation and Operational Expert Feedback Technical Summary Report
Citation:
Boe, T., E. Silvestri, J. Falik, M. Blaser, J. Mitchell, B. Cooper, L. Mickelsen, C. Graham, K. McConkey, AND M. Rodgers. Data Management for Wide-area Responses: Technology Evaluation and Operational Expert Feedback Technical Summary Report. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/600/S-22/152, 2022.
Impact/Purpose:
Through this effort, candidate tools were exercised and evaluated to assess the current state of technologies to enhance the USCG and EPA’s ability to respond to and recover from a CBRN incident. The technologies and software recommended were exercised through a complete data management workflow during the AnCOR field study that was held in May 2022. The operational considerations illuminated through this study provided invaluable information to ensure increased preparedness and, ultimately, more efficient, and successful field data acquisition and management activities.
Description:
The goal of this project was to streamline capabilities and identify improved data management tools to better fit the needs of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), USCG, and EPA responders following a wide-area incident. This was accomplished by evaluating the current state of tools and technologies that facilitate the acquisition and subsequent management of field sampling data.