PISCE

CES2
Potential Incident Simulation,
Control & Evaluation System

KEY FEATURES:

Allows for integration of information from diverse sources

Essential for response planning, decision-making and overall
operational control
Fully compliant with the requirements of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA 90)

Facilitates a timely response

to any type of event, involving:
Oil or chemical spill
Offshore maritime casualty
Major fire
Weather-related disaster

Includes a Dynamic Simulation Module for emergency response drills

and training exercises
Based on the PISCES solutions originally developed as a simulation tool for
the Preparedness for Response Exercise Program (PREP) of the US Coast Guard
Networked configuration for interactive operation of multiple workstations
Graphic display of deployed response resources and incident situation
using the world collection of Transas TX-97 vector electronic charts
and other map formats
Mathematical models predict trajectory, weathering, and shoreline impact
of oil or chemical spills in waterways; forecast downwind location and threat
level of airborne toxic substances resulting from chemical spills based
on the NOAA developed ALOHA model
Capable of interface to position reporting (GPS) or AIS systems
Databases for resources, at-risk facilities and sensitive areas, weather,
tide and current conditions, event logging and exercise scripting
Real-time/fast-time simulation

IT S O L U T I O N S A T S E A A N D A S H O R E
INCIDENT-SPECIFIC
RESPONSE RESOURCES
Response resources include vehicles,
vessels, aircraft, personnel, booms,
skimmers, dispersant application
equipment, firefighting equipment,
Search and Rescue assets, etc
Resource Database holds individual
records of response resources
with their detailed characteristics
The database can be accessed from
any workstation in the system
Managing actual incidents
or conducting realistic exercises and drills
Loading a resource database for an actual incident or creating one specifically
for a training exercise
Real-world vehicles or vessels can be tracked on the chart display, alongside simulated resources
Automatic on-screen notification to the operator on simulated resource arrivals

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS)

GIS provides geo-referenced data and supplies decision-makers with up-to-date information on the
event status, as well as resource movement and deployment.
Apart from the Transas world collection of TX-97 vector electronic nautical charts, PISCES2 can view
other map formats, including both nautical charts and land maps, such as geo-referenced
topographical maps, municipal maps, aerial and survey photographs, as well as satellite imagery.
S-57 charts can be imported for display with selection of the Transas Chart Manager option.
DEBRIEFING FACILITY
PISCES2 provides the capability of developing,
conducting, and debriefing realistic incident
response exercise, all in one application. The
application's Chart and text-based Status Windows
can be directed to Large Screen Displays. This
capability lends itself to providing informative
Command Post status displays and is useful for
post-exercise debriefing sessions.

OIL SPILL SIIMULATION

Modeling of the hydrodynamic reaction
to the activities of response facilities,
their quantitative assessment and results
Simulated processes include: oil spread,
evaporation, sinking in the water
column, burn-off, the pollutant's
interaction with coastline, booms,
skimmers and chemical dispersants
User editing of environmental
conditions, including air temperature,
wind speed and direction, wave height,
current set and drift, as well as water
temperature and salinity

CHEMICAL SPILL AIR PLUME DISPLAY

Output of the mathematical model within NOAA's
ALOHA program can be displayed, with or without
an oil spill incident or other event occurring
The source of the air plume may be located within
the floating product mass, or at any other user-
defined location
It is possible to display two separate incidents simulta-
neously, i.e. an oil spill and an airborne chemical release

MARITIME CASUALTY
The SARIS model and communications protocol, developed by BMT, a world's leader
in the maritime modeling technology, provides effective Search and Rescue (SAR) planning tools,
with the following capabilities:
Computing optimum search areas and displaying
the areas on electronic nautical charts
Object-dependent drift calculations based
on environmental conditions
Efficient management of SAR operations
Comprehensive resource deployment and control
Ship and crew evacuation management
Full event recording for later evaluation and analysis
 SINGLE-USER OR MULTI-USER OPERATION
PISCES2 can be operated as a single-user application suitable for desktop exercises and training
corporate response managers.

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Vessel Tracking
System Interface
(AIS)
GPS
VHF Satellite
Base
Station
Operations Workstation

GPS Monitoring Unit

Field Response Resource
Units

Logging Workstation

LSD Projectors
Geoplot LSD
(Large Screen Display)

Database Server
Situational Display
Status LSD
Local Area Net work (L AN) Color Printer (Large Screen Display)

If configured as a multi-user system of several workstations connected via a Local Area Network, PISCES2
can support a training class comprising an Instructor and multiple student workstations.
PISCES2 can be deployed to manage a real-world incident response: the networked configuration provides
multi-user access to the databases, charts and maps, resource control, and data input functions. Workstations
can be located in the Command Post and the servers can be accessed by remote users, including field units.

STANDARD PACKAGE OPTIONS

Single User Trainee/Operator Workplace software* (up to 3)
Instructor/Administrator Workplace software Additional Modeling servers* (up to 3)
with Exercise and Modeling server software ALOHA Communications protocol
SARIS Communications protocol
Multiple Users Chart Manager software
Instructor/Administrator Workplace software Real-time Weather Information import software
Exercise server Worldwide Tide and Current Data imports
Modeling server TX-97 charts
Multi-user configuration utility Custom chart/map development services

* for Multiple Users only

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