Use of force tracking systems during natural catastrophes

Abstract

The flood that engulfed Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Croatia in 2014 imposed a need to establish a more efficient system of command and control over involved units and departments. The complexity of the situation, as well as the composition and cooperation between various forces in the field gave rise to consider the applying of modern systems of command and control. The paper presents the basic characteristics of modern information system of command and control that are currently in use in the armed forces and civilian power structures of developed countries. Using historical method and the chronology is seen development of Blue Force Tracking, Tactical Ground Reporting i GeoSuite systems. By analyzing and comparing these systems we have come to conclusions on their advantages and disadvantages. At the end, there are the suggestions for the development of its own system.

Keywords

• natural catastrophes
• command and control
• blue force tracking
• tactical ground reporting system
• force tracking systems and system geosuite