ca! - emergency and disaster recovery system extensions to caBIG™

During Hurricane Katrina, US Federal and State Agencies had disparate data acquisition systems, separate data networks and unique incompatible applications. •System incompatibilities exist even between various Federal agencies. •Consistent data available to one agency should be available to another. Data must be portable and with a common vocabulary. •Katrina illustrated the need for a common data system to underpin applications at the first responder, local medical facility and state health care department level, plus federal safety and law enforcement.