Raven: Tools, Technologies, CONOPs and Services to empower the Tired - Dirty - Hungry

From the point of the sword to the operations center, Raven is a mobile, web-based command & control platform for dynamically escalating incidents, from first response to extreme-scale (all-scale), that enables collaboration across Federal, Tribal, Military, State, County, Local/ Municipal, Utility, Commercial, and other levels of Preparedness, Planning, Response, and Recovery, for all-hazard events. Raven evolved from the DHS/MIT LL Next-Generation Incident Command System (NICS) project.

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WICS: Worldwide Incident Command Services Corporation

WICS is a California incorporated Nonprofit Public Benefit corporation and also the Officially Designated Department of Homeland Security S&T Technology Transition Partner which was created to transition the NICS (Next-Generation Incident Command System) R&D project to a sustainable, reliable, resilient, secure, fully supported operational system.  This new system has been named Raven.  WICS is fully dedicated to providing uninterrupted services to the emergency management community via Raven and its related capabilities.

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On-the-ground support

Raven subject matter experts can support incidents from afar as well as on-scene.  As a web-based platform, Raven requires connection to the Internet.

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Designed for the Tired - Dirty - Hungry

Raven has grown from its initial foundation in NICS which was designed from the bottom up to be easy to learn and easy to use.

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Command Collaboration & Coordination

Raven is a networked, distributed collaboration system that allows commanders and staffs to operate remotely.

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We understand that emergency response is a matter of national security and have built Raven to the highest standards of online security.       Learn more »

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Case Study #1 - Poinsettia Fire

This case study describes the Carlsbad Emergency Operations Center use of the Raven predecessor NICS during the May 2014 fire.  This capability enabled the coordination of fire and police activities including evacuation of scores of commercial/industrial sites as well as movement of students from surrounding elementary and....

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Case Study #2 - SDGE Coordinated Response

Fire Behavior Experts on staff at San Diego Gas & Electric will use Raven for early situational awareness of any reported vegetation fire, integrating detailed weather data and fire spread projection models in order to make tactical decisions about deactivating power lines. This will enable...

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