For the past several years, the Pentagon has held an annual exercise to test its ability to respond to chemical and biological terrorist attacks.  Traditionally, one of the greatest challenges facing a  large multi-jurisdictional response is the inability to effectively communicate.  That is why the Pentagon's Defense Protective Services (DPS) chose to use mobileFOUNDATIONS' IncidentPortal® to perform all of the alerting and notifications for this year's exercise, dubbed Misty Court.  Because of the Tragedies of 9-11, this years' exercise took on even more significance.
 

mobileFOUNDATIONS' staff supported the exercise from an on-site command center.  IncidentPortal worked flawlessly in the exercise.  It was able to send out hundreds of notifications to diverse devices (RIM pages, SkyTel pages, automated text-to-speech to cell phones, and wireless PDAs) in mere seconds.  The users simply had to select a scenario from a Web form and IncidentPortal automatically: Whom to notify (e.g., DPS, Police, fire, FBI) How to notify them (e.g., pager, cell phone) Formatted the message to the needs of the individual (e.g., a fireman with a RIM device only receives the data he/she needs to perform his/her job) and his/her device (e.g., pushed text alerts detailing the type of explosion).

About 300 people took part in a mock chemical attack in the Pentagon’s center courtyard Wednesday, to test the capacity of multiple local, state and federal organizations to respond.  In the exercise DPS personnel were in the Pentagon courtyard, assisting victims of the blast and testing the environment for chemical or biological agents.
 

 Images from the Pentagon's Misty Court.

New. Download video of Misty Court Exercise.  This 1:45 minute news clip describes the exercise and includes a brief interview of mobileFOUNDATIONS' CEO Jeff Fox.

Video for Real Networks Player (to download the player, click here).

	High-bandwidth version (at least a 384k connection, like a cable modem) of the video: mFI Video (4,788k).  This version has high-quality video, but is fairly large larger file.  If you want to download a smaller, but not as clear, version, choose the next option below.
	Low-bandwidth version (56k modem) of the video: mFI Video (473k).  This loads downloads more quickly, but the video quality is inferior to the above High-bandwidth version.

Video for Microsoft Media Player (to download the player, click here).

	High-bandwidth version (at least a 14,861k connection, like a cable modem) of the video: mFI Video (4,788k).  This version has high-quality video, but is fairly large larger file.  If you want to download a smaller, but not as clear, version, choose the next option below.
	Low-bandwidth version (56k modem) of the video: mFI Video (2,132k).  This loads downloads more quickly, but the video quality is inferior to the above High-bandwidth version.

The original MPEG file (29,807k) can be downloaded by clicking here

Check back soon to see a video of the Misty Court exercise and IncidentPortal exercise in action.

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