June 17, 2009

Kendra ShawRadiation Protection BureauHealth Canada

The CHIRPCHIRP Project

Canadian Health Integrated Response Platform

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Project timeline: February 2006 to March 31st, 2009

Federal PartnersHealth Canada (HC)

– Radiation Protection Bureau (RPB)Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)

– National Microbiology Laboratory (NML)Environment Canada (EC)

– Canadian Meteorological Center (CMC)

Private Sector PartnersDBX Geomatics Inc. – Gatineau, QuébecProlog Development – Copenhagen, Denmark

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CHIRP is a pan-cluster collaboration between two previous CRTI projects:

ARGOS CRTI Project # 0080TA

Accident Reporting & Guidance Operational System

The system of systems that makes up the Information Management and Decision Support System for Radiological-Nuclear Emergencies

CNPHI Canadian Network for Public Health Intelligence

The system of systems used in the Bio Cluster for Bio emergencies

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CHIRP benefits:

Enhancements to the current capabilities of ARGOS.

Cost effective, efficient use of multi-jurisdictional resources

Application of innovative approach to bio and RN collaborative response and preparedness

Enhanced surveillance and intelligence gathering

Enhanced communication efficiencies between radio-nuclear and public health stakeholders

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ARGOS – Accident Reporting Guidance and Operational System

ARGOS is is a multi-partner data integration, monitoring, alerting, analysis and information exchange system of systems supporting the activities of the FNEP – Federal Nuclear Emergency Plan

Paired with Emap as it’s viewer, ARGOS facilitates decision support, improving situational awareness and information sharing among the RN emergency response organizations.

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The ARGOS Consortium

ARGOS is developed by a consortium of countries.

The current 13 member countries of the

consortium are (May 2009): Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Ireland, Lithuania Montenegro, Norway, Poland, Sweden and Turkey.

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ARGOS – Data Integration Model

eMAPARGOS

Radiation Protection Bureau, Ottawa

First Responders

FNEP Emergency Management System

NRCan/GSC – Aerial Survey

EC/CMC - Meteorology

Monitoring Data:•Federal Field teams•Mobile Labs•External Labs

ERP code input

HC/RPB – FPS Network

Emergency Ops Centers

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CNPHI – Canadian Network for Public Health Intelligence

CNPHI is an integrated monitoring, alerting, data gathering, analysis, decision support and information exchange system used by the public health community.

It gathers relevant public health intelligence into a common national framework to support coordination between multi-level jurisdictions.

This form of coordination and information sharing must occur to identify risks, initiate response and build response capacity.

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Provincial-TerritorialEpidemiologists

National Microbiology Laboratory, Winnipeg

CNPHI Data Integration Model

Environment Data

• Public Health Alerts

Provincial Tele-Health

Units

Daycare & School

Attendance Hospitals &

Emergency Rooms

Medical LabsPharmacies

Family Health Practitioners

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sharing of resources

decision support tools

communication facility

bidirectional alerting

e-mapping (EMAP)

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CHIRP offers both the Biological and Radio-Nuclear clusters seamless communication capabilities while preserving the security and defined roles of each group.

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CHIRP addressed these identified gaps: Faster and more efficient threat assessment through

improved alerting and automated data sharing mechanisms

Advanced crises management and near real-time reaction capability using the response network, CHIRP tools and linkages to other CBRN clusters

Improved consequence management through better communication and decision making

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CHIRP Project Overview

• Cross cluster collaboration• FNEP Module for CNPHI • Better integration of CMC models in ARGOS• Sharing of Map Data using GIS OGC compliant

standards (WMS) between the PHAC and RPB• Prototype FNEP portal created, tested and evaluated

during exercise Silver. • Evidence of early success: Po 210

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CHIRP and Po210 : Proof of concept ResultsProof of concept Results

At around 5 pm, on November 1, 2006, Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko was drinking tea in Millennium Hotel in London England.

It is believed that his tea was purposefully contaminated with polonium 210.

AFP PHOTO

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FABIAN BIMMER/AP/PA

As the drama played out more contaminated sites were announced, including a number of aircraft

Many Canadians became concerned and turned to the public health community.

Public health communities were looking to RPB to provide guidance

CHIRP and Po210 : Proof of concept ResultsProof of concept Results

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Using the concepts developed in the CHIRP project, RPB “manually” preformed the processes that the CHIRP system now facilitates.

As a result, HC-RPB issued timely targeted public health alerts in both official languages via the secure CNPHI site to relevant registered members of the public health community at all administrative levels. (Including doctors and nurses in ERs and family practice)

CHIRP and Po210 : Proof of concept ResultsProof of concept Results

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Alerts reached the Public Health Community via email. For the full alert and guidance information users logged in:

“Respiratory” group recipients

English viewed by 185 Public Health Professionals

French viewed by 201 Public Health Professionals“General Emergencies” group recipients

English viewed by 15 Public Health Professionals

In total 402 recipients in Public Health Community from across Canada

logged into the system to view the full guidance information.

CHIRP and Po210 : Proof of concept ResultsProof of concept Results

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