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Integrating Geographic Information Systems and Telecommunications Technology to Deliver Public Safety Warnings
Abstract In recent times, there have been numerous serious incidents in Australia involving emergency evacuations following gas tanker explosions and toxic chemical spills and fires. In the aftermath of many of these events there has been strong criticism of the warning procedures employed. These procedures often took hours to perform as police labored to inform residents of the hazard by either door-knocking or using mobile loudhailers. While emergency service agencies have developed efficient mass-media methods for delivering public safety warnings in the case of natural hazards, their task is assisted by the fact that residents are usually aware that a potentially hazardous event has occurred. However, in the case of highly-localized technological hazards, such as toxic material spills, affected communities often remain unaware of the threat. Consequently, in Australia at least, there is a growing call for new solutions to the problem of warning communities in these situations. The purpose of this chapter is to discuss and develop a method for integrating geographic information systems (GISs) with new automatic dialing telecommunications technology to improve the delivery of public safety warnings, and to assist emergency service agencies in monitoring the response and effectiveness of their message.
Integrating Geographic Information Systems and Telecommunications Technology to Deliver Public Safety Warnings
Abstract In recent times, there have been numerous serious incidents in Australia involving emergency evacuations following gas tanker explosions and toxic chemical spills and fires. In the aftermath of many of these events there has been strong criticism of the warning procedures employed. These procedures often took hours to perform as police labored to inform residents of the hazard by either door-knocking or using mobile loudhailers. While emergency service agencies have developed efficient mass-media methods for delivering public safety warnings in the case of natural hazards, their task is assisted by the fact that residents are usually aware that a potentially hazardous event has occurred. However, in the case of highly-localized technological hazards, such as toxic material spills, affected communities often remain unaware of the threat. Consequently, in Australia at least, there is a growing call for new solutions to the problem of warning communities in these situations. The purpose of this chapter is to discuss and develop a method for integrating geographic information systems (GISs) with new automatic dialing telecommunications technology to improve the delivery of public safety warnings, and to assist emergency service agencies in monitoring the response and effectiveness of their message.
Integrating Geographic Information Systems and Telecommunications Technology to Deliver Public Safety Warnings
Hunter, Gary J. (author)
1995-01-01
17 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
Emergency Response , Emergency Service , Telephone Number , Geographic Information System , Land Parcel Engineering , Civil Engineering , Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation , Engineering, general , Environmental Management , Data Structures, Cryptology and Information Theory , Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk
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