Customer Profile: National Institutes of Health

Modernization of Emergency Communications Center

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is a biomedical research organization with a primary research facility located on a 300+ acre campus in Bethesda, MD. An agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, it is the primary agency of the US government responsible for biomedical and health-related research. NIH supports a workforce of 40,000+ people and 25+ institutional divisions.

The National Institutes of Health found its public safety facilities and systems in need of upgrading. Existing technologies to support fire, police, emergency management, etc., were not integrated, causing challenges with communicating and collaborating. The NIH sought help in delving into the complex organization, evaluating both technology and business processes. It called upon PURVIS Systems to conduct a thorough needs assessment, design, project management and system integration services, ultimately providing a comprehensive approach to modernizing the NIH’s Emergency Communications Center (ECC) at its Bethesda campus. This work has been expanded to include other CONUS NIH campus locations as well. PURVIS has completed four communication centers to date.

Service Highlights:

  • Engineering & Technical Services
  • Developed a Full Concept of Operations (CONOPS)
  • Program/project Architecture
  • Facility designs for a primary & back up ECC
  • Audio/Visual Design and Integration
  • Program Management and technical design for unified command

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