1. Vince Mazur President/CEO Mazur Instruments
Optimizing Emergency Response with Connected and Situationally Aware Instrumentation
Vince Mazur President/CEO Mazur Instruments

2. Agenda Mazur Instruments – An Introduction
The 9/11 Attacks and Interoperability
Today’s “Islands” of Nuclear Instrumentation
Some Situational Awareness Factors
Introduction to the GNDA
PRM Platform Support for Connectivity
Closing

3. Mazur Instruments Key Platform Capabilities
LND Pancake (7317) or End-Window (712) GMT
Among industry’s longest battery life (3.22 yr / 2.3 yr)
User-configurable units, A/V, etc.
USB PC/Mac interface
Measurement statistics
Backlit LCD with English and Japanese menus
Internal data logging and simple calibration
Lightweight, rugged and weather resistant
Designed and made in the USA

4. Communications During 911 Attacks
Lives were lost because radios were not interoperable across EMS, fire, police and government resources.
Did you know that the police, EMS teams, and
firefighters sometimes have to juggle as
many as five different radios because each agency communicates on different systems?
When They Can't Talk, Lives are Lost
What Public Officials Need to Know About Interoperability
University of Denver
National Law Enforcement & Corrections
Technology Center — Rocky Mountain Region

5. Radiation Equipment: Installed Base
“Islands of Instrumentation” Generally Lacking:
Interoperability / Connectivity
Situational Data (Who, What, Where, etc.)
Common Data Format
Primarily Proprietary
Similar to pre-PC computing era

6. Some Situational Awareness Factors
Who
User
Affiliation
What
Measurement
Units
Instrument Type
Instrument Health
Environmental Conditions
Calibration Date
Where
GPS Coordinates
Bar Code Location

7. What is the GNDA?
The overall mission of the GNDA is to use an integrated system of radiation detection equipment and interdiction activities to combat nuclear smuggling in foreign countries, at the U.S. border, and inside the United States.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011, Statement of David C. Maurer, Director, Homeland Security and Justice, and Gene Aloise, Director, Natural Resources and Environment
Testimony, Before the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies, Committee on Homeland Security, U.S. House of Representatives

8. Interoperability Standards
N42.42 –Radiation Data Format Standard
Originally published 2006 (started 2004)
Defines XML formatted output of radiation detection instruments
DNDO worked with the ANSI committee to update
Released as an IEC Standard 62755
ANSI/IEEE N has been approved and is in the final publication process

9. N42-2011 Personal Radiation Detector

10. Mazur PRM Data Connectivity
USB serial port output string in CSV
Internal Logging and/or output every minute
Fundamental interface upward capable with N42.42 and a variety of web feeds
CSV data ubiquitous format for database and analysis tools

11. Summary
Leveraging GNDA best practices and interoperability can improve nuclear emergency response at all levels
GNDA compliant equipment can enable “If you see something, say something” at local levels.
Equipment manufacturer’s support of open standards will facilitate a “web of situationally aware instrumentation”