Establishment of the Police Technology Command Center
The frontline command post at the ruins of the World Trade Center Twin Towers was moved to a tent provided by Stark Industries.
In addition to a military-grade high-tech combat platform, there are many technological and computer devices to help everyone control the situation on site.
Moreover, the tent used was not the semi-open Rome tent, but a medical-grade sealed tent with several high-powered air purifiers running inside.
With the assistance of Stark Industries personnel, Henry marked the distribution of manpower and resources on the battlefield on the war game platform. This platform could also input the quantity of supplies, the extent of losses, and control the movement of the wargame pieces.
Ultimately, the platform can even make demand forecasts, and follow what Henry did before: ensuring that supplies don't need to be transferred at the command center's distribution center, but that vehicles carrying aid supplies can go directly to designated locations to supply personnel in the area.
To achieve this, Stark Industries provided a considerable number of small cameras to the police officers setting up roadblocks on the perimeter.
The camera can estimate the amount of supplies being transported from the footage, including vehicle size and the loading status of the compartments. While it's not perfectly accurate, it's highly efficient.
After this system was added, the entire command center's operations became like playing a game. As long as someone knew how to monitor the numbers and judge whether the computer's suggestions needed to be adjusted, commands could be issued via radio.
The equipment brought by Tony Stark further improved the severe occupancy of radio channels.
The problem was that it was too difficult for the church's scattered rescue workers to use tactical computers; otherwise, Tony Stark would have preferred to replace radios and upgrade the equipment of the personnel on site.
The reason why only Henry Brown had been in charge of the entire rescue operation was that only he could distinguish all the sentences and the situation of the reporters amidst the chaotic radio communications and give reasonable instructions.
With the addition of computer analysis equipment, the radio jamming situation was significantly improved. Not only could all the reports from various units be listed, but some information could even be displayed directly on the 3D imaging combat platform.
This system is touted as a combat platform capable of commanding individual soldiers, but on the battlefield where conflicts occur, there are not always suitable opportunities for people to follow radio discipline, so identifying chaotic situations is a fundamental function.
Unfortunately, the manufacturing cost is too high, and the usage costs and barriers are too great. Moreover, in many cases, it is sufficient to trust the soldiers and their daily training; there is really no need to issue such detailed commands.
Even the well-funded U.S. military only purchased a few sets after Stark Industries completed its development, using them for Special Forces and special operations.
Therefore, as long as a group of people are trained to use this combat platform, they can replace Henry's role and command this complex disaster relief site.
One major reason why everyone is so enthusiastic is that Henry Brown hasn't had a proper rest since yesterday.
Under normal circumstances, it wouldn't be surprising if he collapsed from exhaustion at any time. However, the rescue operation certainly cannot be put on hold just because one person collapses; there must be an alternative plan.
This is why everyone is actively learning how to use this Stark Industries combat platform. After all, once you're familiar with it, anyone can use it. Few people can match Henry Brown's ability to control the entire battlefield single-handedly.
Gradually, the focus shifted from Henry to the operators sitting in front of computers, wearing wireless headsets. George Stacy, who took a short break in the evenings, remained a supporter of these operators, adjusting instructions that he deemed less suitable.
Henry, having relinquished command, wasn't idle, except for occasionally filling in gaps in the situation. He had to assist Tony Stark in analyzing the state of the World Trade Center Twin Towers ruins.
Mapping underground conditions and searching for survivors allows rescuers to target their efforts and save lives, rather than blindly digging with excavators, hoping that the bucket will just miss someone and reveal their whereabouts.
Stark Industries already has a mature program for converting received data into surface terrain and then displaying it in 3D imaging, along with those sensors.
However, the underground environment was almost entirely new territory, something they had never encountered before.
Tony Stark, however, wanted to use indoor detection methods to create a 3D map of the interior of the ruins.
However, the indoor detection methods are somewhat opportunistic. They estimate the interior layout based on the building's exterior shape, wall thickness, and various images that can be used as observation materials. Therefore, the results may differ from the actual situation and cannot be completely trusted.
This method can occasionally reveal whether there is a secret room in a house, and if so, where it might be. Such unexpected discoveries are rare, but once found, the reliability is quite high.
After all, the concrete walls of a normal house aren't measured in meters. If there isn't a secret room inside, then the builder or designer must have lost their mind.
However, there wasn't much additional reference material available for the task at hand. The only option was to build a model of the ruins based on the data transmitted from the sensors and monitoring instruments.
Henry is certainly qualified to speak on this matter, having repeatedly used his Kryptonian abilities, relying on sonar-like echoes and X-ray vision to create three-dimensional models of buildings or objects in his mind.
He naturally kept giving pointers to the brilliant engineer, which made him an annoying figure. In the end, they simply had someone give up a workstation and forced this guy who liked to give instructions to sit in his seat and become a coder again.
With Henry's addition and Tony Stark's brilliant mind taking the lead, the combat platform, which could only display flat maps, was transformed into a 3D form.
Not only was the ground uneven, but people could also see what lay beneath the ruins, although the latter was only an estimate.
Building the ruins model doesn't mean the job is done; there's one last crucial step: locating the survivors! This is where equipment like thermal imaging and life detectors come in.
Frankly, operating and locating these things is much easier than surveying the world beneath the ruins of the World Trade Center Twin Towers.
The only drawback is that this system can only find objects that emit body heat and have human-like outlines; it cannot determine whether the object is dead or alive. The body heat of a dead person doesn't dissipate so quickly.
Furthermore, it cannot be ruled out that some individuals may be trapped or suffering from hypothermia, so those whose body temperature has dropped to a certain level cannot be directly considered dead and should be prioritized for rescue.
Additionally, suspected survivor targets may be affected by the high temperatures of underground fire sources. Some may be mistakenly identified as survivors at the fire source, while others may actually be survivors near the fire.
Identifying the target they were searching for was the most important task for the Stark Industries employees on site.
The cost of building such a life-saving system is unimaginable. Moreover, it's not a complete system; many components are temporary, piecemeal installations with functions hastily integrated.
One reason is that the collapse site of the World Trade Center Twin Towers was not very large, but rather quite deep and thick. This equipment was specifically designed to address these characteristics. If the disaster area were on the scale of a small town or city, this equipment would not be suitable.