Title:
Mobile Avalanche Information Exchange - MAInEx
Agreement Number:
3562415
Agreement Value:
$1,399,800.00
Agreement Date:
Apr 27, 2020 - Mar 31, 2023
Description:
The CAA has operated a data exchange service for professional avalanche operations in Canada since 1991. InfoEx is the world’s largest daily exchange of avalanche-related data and the starting point for nearly all AvSAR decisions in Canada. This data is submitted by hundreds of avalanche professionals from around 140 agencies. Accessing the information supplied by InfoEx is the crucial first step for all AvSAR callouts. However, technical limitations threaten its core purposes as the foundation of AvSAR decision making. The MAInEx project will take the InfoEx concept—an open exchange of professional-level data—to the next level of interoperability. This new approach promises to benefit a wide variety of applications: AvSAR Decision Support Avalanche conditions can change rapidly. Navigating avalanche terrain safely requires access to the best data possible.
Organization:
Public Safety Canada
Expected Results:
Expected Outcomes Short term:
- 75% of AvSAR users accessing information on mobile devices
- Improved access to critical information that is crucial to decision making to manage the safety of responders
- New types and formats of data being shared to support AvSAR risk assessment
- 30% more avalanche, snowpack and weather data passed on through interoperational exchange
- AvSAR responders applying new data visualization during risk analysis
- Users confirm using MAInEx saves time
- English and French speakers use MAInEx in their preferred language
A standardized snow profiling tool and data repository Medium term:
-Fewer avalanche accidents
-Reduced injuries and deaths
-Fewer AvSAR responses
-Improved risk management for AvSAR teams
-Improved data availability to support long-term avalanche research
-Non-disruptive long-term maintenance and development of components of the system due to modular design
-AvSAR responder confidence in the long-term reliability of the system.
Location:
Revelstoke, British Columbia, CA V0E 2S0
Reference Number:
214-2020-2021-Q1-0027
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Business Number:
986135-1
Recipient Type:
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Recipient's Legal Name:
British Columbia
Research Organization:
Canadian Avalanche Association
Federal Riding Name:
Kootenay--Columbia
Federal Riding Number:
59015
Program:
(SAR NIF) Search and Rescue New Initiatives Fund
Program Purpose:
SAR NIF provides annual funding for projects that will improve the National Search and Rescue Program. SAR NIF projects must address at least one of the National SAR Program Annual Priorities.
Potential applicants must contact one of the federal, provincial or territorial SAR partners to express interest in the program and develop proposals that address program and partner priorities.