SOCIO-ECONOMIC BENEFITS
The need for well balanced, environmental emergency and education communications within a largely rural infrastructure has been overlooked. But, particularly now, with a global awareness of environmental conditions, and that developed countries are changing to information societies, it is essential that other parts of the world realize the importance of a co-operative environmental emergency and information system, both socially and economically.
Reliable, cost-effective Emergency telecommunications can minimize environmental damage by the more efficient use of resources.
Accurate information from knowledgeable sources, availability of skilled personnel and the timely delivery of materials to a disaster site can be used more economically when a basic telecommunications network is available.
In an emergency the rate of information flow can be increased, and better use made of personnel and equipment.
Reduced Costs
TEERS can help reduce costs in all sectors and, in particular, ECAT will improve the supply and delivery of services and materials in the field.
A wide range of sectors can benefit including petroleum, petro-chemical, land and marine transport systems, government agencies and educational institutions. We anticipate an average annual growth rate of between 15 and 25 percent.
Simplicity
`The Environmental Emergency Response System' design meets the following needs:
o Simplicity manifested in ease of use through a multilingual, user friendly interface;
Performance Capacity
Performance Capacity by utilizing state-of-the-art, leading-edge technology, we were able to design a high-speed, communications system that functions at the top range of today's PC systems. The system will handle text, and data files with ease. The system utilizes a FAXGATEWAY that will take messages addressed to a phone number and transmit them to a receiving Fax. Voice mail capability is being installed, allowing users to leave voice messages along with data;
Precision
Precision the error-correcting communications protocols were designed to handle excessive line noise and interference without loss of data integrity;
Flexibility
Flexibility the system design allows for multi-lingual operation and rapid addition and expansion to new topic areas, within moments, to deal with new situations in the field and the consequent need for new-information resources; the system also provides an excellent corporate electronic and voice mail system, both in local area networks or around the world.
Security
Security - system mail and data can be moved from point to point worldwide using the DES, RSA, Littlewood or similar encryption standard. This is a very important factor when considering the sensitivity of corporate communications in the event of an environmental disaster or for international office messaging. This feature also provides an excellent backbone when considering outsourcing of corporate communications.
Price/Performance
Price/Performance significant savings to the end user through utilization of existing systems, stateoftheart performance, the inherent Canadian ability to access information worldwide and the high reliability of Canadian communications services combined with public accessibility during `nonemergency' periods.
During its first years of operation the system will focus heavily on expanding its network of dial-in-ports, adding tele-conferencing, industry data bases on CD-ROM, expanding our own historical data base of environmental disasters and on the current Persian Gulf situation. In conjunction with these efforts, the major direction for our marketing and public relations liaison personnel will be to contact, in the first six months of operation, all major marine transport companies, Lloyds of London, petroleum companies such as Exxon, Sun Oil, Getty Petroleum, Government Ministry's of Environment and Ecology, and United Nations Member Countries. With the current world environmental awareness, response to the system should be extremely positive.
Specialists
Our Group Specialists, in addition to computer expertise and teaching ability, will have degrees in science to better deal with the clients requirements. They will be able to assess the clients needs and demonstrate the system and services we can provide.
We firmly believe that our information system facility will greatly enhance the rapid response necessary, and provide the needed care and attention to detail in case of an emergency. Our TEERS Group Specialists will be able to travel the disaster site and establish small earth satellite communications stations to supplement the coordinator's efforts and not be tied to the office.
