A Tactical Emergency Response Management System (Terms) Framework

Effective accident management requires the organization of large amounts of information. This information consists of reference information which rarely changes during an accident and decision support information which changes very rapidly. Much of the rapidly changing information is a result of collaboration between accident response personnel. In Nigeria, the three major organizations involved in emergency response are the Nigerian Police Force, the Road Safety Commission and the Nigerian Fire Brigade. These organizations each have their separate procedures for handling emergencies which can be problematic when inter-agency collaboration is needed. This paper discusses the design and implementation framework for a Tactical Emergency Response Management System (TERMS) which unifies all these different processes into a single process to be handled from a single point. TERMS also includes the use of mobile technology to enhance communication between emergency response personnel. The test results obtained revealed that if fully implemented, this technology can improve the speed of intervention between the use cases.