RAPID THREAT RESPONSE FOR MINIMIZING HUMAN CASUALTIES WITHIN A FACILITY

摘要

A method and apparatus for responding to an emergency at a facility by analyzing a plurality of threat conditions to determine possible responses to an emergency and selecting a response to the emergency for minimizing human casualties within the facility. The present invention is characterized in one embodiment as a method for generating (128) an automated response to an emergency that includes the steps of (a) receiving as input (106) threat condition data for a facility; (b) analyzing (110, 124, 126) the threat condition data to determine a matrix (116) of possible responses to an emergency; and (c) selecting a response (130, 134) from the matrix of possible responses to minimize human casualties.