Ravenswood Solutions

Ravenswood Solutions, Inc. (Ravenswood) is proud to team with our First Responder Partners (FRPs) in accepting the First Responder Smart Tracker (FRST) Challenge with the express goal of enhancing the daily capabilities and safety of First Responders nationwide and beyond. For this challenge, our team objective is increasing accuracy and availability of situational awareness during emergencies to maximize the time available to make critical decisions. To meet this goal, we believe the complex first responder environment requires more than what the market currently offers. In partnership with world-leading R&D institute SRI International and a team of public safety agencies from across the United States, we intend to field a solution that rapidly and regularly delivers accurate Time-Space-Position-Information (TSPI) without existing or pre-deployed infrastructure yet can leverage such infrastructure if it exists. First Responders need technology that tracks their location as accurately as possible without impeding their movement or restricting their payload. The optimal solution must be simple to use, be rugged and reliable in chaotic environments, and function as a self-contained unit that can be installed and removed quickly and easily. Our approach will demonstrate a standalone wearable system that determines, within seconds, the wearer’s location using sensors, cameras, and other enabling technologies mounted locally on the host or on nearby colleagues. As required, we will also demonstrate interoperability with external systems or protocols that may be present in the operational environment. To provide real-world, real-time performance, Team Ravenswood will leverage the first-hand experience of our FRPs to validate operational requirements, assess human factors integration, and provide inputs on cost, logistics, and maintenance to ensure our solution will meet all the needs of the personnel who daily put their lives in harm’s way.

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Ravenswood Solutions, Inc. (Ravenswood) is proud to team with our First Responder Partners (FRPs) in accepting the First Responder Smart Tracker (FRST) Challenge with the express goal of enhancing the daily capabilities and safety of First Responders nationwide and beyond. For this challenge, our team objective is increasing accuracy and availability of situational awareness during emergencies to maximize the time available to make critical decisions.
To meet this goal, we believe the complex first responder environment requires more than what the market currently offers. In partnership with world-leading R&D institute SRI International and a team of public safety agencies from across the United States, we intend to field a solution that rapidly and regularly delivers accurate Time-Space-Position-Information (TSPI) without existing or pre-deployed infrastructure yet can leverage such infrastructure if it exists.
First Responders need technology that tracks their location as accurately as possible without impeding their movement or restricting their payload. The optimal solution must be simple to use, be rugged and reliable in chaotic environments, and function as a self-contained unit that can be installed and removed quickly and easily. Our approach will demonstrate a standalone wearable system that determines, within seconds, the wearer’s location using sensors, cameras, and other enabling technologies mounted locally on the host or on nearby colleagues. As required, we will also demonstrate interoperability with external systems or protocols that may be present in the operational environment.
To provide real-world, real-time performance, Team Ravenswood will leverage the first-hand experience of our FRPs to validate operational requirements, assess human factors integration, and provide inputs on cost, logistics, and maintenance to ensure our solution will meet all the needs of the personnel who daily put their lives in harm’s way.