Development Updates
Progress on the AHLOS prototype, published as it happens. AHLOS is in active technical development; the items below describe a working prototype, not a deployed customer service.
Live prototype: from official alert to a decision-ready view
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Real-time hazard monitoring — the prototype reads official public alerts (U.S. National Weather Service and USGS earthquakes) and maps which hospitals are inside or near each alert area, using public hospital reference data.
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Access-route analysis — for affected hospitals it calculates road routes, how much of each route crosses the alert area, and whether an alternative route avoids it.
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Critical alert phone calls — when a critical alert affects a registered site, AHLOS can place an automated call to designated contacts that says what happened, which site is affected and what to review now. AHLOS does not act on its own; a person decides. Text-message alerts are pending carrier verification.
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Regional view and AI-assisted summaries — alerts can be reviewed by FEMA region, with an AI-assisted summary limited to the facts the system calculated. Summaries support, not replace, human judgment.
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Transparent planning assumptions — projected complications (access, supplies, staff, patient transport) are labeled as planning assumptions, and patient-transport assumptions now differ by facility type (for example, psychiatric and long-term care facilities).
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Cloud deployment — the prototype now runs on cloud infrastructure with a managed database.
Prototype status: synthetic and public reference data; not validated in a live emergency; not a substitute for official emergency instructions.