Researchers ad Sandia National Laboratories have developed a software tool that allows emergency preparedness officials and first responders to view and modify accurate modes of building damage and other post-event disaster effects. The Standard Unified Modeling, Mapping and Integration Toolkit (SUMMIT) application was funded by the Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate with support from the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Exercise and Simulation Center. The software was debuted at the National Level Exercise 11 exercise in Arkansas…
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