1. Adherence to ICS/NIMS
Rooted in ICS/NIMS structure, policies, and procedures
Focused at the incident command level
2. Seamless Scalability
From initial response to large-scale to extreme-scale
1,000s users from 100s of organizations working dozens of incidents.....simultaneously
3. Network to the Edge
Connect the most remote responders
Resilient network operating conditions
4. Technology Neutral -- Web-Based
Any device, any standard operating system, any browser
5. "App Store" Development Approach
Anyone can contribute: commercial, academia, government, uniformed responder, private citizen, .....
6. All Hazard
7. Platforms for the TIRED - DIRTY - HUNGRY
Dirt simple to learn
Dirt simple to use
Not intended to do everything
8. Growth Model
Not owned by a vendor
Open source, community project
9. Funding
Our goal is to provide Raven access as at little or no cost to emergency responders as possible.