1. Building Emergency Lanes Along Information Highways and Skyways: Prospects and Challenges for Canada’s New Critical Infrastructures Peter S. Anderson Simon Fraser University Vancouver, Canada anderson@sfu.ca

2. SFU Research Background Applied Research Emergency Preparedness Information Exchange (EPIX) Virtual Emergency Management Information Systems Policy Research Telecommunications, broadcasting, information policy studies Emergency communications – critical infrastructure, interoperability, vulnerability, needs evaluations, regulation, industry & end-user interaction

3. Applied Research

4. EPIX

5. EPIX Supported Projects Initiating and hosting WWW sites for: Federal Government Emergency Preparedness Canada Industry Canada - Emergency Telecommunications Branch Transport Canada Aviation Safety - Pacific Region Provincial Governments BC Provincial Emergency Program BC Ministry of Social Development and Economic Security (Emergency Social Services) Ontario Emergency Measures Organization

6. EPIX Supported Projects Initiating and hosting WWW sites for: Public/Private Partnership Programs Major Industrial Accidents Council of Canada Safeguard Emergency Preparedness for Industry and Commerce Council of British Columbia Volunteer NGO Programs Emergency Planners and Managers Association of British Columbia Emergency Social Services Association of British Columbia SAR Info (Search and Rescue)

7. EPIX Supported Projects Hosting WWW sites for: International Programs UN IDNDR UN ISDR NATO Civil Protection Committee Hosting Email Discussion Groups Networks in Emergency Management nets-em@sfu.ca Emergency Planning for Post-secondary Educational Institutions emerg-univ@sfu.ca US National Institute for Urban Search and Rescue Canadian National Hazards Assessment canhaz-assess@sfu.ca

8. EPIX Supported Projects Emergency Support 1993 - present - Internet gateway/distribution of UN - OCHA disaster sitreps and appeals 1994 - Mirror site for California EDIS system during Northridge Earthquake relief and recovery operations 1997 - Manitoba Red River Floods - Internet site support for Emergency Preparedness Canada 1998 – Salmon Arm Wildland Fire - Internet site support for BC Provincial Emergency Program 1999 - British Columbia Floods - Internet site support for BC Provincial Emergency Program and emergency email distribution

9. Virtual Emergency Management Information Systems Objective: During crises - to enable emergency managers to remain in critical decision-making processes regardless of physical location

10. Virtual Emergency Management Information Systems interconnecting local, provincial and federal government emergency operations centers and field sites through common TCP/IP infrastructure national and international collaboration by VPNs across the Internet British Columbia Regional VEMIS Project Pacific Region Federal Joint Alternate Site

11. Virtual Emergency Management Information Systems Technology Integration of fixed and mobile wireless and wired systems Building on common infrastructure with focus on interoperability Using TCP/IP as common bridging protocols

12. Virtual Emergency Management Information Systems Components Wired intra/internet systems Terrestrial wireless systems Satellite telecommunications

13. Virtual Emergency Management Information Systems 56 kbps UHF TCP/IP wireless system behaves like a slower speed version of standard Ethernet system used in most offices Initial Wireless Internet Component 1996 - Present

14. Virtual Emergency Management Information Systems supports point-to-point and multi-point networking over large geographical areas (e.g., 120-150 Km) Initial Wireless Internet Component

15. Virtual Emergency Management Information Systems MSAT DirecPC VSAT Other Interconnectable Wireless Technologies Satellite-based

16. Virtual Emergency Management Information Systems Other Interconnectable Wireless Technologies Terrestrial Cellular/PCS HF packet radio gateway High speed spread spectrum radio

18. Related Activities Haughton-Mars99/2000 NASA Expeditions - applying disaster communications concepts to space travel

19. Virtual Emergency Management Information Systems Phase Two Upgrading wireless backbone to highspeed 4.5 Mbps -> 100 Mbps Establishing emergency satellite teleport with SFU to become an emergency ISP

20. Virtual Emergency Management Information Systems High Speed Wireless Backbone Currently moving up to 30 Mbps

21. Emergency Satellite Teleport/Portal Proposal Establish a permanent emergency communication point-of- presence at SFU via satellite and terrestrial networks to support national and international humanitarian relief efforts SFU to be an emergency Internet Service Provider

22. SFU Resources Satellite Capacity C and Ku Band ground stations Potential connectivity : –throughout North, Central and South America –Pacific Region Direct interconnection to Ca*Net 3 national high speed backbone

23. INTELSAT TELESAT Coverage Examples

24. Current Participating Organizations Simon Fraser University Telematics Research Lab PolyLAB Computing Services Discovery Parks Inc. Wi-LAN Inc. Industry Canada Communications Research Centre Pacific Region – Emergency Telecommunications Emergency Preparedness Canada