cap-on-a-map: an application for location specific early warnings
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CAP-on-a-MAPAn Application for Location Specific Early Warnings C
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Biplov BhandariResearch Associate, AIT
Sahana Software Foundation [email protected], [email protected]
The Challenge of Alerting3
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PAnother City / Province / Country
Another City / Province / Country Your City / Province / Country Your City / Province / Country
RadioTelevision
Fax
Cell / SMS
SirensStorm
EarthquakeTsunami
Fire
Volcano
All governments have various public alerting systems:
• Earthquakes/tsunami by e-mail, news wire, Web sites, pagers, telephone calls ...
• Weather by news wire, fax, radio, television, e-mail, SMS text on cell phones ...
• Fire, Security, Transportation by television, radio, sirens, police with bullhorns...
Sahana Alerting and Messaging Broker (SAMBRO) Dilutes the Complexities 4
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■ Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) interoperable warning standard allows for all-hazard all-media information exchange
■ Sahana system improves coordination, consistency, completeness, coverage, and control
■ Single entry of a message is shared through multiple channels with relevant emergency responders and public
■ Increases warning efficiencies, situational-awareness and simplifies knowledge mobilization
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Case Study: Flow of Alerts and Early Warnings in Myanmar
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Cyclone
Flood
Tsunami/ Earthquake
Satellite mapObservation Data
Satellite mapObservation Data
Information from Regional Tsunami Services Provider/ Seiscomp3/ Local Network
FAX/Ph/SSB
• President office
• Local Government
• Relief and Resettlement Dept.
• Ministry of Defense
• Fire Services Department
• Local DMH Office
• Ministry of Health
• Myanmar Red Cross Society
• NGO
Media
TV/Radio/FM
DMH
Multi-Stakeholder Authorization● Control Access:
○ across multiple organizations○ within organizational hierarchy
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Host locally in the command center
on a LaptopHost in the Cloud
Synchronize these together
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Role of SAMBRO in EWS25
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Transforming scientific information to human comprehensible and actionable warning messages
Managing the authoring, authorizing, and dissemination of warnings
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Web Server Cherokee
Application Sahana
Framework Web2Py
Programming Language Python
Database PostgreSQL
Operating System Linux