Title: A service-based command and control systems architecture for crisis management

Authors: Erland Jungert, Niklas Hallberg, Amund Hunstad

Addresses: Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), Box 1165, S-581 11 Linkoping, Sweden. ' Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), Box 1165, S-581 11 Linkoping, Sweden. ' Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), Box 1165, S-581 11 Linkoping, Sweden

Abstract: Societies have always been challenged by different crises, disasters and difficult times although western society for a long time has been considered safe. In recent years, our perception of the world has changed, due to terrorist attacks and other large-scale disasters. To handle uncertain situations where the conditions can change rapidly; effective crisis management is required. To support crisis management, command and control (C²) systems can be used. However, a solid architecture for these systems is needed, if they should meet the requirements of crisis management, e.g., support inter-organisational and situational awareness including crisis, organisational and security awareness. The objective of this paper is to outline an architecture for C² systems supporting network centric crisis management. The corner-stones of this architecture are: the C² model, the service structure, the service allocation bridges and the distributed ontologies. Further, the information flow and the IT security aspects are covered as well.

Keywords: command and control architecture; crisis management; service structure; ontologies; emergency management.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEM.2006.011164

International Journal of Emergency Management, 2006 Vol.3 No.2/3, pp.131 - 148

Published online: 19 Oct 2006 *

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