Unblur’s IRIS technology has made a significant impact on fire and rescue services, but there is a wide range of applications beyond emergency incident management where it can help operations teams to make quick, informed decisions in complex, evolving situations.
IRIS is unique in that it cuts through large volumes of data from multiple real-time sources to build immediate situational awareness, and help prioritise the most effective response.
While fire and rescue services have recognised the value of this and are now placing IRIS at the core of their digital transformation strategies, the same principles apply for search and rescue teams, infrastructure and event safety.
For airports, ports and other large infrastructures, IRIS can bring together rich data from their IT systems, operating procedures and emergency plans, along with live video feeds and GIS to channel information to operational security and facility management teams. It creates simple, easy-to-use interfaces that provide real-time information across the entire site, visualising what is happening and creating a critical platform for any potential emergency.
IRIS addresses the challenges around managing complex search and rescue operations that have to cover large areas of the countryside. It allows teams to clearly segment and track search areas and brings together geographical information systems with immediate access to feeds from drones and helicopters. It can instantly set any number of messages and linked location markers across operational teams, transforming the effectiveness of search coordination.
Whether a protest march through a city centre, or a music festival, any mass event that brings together thousands of people requires careful management. It is essential that event managers know where their people, vehicles, equipment are and can adapt their deployment or change strategy quickly when necessary. This requires real-time situational awareness and the ability to channel information immediately to operational teams.
An Event like Glastonbury transforms the countryside into a small city for 200,000 people with food, camping and washing and toilets across a huge site. Even a heavy rain shower can change conditions instantly, putting pressure on event managers to make the right decisions the first time. The level of situational awareness that IRIS brings to such situations is incomparable.
In all these sectors, managers need solutions that bring together all the available data in real time on a user-friendly platform that allows everyone involved to engage and direct resource with a complete picture of what is going on.
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