2012
Garofalakis, John; Koskeris, Andreas; Michalopoulos, Sotirios; Plessas, Athanasios; Stefanis, Vassilios
A Web and mobile-based system for the coordination of civil protection authorities and population warning Proceedings Article
In: Boustras, Georgios; Boukas, Nikolaos (Ed.): Proceedings of the 1st International Conference in Safety and Crisis Management in the Construction, Tourism and SME Sectors, pp. 238–246, Universal-Publishers BrownWalker Press, 2012, ISBN: 9781612335575.
Abstract | BibTeX | Ετικέτες: early warning, environmental crisis management, first response
@inproceedings{garofalakisweb,
title = {A Web and mobile-based system for the coordination of civil protection authorities and population warning},
author = { John Garofalakis and Andreas Koskeris and Sotirios Michalopoulos and Athanasios Plessas and Vassilios Stefanis},
editor = {Georgios Boustras and Nikolaos Boukas},
isbn = {9781612335575},
year = {2012},
date = {2012-01-01},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 1st International Conference in Safety and Crisis Management in the Construction, Tourism and SME Sectors},
pages = {238--246},
publisher = {BrownWalker Press},
organization = {Universal-Publishers},
abstract = {In this paper we present a scenario based system for the instant notification and coordination of local authorities after an emergency crisis using web and mobile technologies. The system was implemented for the case of forest fires. Forest fires are a natural phenomenon in forest ecosystems; however, they are also one of the greatest disaster hazards. Despite the fact that they cause a statistically smaller number of victims compared to other natural hazards, such as earthquakes, their consequences to the environment as well as the life and economy of the communities are devastating. Wildfire prevention is currently the focus of many efforts; however less attention is given to operational readiness and emergency response in su
ch cases. The presented system allows users (e.g. civil protection agencies) to proactively create scenarios that will be executed during a crisis in order to warn and coordinate local authorities, general public etc. Each scenario consists of several steps and at each step any number of messages can be sent to different groups of users. Therefore, the system enables different groups of people to receive general information, specific
instructions and guidance during the crisis and after crisis information.},
keywords = {early warning, environmental crisis management, first response},
pubstate = {published},
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}
In this paper we present a scenario based system for the instant notification and coordination of local authorities after an emergency crisis using web and mobile technologies. The system was implemented for the case of forest fires. Forest fires are a natural phenomenon in forest ecosystems; however, they are also one of the greatest disaster hazards. Despite the fact that they cause a statistically smaller number of victims compared to other natural hazards, such as earthquakes, their consequences to the environment as well as the life and economy of the communities are devastating. Wildfire prevention is currently the focus of many efforts; however less attention is given to operational readiness and emergency response in su
ch cases. The presented system allows users (e.g. civil protection agencies) to proactively create scenarios that will be executed during a crisis in order to warn and coordinate local authorities, general public etc. Each scenario consists of several steps and at each step any number of messages can be sent to different groups of users. Therefore, the system enables different groups of people to receive general information, specific
instructions and guidance during the crisis and after crisis information.
ch cases. The presented system allows users (e.g. civil protection agencies) to proactively create scenarios that will be executed during a crisis in order to warn and coordinate local authorities, general public etc. Each scenario consists of several steps and at each step any number of messages can be sent to different groups of users. Therefore, the system enables different groups of people to receive general information, specific
instructions and guidance during the crisis and after crisis information.