Ottawa-based Solace said the department’s Domestic Nuclear Detection Office selected its Unified Messaging Platform as a prototype integration platform to enhance threat monitoring and response capabilities of local, state and federal emergency organizations in urban areas.
“This project is a strategic critical incident and natural disaster preparedness initiative for the United States,” said Solace CEO Craig Betts in a statement. “Solace is proud to be a part of this vital communications network that will enable superior situational awareness and more effective response to emergencies in major U.S. cities.”
The Department of Homeland Security is using Solace’s hardware-based message routers, together with Thermo Fisher Scientific’s strategically placed fixed and mobile sensors, to securely deliver messages generated during emergencies in real-time to the relevant authorities.
Solace has also integrated Thermo Fisher Scientific’s ViewPoint Enterprise software into the solution, which adds the ability to centrally process and analyze the sensor data with a single application.
The technology includes geospatial capabilities that allow users to define areas of interest either by a single point of longitude and latitude, by proximity to a particular point or by inclusion within irregularly defined areas such as security zones, flood plans or radioactive plumes.
