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Brooks: We don't see ourselves
as two countries.

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We see Sarnia-Lambton and St.
Clair County, Michigan

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as one community with a river
that runs through it.

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Falecki: If we have disasters and
we can't communicate to each other,

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especially with our first
responders and ambulances,

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that can cause a detriment
to our healthcare.

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Narrator: The Canada-U.S. Enhanced
Resiliency Experiment is designed to

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improve situational awareness and
information sharing between the two countries.

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The first scenario is designed to
test interoperability and broadband

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with sending paramedics in
ambulances to and from both countries.

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Falecki: Well, two and from
the hospitals,

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we can directly, in the United
States, talk to our ambulances.

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But unfortunately any
ambulances coming from Canada,

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we cannot talk to directly;
they're on a different system.

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So they're like in a dead zone.

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Brooks: The goal is to build
a network of communication,

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both data and potentially voice
communication that will span the border.

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So with this technology we'll
be able to maintain communication

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in the event that the patient deteriorates,

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there's a problem with
the vehicle or the crew

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or we need directions to get
from one place to the other.

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The other advantage is from a
patient care perspective.

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So now we'll be able to
transmit live data,

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the patient's current condition,
whether it be vital signs,

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electrocardiograms, video conferencing,

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to the hospital and to the physician
that's receiving the patient.

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So when we get there, they'll be
better able to manage the patient.

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They'll have a lot more information and
be ready for them when they get there.

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Rosso: We are in-between the two countries.

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We are a speed bump and everything that
happens as people are crossing the border.

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So with emergency managers,

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it's very important that we get them
through as expeditiously as possible,

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but not hampering any security
for the United States.

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We can do a pre-vetting
for those people.

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During the CAUSE IV
experiment exercises,

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we're going to run their
information through the system,

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checking for threat assessment.

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The officers will do a quick validation.

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Once that is done the officers will indicate

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that they may proceed into the United States.

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Socha: So looking back on the experiment,

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I think it was a resounding success,

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where there's a lot of
firsts that were done

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and certainly from the paramedic side.

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We were able to transmit a cardiac
twelve-lead heart monitors to the hospital.

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We were actually able to get in
touch with U.S. physicians

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as well as the U.S. dispatch center
and the border authorities.

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And that really allowed us
to communicate data

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and at the same time perform excellent
patient care in those environments.

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Fournier: This is maintaining the
communication and the applications

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as you move from one network to another.

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Normally, roaming doesn't support that,

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but in this case we are maintaining
that communication session

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as the ambulance crosses the bridge
from Canada to the U.S.

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and changes over to the U.S. network.

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They're still maintaining all
applications they have and even

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the real-time applications, such
as video conferencing and whatnot.

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Beveridge: What happens in a disaster?

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You know, those, that simple
communication in a secure network,

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because we all know the regular cell
signals are all going to probably crash

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in the middle of a major disaster,
because what does everybody do?

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We all pull out our cellphones.

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So this new system, if it, if it's successful

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and we can implement that technology,
could greatly reduce the loss of life.

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And you know, from our people that
would be our patients and our first responders.