Kinetic Solutions, LLC provides incident planning tool for St. Louis World Agricultural Forum demonstration

St. Louis, MO (May 19, 2003) In preparation for potential violence at demonstrations during the World Agricultural Forum held in St. Louis on May 18 and 19, the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department engaged Kinetic Solutions to implement an event management tool based upon Geographic Information Systems technology. Weighing heavily on the minds of St. Louis officials were the riots in Seattle for the World Trade Organization meeting in 1999. Protecting the safety of the demonstrators, conference attendees, and police officers was of paramount concern.

Kinetic Solutions deployed their Tactical Response and Crisis Intervention Application™ (TRCIA™) for the incident command center. Incident commanders used TRCIA™ to plan, monitor and assess both preparation and execution of the event. Customization of the application included the acquisition of aerial photography, street data, floor plans, and digital photography for a number of facilities in St. Louis where demonstrators were expected to congregate during the Forum. The application provided the event planners with a spatial data management tool for force deployment, crowd control, traffic re-routing, barricade placement, and emergency vehicle access.

TRCIA™ was originally developed as an incident planning tool to provide first responders with almost instantaneous knowledge about the building in which a crisis occurs, including interactive floor plans, digital photographs of the building's interior layout, surrounding areas, building composition, location of hazardous materials, and many other important data about the structure.

TRCIA™ has much broader application as a tool for event planning and management for such public events as parades, festivals, carnivals, fairs, concerts and sporting events. Event organizers can use TRCIA™ to plan for staffing levels, facility management, placement of first aid stations, restroom facilities, information booths, and barricades for traffic re-routing, etc.

All data processed by Kinetic Solutions for its law enforcement, public safety and defense clients is housed within a restricted-access, secure facility where it is treated with discretion on a 'need to know' basis.

About Kinetic Solutions

Kinetic Solutions is focused on providing quality GIS services that enable clients to exploit the full potential of their spatial information. The ability to effectively move, share, and translate data between various platforms is at the core of Kinetic Solutions' business offerings.

A privately held company, Kinetic Solutions provides GIS requirements analyses, application development and data integration services for law enforcement, public safety, utilities, local, state, and federal governments. Based in St. Louis, Missouri, Kinetic Solutions specializes in devising spatial information solutions to fit the specific business needs of each client. Visit Kinetic Solutions on the Internet at www.kineticsolutions.net.