Torotel supports Homeland Security through its ownership in Apex Innovations and its i-INFO product.

i-INFO.EPR offers complete lifecycle emergency management functions for planning, preparedness, response support and recovery. i-INFO.EPR complements Crisis Information Management Software (CIMS) systems. These systems track minute-by-minute ad hoc emergency situations at the local level.

i-INFO.EPR and CIMS have different functionality and play different roles during an emergency. Users who have CIMS can enhance their functionality by linking to our system to incorporate the power of references, emergency contacts, emergency plan documents, and building egress documents that are not typically maintained on a daily basis in CIMS systems. During a crisis event, there is not time to search for and enter emergency contact records, person skills/certifications, available shared equipment, mutual aid agreements, shelters/facilities/hospital statuses, hazard definitions, building drawings/specs or emergency plans/checklists. i-INFO.EPR maintains this critical information for immediate use by Emergency Operation Centers, emergency responders, emergency facilities/hospitals, utility companies, Tier I & II facilities and others.

Additionally, the asset records listing bridges, streets, water treatment facilities, airports and other key infrastructure components managed by Public Works, Water Services, Parks and Aviation, as well as these departments’ active projects and recovery projects can be managed using this system as well. Not only does this allow critical information to be accessible by EOCs, but eases coordination during recovery projects.

In our current region-wide deployment efforts, non-government organizations such as utility companies and Tier I & II facilities have expressed the need to manage their information using i-INFO. They not only want to support the first responders, but see the benefits of offsite information access from a business continuity and disaster recovery perspective. Again, the value of i-INFO.EPR will grow exponentially as more and more cities, businesses and utilities get their critical emergency information on-line.

• i-INFO System Components
• i-INFO Application Usage