Harris County – Next Generation First Responder (NGFR) Case Study: Data Integration

This case study describes how DHS S&T integrated data during the NGFR – Harris County Operational Experimentation (OpEx), taking real-time data from numerous sensors and displaying it on unified situational awareness applications to give the Incident Commander, command staff and first responders the right information at the right time. It provides an overview of the systems used, the challenges encountered and the solution implemented for the OpEx, as well as considerations that any public safety agency should think through if they intend to implement data integration solutions for their organization.