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Perimeter
Perimeter empowers emergency managers and first responders to address the most important aspect of disaster response and recovery.
Mobile Apps
Web Apps
Apis

Perimeter was founded by Bailey Farren and Noah Wu after the 2017 Tubbs fire, when Bailey's family evacuated with no information about where to go. What started as a research project at UC Berkeley became the first public safety platform to bridge AI-based evacuation planning with real-time, collaborative situational awareness mapping. Today, Perimeter empowers emergency managers, law enforcement, and fire departments across the country to plan, respond, and recover from emergencies — sharing a single authoritative map with both agencies and the public.



Akadenia is the core engineering partner for the Perimeter platform, responsible for building and maintaining the entire system. We developed the Perimeter mobile application (React Native with Mapbox), the web applications (Next.js), and the backend APIs (Node.js, PostgreSQL, AWS). The platform bridges AI-based evacuation planning with real-time collaborative situational awareness mapping. We integrated Amazon Bedrock to power generative AI features across the platform — auto-generating public-facing evacuation alerts, situation summaries, and incident reports from structured map data, dramatically reducing the time agencies spend drafting communications during active emergencies. We built a MATSim-based traffic simulation engine into the Estimator API (FastAPI/Python) for agent-based evacuation modeling — simulating vehicle flow, congestion, and clearance times on evacuation routes. We also developed an AI-powered day and night population estimation system using RasterIO and GeoTIFF geospatial data, enabling accurate population density calculations by time of day for better evacuation planning and resource allocation. Key capabilities we built include: the public-facing 'no-app' Perimeter Map (zero-friction, shareable link, no download needed), AI-powered content generation for real-time emergency communications, MATSim multi-agent traffic simulation for evacuation modeling, day/night population estimation using geospatial raster data, the full incident lifecycle from planning through execution to recovery, FEMA reimbursement automation and after-action replay, bi-directional Esri integration with KML/GeoJSON exports, and multi-agency interoperability supporting all hazards — wildfire, flood, hurricane, tornado, active assailant, hazmat, civil unrest, and planned events.
Real-time infrastructure powering 280+ agencies — hover to explore data flow
Clients
Mobile / Laptop / Tablet
Amplify
Public Web
Amplify
Internal Web
ALB
Public
ALB
Internal
ALB
Estimator
Public API
Fastify · Node.js
Internal API
Express · Node.js
Estimator API
FastAPI · Python
Cache Controller
EC2 · In-Memory
RDS PostgreSQL
2 Read Replicas
ElastiCache
Redis
ECR
Container Registry
Lambda
Serverless
Amazon Bedrock
Gen AI
Security Hub
CSPM
Inspector
Container Scanning
GuardDuty
Threat Detection
Redislabs
External Redis
NIFC / ArcGIS
Fire Data
MATSim
Traffic Simulation
Population Est.
RasterIO · GeoTIFF
PostgreSQL triggers push updates to the Cache Controller, keeping in-memory data fresh within seconds.
Three ECS Fargate services behind ALBs scale independently based on demand — zero server management.
In-memory EC2 cache, ElastiCache Redis, and external Redislabs deliver sub-millisecond reads at scale.


Explore the live version of the Perimeter platform — a real-time, operational tool designed to support emergency response teams in the field. This interactive demo showcases how responders can coordinate, communicate, and share critical information during high-stakes events. Built and maintained by our team at Akadenia, the platform reflects our commitment to reliability, clarity, and impact in disaster response.
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