2) The NIST slide (16) has next generation communication in red and
current communication in black.
Adding a legend with black and red squares to indicate
So for slide
17, if that red box is
representing next generation communication then it should be covering
the lower right hand corner where the "buildings" are. I.e., when the
CSA companies connect back to the building
using the fire department digital keybox
I keep wondering if someone from the Knox company could provide
comments on this effort. Whatever challenges they face with mechanical
keys, owners and jurisdictions - a digital keybox faces some of the
same issues.
Knox
Box would be a great consultant. For that matter so would
Assa Abloy
and
Underwriters
Laboratory. Maybe when the proof of concept is complete these
organizations could be contacted for input.
Building Owners and local jurisdictions could benefit from
compliance through lower insurance rates, improved security, and more
organized response from the fire department. Having comments from
manufacturers and UL would help to make this case.
to verify the
emergencies,
they are connecting back through the BBS (using appropriate security
measures, etc.) to get to the building alerts, floorplans
David Coggershell and I talked on the phone last night - in
addition to floorplans, sections and elevations will also be useful.
and other
building information. We are envisioning that the "security systems"
and "fire systems" that the CSA companies currently monitor
do CSA companies require some kind of certification or periodic
inspection?
(see lower
left corner of the NIST diagram), will be integrated into sending
alerts via CAP messages (or some other standard message?) so that
sensors in
every
part of the building will be communicating with the first responder
networks (CSA, NG9-1-1, PSAP, etc.) in the same manner
Via the MVD Model View Definition being created. I'll look at
the
NBIMS MVD s more.
There are only 21 currently in progress. Encourage everyone to see the
ICC effort, overall diagram is
here An
example of using IFC for one of the scenario building elements, see -
building
stories .
The MVD being created will need to rely on the List of Drawings,
this specification section is typically numbered 00 01 15, the typical
sheet is A1.00. Each sheet is like a slice of the model, the floorplans
are in the A200 series, sections and elevations in the A300 series and
so on. The List of Drawings can easily already be used for communicating in the
same manner.
Also schedules,
particularly the door schedule A1.30 to add more meaning to floorplan
data. In other words not every thing about the standard floorplans
needs to be new. I've been looking at your Table 1 Building Source Data
Classification and there are several entries that are completely new.
using
building
servers such as the BBS & BPS.
just to confirm, the BPS is the SAP for the BBS?
At some point
in the chain of
communication, the BPS will connect to its "configured" SAP and will
send its alerts to that SAP, i.e., to the CSA, NG9-1-1 or directly to
the PSAP depending on the configuration of that particular
jurisdiction.
Skipping steps as needed. Like the standard floorplans, wouldn't
it be a benefit to set up these configurations, predefine optimal data
flow paths, up ahead of time?
Note that not
all organizations will be available
everywhere in the country, so we will have cases such as:
BBS->BPS->CSA->NG9-1-1->PSAP (fully functional city)
or BBS->BPS->CSA->PSAP
(NG9-1-1 not available)
or BBS->BPS->NG9-1-1->PSAP
(CSA not available)
or BBS->BPS->PSAP
(CSA & NG9-1-1 not available)
or none of the above and communication will be done as it is
currently being done
I'll map these out in the next iteration. Concerned about
bottlenecks of course.
Once the BPS has done its job and notify the first responder network
(CSA, NG9-1-1 or PSAP), then the scenario continues with perhaps the
human interaction to review & verify the emergency, then the alerts
are forwarded to the proper authorities.
Which are also always different. See this overlay showing
Zones
in the OGC graphic. The lower portion can be for the fire department
data, separate from the building, requiring less IFC compliance as
shown by the OGC arrow in yellow on the right.
3) For slide 18, once the
alerts
have reached the CSA or PSAP via the SAP, i.e., what happens within
each organization can vary so the scenario is describing that each
Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system will parse the alerts and populate
their data forms accordingly (either in the CSA
or PSAP or wherever). We are interested in
getting the alerts to the various organizations such as CSA, NG9-1-1
and PSAP via the SAP, but then each organization will deal with the
alerts in their own way. There are over 250 CAD vendors and each may
populate their trouble tickets in their own proprietary ways,
But to participate in this service system, its interesting to
consider the top left portion of the OGC graphic which has not been
"scenario-ized" yet. Common protocols and pathways could be
pre-defined here in words, locations, and this MVD also. This would be
more interoperable and would let larger regions respond to and access
building data.
what we
would like to see is that they all will support the "common" alert
message such as the CAP message to electronically populate their
systems.
