A concept and prototype for the integration of multi-channel disaster alert systems

Abstract

In many countries, the responsibility for issuing disaster alerts to the general population lies with different local, regional, or national authorities. These disaster alert systems are usually managed independently and without any automatic co-ordination. However, it would be highly beneficial for system operators (a) to obtain an overview of the crisis communication that other actors have already undertaken, and (b), to integrate as many dissemination channels as possible to maximize the impact of alerts. This paper presents a concept for such a holistic alert solution, as well as a prototypical implementation of the system. The prototype also allows for a personalization of alert messages for different groups of recipients such as tourists or people with different types of disabilities

Flood Markup Language – A Standards-based Exchange Language for Flood Risk Communication

“…For example, in the flood alert, the CAP message can contain several Kbytes, CAP contains too much information for the last-mile users, and the servers have to compress the CAP message into shorter length to reduce the information loss (Tomaso et al, 2012). On the other hand, the next generation forecast and alert systems should contain more data and support more users, terminal equipment, automated workflow systems (Duffy et al, 2012), and alert generators (Klafft & Ziegler, 2014;Aanandh et al, 2015). The current alerting systems such as the CAP contain only the decision and action information, and it does not seek to obtain evidence, while the evidencing module may be important for hazard control and post hazard analysis (Aanandh et al, 2015).…”

myPersonalEWS: Uma Abordagem Colaborativa para Alertar Surdos, Cegos e Analfabetos sobre Desastres

“…Atualmente os EWS fazem um cadastro prévio de pessoas, cujos dados são utilizados para personalizar os alertas que serão enviados [Klafft and Ziegler 2014]. Apesar do cadastro, a maioria dos EWS fazem distribuições em massa de alerta para todos usuários dentro dá area afetada [Meissen et al 2014].…”

“…Em [Klafft and Ziegler 2014] os autores apresentam a possibilidade de enviar alertas adaptados para idosos, pessoas com deficiência, famílias com crianças, ou turistas a partir de uma base centralizada de mensagens de alerta de autoridades locais, regionais ou nacionais. Em [Malizia et al 2009], os autores apresentam CAP-ONES, um sistema baseado em ontologia para gerar notificações de alerta de emergência adaptadas para diferentes tipos de usuários, mídias e dispositivos.…”

Towards a Context-Sensitive System To Support Crisis Communication Message Dissemination

“…Kla↵t and Ziegler [9] propose a system prototype that uses multiple communication channels and personalized messages. It provides message content personalization for disabled people, families with children, senior citizens, and tourists (translated content).…”

“…Related work analysis shows that [10] and [9] broadcast all emergency messages regardless whether users are potential victims or not. GDACS [6] uses a large area (all a continent) as a potential victim delimiter.…”