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Homeland Security Use Cases: Use cases describe how the data may be used and help to define and clarify requirements. 1) A disaster has overwhelmed local medical facilities and capacity must be found in the surrounding area. 2) A threat against hospitals has been identified and measures must be taken to protect the hospital. 3) An assessment as to the adequacy of the total capacity to handle emergency medical care in a given area needs to be made as part of a disaster mitigation plan. 4) A disaster has occurred, or is in the process of occurring, and facilities in the vicinity with people needing evacuation assistance must be identified. |