This is the hard part to populate accurately.
In the case
for the NG9-1-1 organization, their systems would
take the "common" alert message and route it to the appropriate PSAP
perhaps by using EDXL, human intervention will probably be minimal.
For the CSA folks, we envision the BPS sending its alerts into
designated CSA owned SAPs that will route the alerts
using predefined configurations already checked by the fire
departments when possible.
to the
appropriate
CSA companies depending on the alerts' addresses.
Note, in DC building addresses are ultimately assigned by the
Post Office. The supporting data for this system to work includes - the
CSI IFD Dictionary (incomplete), Census Data, NIMS, FEMA
Once those
responsible CSA companies have received the alerts, they will go into
action to verify the emergency and contact the PSAP folks as necessary
(either directly or via the NG9-1-1 network, both via SAPs). EDXL seems
to also fit well for the routing that would be done by the CSA's SAPs.
Who holds the digital keybox? Like a mechanical keybox wouldn't
it ultimately reside in the building so its where you need it. Are they
for the fire departments only and only activated via the SAP
procedures?
So for slide 18, the "Data Fields" box and the "9-1-1 Dispatch Center"
symbol should probably be used inside the PSAP. If you are trying to
depict that NG9-1-1 is IN the communication loop, then they should be
inserted BEFORE the PSAP since they will be taking the alerts from CSA
and routing those alerts to the appropriate PSAP.
Yes, will move.
4) The SAP represents the
common
gateway for sending information to the various entities in the
communications loop. So if we want to send information to the CSA
folks, there should be a CSA common gateway that we can send the data
through. Similarly, this common gateway is available for the NG9-1-1
folks and the PSAP folks - each common gateway is NOT the same physical
access point, but they share the same footprint, protocols and security
measures. Think of the SAPs as doors to cookie cutter houses where
people/information can go through, and there are many of these houses
using the same door layout.
with the same performance requirements
The goal is
for every public safety
organization/network, there should be a SAP with common protocols and
security measures that we can access to send emergency information
into.
Rather than literally a central SAP, more like spokes on a bike
wheel, each one the same serving the same function and interchangeable.
Supporting an SAP means connecting one circle to a bigger circle.
The SAP would
be the mechanism for any of the organizations to
communicate with each other, we are envisioning that the SAP (or some
form of it) will also be used to communicate with the buildings (i.e.,
the BBS would support a SAP to access building information).
I hope this clears up your question about having a single SAP in the
diagram - it is intuitively not possible. Every entity/organization
that you insert into the communication scenario should support a SAP in
order for other entities to communicate with it.
Yes - helps alot, slowly understanding this more. Thanks for the
comments
Regards - Alan
Deborah MacPherson wrote:
Hi NIST BFRL, BSP, and David Coggeshell
Please see attached revised slides with a question. I added
the
scenario text highlighting relevant phrases in red. Now I'm trying to
combine the NG9-1-1,
CSAN, PSAP and BISACS Integration slide
to show the whole process from both OGC/NBIMS and the NG9-1-1, CSAN,
PASP and BISACS Integration points of view.
The
question is, on your slide each of the orange clouds has an SAP
Standard Access Point server along with computers as if this scenario
took place in a fully functional city. But, as mentioned in the call,
sometimes not every component is available. If so - could there be only
one SAP in the middle of an idealized cycle rather than repeated at
each orange cloud? If so, the next slides would be what David and
Michelle call a "Common Operating Picture" for a fully functional city.
The one after that would show examples if 9-1-1 was missing, if there
was no CSA monitoring the building etc. Still focusing on getting the
building to communicate to the outside and vice versa.
The aim for the last slides continues to be overlays showing
which formats, classifications, languages (EDXL, GML, IFC, OWL) could
be used for each step or area. I will need assistance to properly
locate the languages. The whole background represents OGC and NBIMS
standards. Literally need to also show the context or coverage of
supporting information such as the IFD-CSI dictionary.
The backgrounds here are like the static floorplans. Also
added
a slide for the Static vs Dynamic steps 1, 2, 3, 4.
Thank you for your feedback.
Deborah
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Deborah L. MacPherson CSI CCS, AIA
Projects Director, Accuracy&Aesthetics
Specifications and Research, WDG Architecture
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