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Public Safety Applications

Since 2001, the High Performance Wireless Research Network (HPWREN) team has been working with San Diego County first responders to better understand how high-speed wireless ad-hoc networking can assist with public safety in hard-to-reach areas. HPWREN-connected cameras, meteorological sensors, and alert systems located on several mountaintop towers provide first responders and rural community members with real-time images, environmental conditions, and public safety alerts throughout San Diego County.

October 2007 fires For instance, the 2007 Harris Fire was closely monitored by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) and the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department via HPWREN-connected cameras atop Lyons Peak while the 2007 Rice Canyon Fire, Witch Fire, and Poomacha Fire were also monitored via HPWREN-connected cameras at Mount Woodson, Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve and Palomar Mountain.

The NSF-funded HPWREN team also deployed high-speed network communication capabilities at six major CAL FIRE Incident Command Posts: Coyote Fire (July 2003), Eagle Fire (May 2004), Mataguay Fire (July 2004), Volcan Fire (Sept 2005), Border 50 Fire (October 2005), and Horse Fire (July 2006). Permanent CAL FIRE sites currently connected to HPWREN include the following: Red Mountain Fire Station, La Cima Fire Camp, Ramona Air Attack Base, Gillespie Helitack Base, and Puerta La Cruz Conservation Camp. Details regarding these activities and more are found in the following articles.

HPWREN camera observes more than four years of post-fire plant regrowth
http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/news/20080220/

HPWREN Aids Firefighters on Palomar Mountain
http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/news/20071110/

HPWREN camera use during the October 2007 San Diego Fires
http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/news/20071030/

2006 First Responder Survey of HPWREN Connectivity Deployment for Incident Command Posts
http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/news/20070816/

The 3Cs project and HPWREN demonstrated a multi-point video conference with a SDFD firefighter helicopter real-time video downlink during the 2007 Interagency Wildland Fire Drill
http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/news/20070531/

Smoke Signals: The Evolution of California Firefighting from the Eyes of Fire Captain Ron Serabia
http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/news/20070523/

Public Safety Agencies Begin Work on an HPWREN-like System for Southern California
http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/news/20061130/

HPWREN Team Participates in Ramona Air Show
http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/news/20060804/

HPWREN Provides Network Connectivity and VoIP to Horse Fire Incident Command Post
http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/news/20060725/

Multi-agency collaboration prepares for Voice-over-IP phones at Firefighter Incident Command Posts
http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/news/20060522/

CDF Puerta La Cruz connects to HPWREN for Camp and ICP support
http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/news/060110.html

HPWREN's Fifth CDF Incident Response Deployment
http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/news/051011.html

HPWREN establishes connection to CDF Helitack Base at Gillespie Field
http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/news/050816.html

The San Diego County Sheriff's Department and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection airlift replacement sensors for HPWREN real-time weather alerts
http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/news/050722.html

Fire Exercise Allows HPWREN to Work with CDF and San Diego Sheriff's Department for Airdrop-Based Network Relay Installation Demonstration
http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/news/050530.html

New HPWREN Relay above Dos Picos County Park Supports CDF Incident Command Post Deployment and Wireless Network Experimentation
http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/news/041221.html

HPWREN sensor data used for setting off real-time alarms for firefighters
http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/news/041106.html

The Scripps Institution of Oceanography Visualization Center produced a DVD from HPWREN Cedar Fire images
http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/news/041006.html


HPWREN's First Night Time Incident Response Deployment
http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/news/040720.html


This image shows the connection from the Cuyamaca Mountains HPWREN backbone site to the relay location on the Palomar Mountain range, and from there to a second relay on a small hill near the ICP camp site. The final link went to the camp itself where a local network connected the link to various trailers.


HPWREN Incident Response Connectivity Deployed to Support CDF Eagle Fire Operations in Riverside County
http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/news/040527.html

HPWREN Video Cameras Support Firefighting Agencies
http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/news/040523.html

CDF La Cima connection in the Cedar Fire post-burn area
http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/news/031223.html

Time lapse animations and other images of the Cedar Fire incident
http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/news/031118.html

Solid-State High-Res HPWREN-Connected Cameras Provide Quick Access to Environmental Conditions
http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/news/030919.html

HPWREN Collaborates with SDSU to Link the San Diego Sheriff's Department with the County Fair
http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/news/030801.html

HPWREN Provides Data Connectivity for Remote Wildfire Operations Site
http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/news/030725.html

San Diego's CDF Air Attack Base Collaborates with HPWREN for Mountain Sensor Access to Monitor Fire Conditions
http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/news/030716.html

San Diego Sheriff's Department Connects to HPWREN for Collaborative Evaluations of Emergency Data Communications Network Models
http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/news/030707.html

San Diego County Sheriff's Department, UCSD, SDSU, and SSC-San Diego Researchers Collaborate for Real-Time Sensor Telemetry Instrumentation Atop Laguna Mountains
http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/news/020924.html

HPWREN Collaborates with San Diego Sheriff's Department for Tower Installation Atop Mount Laguna
http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/news/020624.html

Wireless Connectivity Enables Sensors on Coronado Bridge
http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/news/020524.html

Local agencies team with researchers for crisis management exercise
http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/news/010926.html

Local CDF Firefighters Participate in HPWREN Mobile Rapid Response Demonstration
http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/news/010221.html

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