Developing Metrics for a Multi-Agency Harbour Safety and Security Exercise

Abstract

Marine security, specifically port and harbour security, has been identified as one of the Government of Canada's priorities. Harbour security is a complex problem because of the multiplicity of threats - air, land and water, and because of the potential for overlapping jurisdictions within the harbour environment. In response, Defence Research and Development Canada - Atlantic examined existing inter-agency processes in a major harbour and developed metrics for use during a live multi-agency harbour safety and security exercise. This paper gives an overview of the metrics that were developed, and highlights the challenges encountered while deploying these metrics during a live exercise.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA547167

Entities

People

  • Francine Desharnais
  • Greg Aikins
  • Mark A. Stoddard
  • Robert Elford

Organizations

  • Defence Research and Development Canada

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Command And Control
  • Command Centers
  • Communication Systems
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Digital Information
  • Emergencies
  • Emergency Response
  • Geographic Regions
  • Homeland Security
  • Information Exchange
  • North America
  • Public Safety
  • Security
  • Situational Awareness
  • Standards
  • United States
  • Urban Areas

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • Marine Ecological Systems Migration
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).