Arrangements for collecting, analyzing, consolidating and delivering
consolidated and enhanced data from a plurality of sources relating to a
current event, to a third party, and reserving the consolidated and
enhanced data for internal use so as to create a commercial proactive
emergency management and disaster response information system that can
also be used for emergent commercial purposes. A data capture device
associated with an individual or a location captures data related to a
current event or affected site. Incoming data may include raw data,
repackaged data, or value-added data from source inputs. Captured data is
sent to a centralized command center or distributed command centers where
it is analyzed, resolved, correlated and repackaged for use by other
parties.