Export NIEM 5.x IEPD (Information Exchange Package Documentation) packages directly from ATAK. Incident resources, ICS 209 situational data, wildfire and flood hazards, and active evacuation orders are packaged into standards-compliant XML archives for seamless sharing with EOCs, state fusion centers, and federal agencies.
The National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) is the federal standard for inter-agency data sharing in the United States. Tactical AI DuckDB implements a NIEM 5.x IEPD export engine that aggregates all live incident data into a NIEM-conformant XML package — enabling seamless information sharing between ATAK field users and agency systems that consume NIEM data.
A Type 1 incident spanning three counties requires data sharing with a state EOC running a NIEM-based CAD system. The Agency Administrator tells the AI agent: “Export a NIEM package for Big Creek Complex.” Within seconds, a ZIP archive containing the IEPD catalog, incident exchange XML, and resource CSV is ready for email transmission to the EOC — no middleware required.
The export engine uses the NIEM 5.x Emergency Management domain namespace (em) and NIEM Core (nc) elements, producing XML that conforms to the NIEM 5.0 specification and can be validated against published NIEM schemas.
| IEPD Section | NIEM Elements | Data Source |
|---|---|---|
| Incident Summary | em:Incident, nc:ActivityName | ICS 209 Situation Report |
| Resources | em:IncidentResource, em:ResourceStatusCode | ICS Resource Status Board |
| Wildfire Hazards | em:HazardousArea[HazardType="Wildfire"] | NIFC IRWIN Perimeters |
| Flood Hazards | em:HazardousArea[HazardType="Flood"] | USGS NWIS Gauges |
| Evacuation Orders | em:EvacuationOrder, em:EvacuationAreaName | Evacuation Planner (ACTIVE plans) |
Each export produces a ZIP archive containing three files. The archive is named with the package name and a timestamp, and is stored in the device's files/niem_exports/ directory for sharing via file transfer or email attachment.
All IEPD packages include a catalog document with source attribution (ATAK TacticalAI DuckDB Plugin), NIEM version, creation timestamp, and incident name. This supports auditability requirements in multi-agency incident investigations.
niem_exportNIEM packages can be generated, listed, and managed through natural language via the niem_export agent tool. A single command generates a complete standards-conformant inter-agency data package.