Disaster Victim Identification

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Disaster Victim Identification

• Phil Kirk
• philip.kirk_at_gb.unisys.com
• Kate Russell
• kate.russell_at_gb.unisys.com

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Agenda October 2002

• Objectives
• Welcome and Introductions
• History of DVI
• What is DVI?
• Exercise Poseidon 2
• (Dave Blackiston, Essex Police)
• PITO involvement
• Demo of DVI
• Mobile Data
• Discussing the way forward
• Costs
• Follow up

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History of DVI

• Interpol viewed Casualty Bureau at their
  conference in 2001 and saw its potential as the
  Major Disaster Victim Identification tool
• Casualty Bureau is half of HOLMES 2, the
  Nationally Accepted System, deployed to every
  Police Force in the UK
• DVI incorporates Casualty Bureau as one quarter
  of its solution
• Interpol have approved DVI as a Major Disaster
  Victim Identification tool

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What is DVI?
DVI Call Centres
Multi- Country Multi- Lingual
Multi- Country Multi- Lingual
Multi- Country Multi- Lingual
Multi- Country Multi- Lingual
Casualty Bureau
DVI Scene of Disaster Module
Laptop Standalone Application
PDA Standalone Application
PC
DVI AM/PM form matching module
Version 1 PC
Version 2 Laptop / Mobile
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What is DVI?
DVI Call Centre
Web pages (multi-lingual)
Casualty Bureau
New Interpol missing person form
New Interpol Message form (sent to CB)
USoft (English only)
Automatic potential matching
CB Misper record
DVI Stand Alone Module
Review before send to CB
Web pages (multi-lingual)
CB Casualty record
New Interpol Survivor/ evacuee form

• Other forms
• Missing person
• Body part
• Vehicle Exhibit
• Message
• (all sent to Casualty Bureau)

Manual matching
Unmatched Misper and Casualty records
New Interpol casualty (victim) form (identified
and unidentified
Matched Misper and Casualty records
Raise action to complete existing Interpol forms
Scene of Disaster module
Inform Identification Commission (End of process)
DVI AM/PM form matching module
Populate with CB data
Version 1 PC based Version 2 Standalone Module)
Match not confirmed, clarify data on AM/PM forms
Existing Interpol AM forms (discuss with
relatives, doctors, dentists)
Dental matching (PC based only)
Matching DBC/DRE free text matching
Send all data back
Existing Interpol PM forms (discuss with doctors,
dentists etc)
Web pages (multi-lingual)
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Exercise Poseidon 2

• Comments from Dave Blackiston (MICAS PM)
• "Exercise Poseidon 2 involved a ferry arriving in
  Harwich from Denmark. The multi-lingual
  capability of DVI would easily allow a Danish
  Call Centre to be set up in Denmark to feed
  caller and misper details directly into our
  Casualty Bureau."
• "DVI was operated by people without any HOLMES 2
  or DVI experience or training. They had no
  problem using DVI."
• "Essex currently have 50 people trained as call
  takers. They each have two days initial training
  then one day refresher training per year. DVI
  will allow a substantial time and cost saving."

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Roddy Ross (PITO) on DVI

• "Over the last two years we have been looking for
  a solution to the technical issues with Mutual
  Aid. The DVI development has the potential to
  provide the solution and change the way we do
  business.
• "DVI will greatly reduce the need for training.
  Modularising HOLMES 2 on web pages puts operators
  in a familiar environment. Most people are very
  comfortable working on-line.

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DVI Demonstration
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Mobile Data

• Unisys working with PITO on an Incident Room
  mobile data project
• Prevents duplication of data entry
• Remove time delays
• Police Officer spends more time in the field
• Quick access to recorded data
• No data stored on device
• Other Unisys projects

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DVI / Casualty Bureau Configuration
Weblogic
CB
CB
CB
Weblogic
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The Way Forward

• Follow up meetings
• Further demonstrations
• Visit to Essex? Ask Dave
• Costs

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Thank You.