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SIREN (Emergency App) PROPOSAL Media Group Project 2019/20 Group name CITeam Team members Hannah Duffy Joseph Collins Oksana Cuhnova Daria Jackiewicz Blog URL https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8015872280523993701#allposts PROJECT AIMS These are the things you wish to achieve. They are your goal. It is a summary of the brief.  Use Bullet points Design a Public warning system for emergencies and disasters. It will be in the form of both a website and an app.  The app/site will act as a first stop for all public emergency/warning announcements.  It will also provide information about the actions to take if the situation becomes potentially dangerous. The app/site must also be personalised to suit the clients needs.   We will use Covid-19 as an example for this disaster.  PROJECT OBJECTIVES These are the things you will do so that you can achieve your goal.  Put ...

  Examples of warning apps currently used Earthquake apps Used in Japan and earthquake sensitive areas of America (California especially) Send active alarm/notification to your phone when nearby seismographs pick up high vibrations in the earth.  They also give you a history of earthquakes in the area that you’re in and gives you informational resources for better preparation.  Weather warning  Notify you in real time when there are hurricanes, tornados, tsunamis, floods, storms or wildfires in your area, and evacuation plans for the natural disasters. Some include one-touch “I am safe” buttons,which sends an alert to a person in your contacts. Some also include voice alerts to wake people when they are sleeping.  Medical tracker apps Notify you of the closest public AED machine or a public place you can use a first aid kit, as well as nearby emergency services, or the number to call for a hospital when you are abroad.  Ide...

The use of the words ‘ public warning system’ in the brief denotes the use of a final purpose system. According to ScienceDirect, public warning systems should alert and inform all citizens that are threatened by a hazard with the final purpose of enabling them to prepare and to act in a timely manner to reduce the impact of the hazard . This implies that the systems applied for public warning must alert the targeted population, but also provide them sufficient information in an understandable manner. According to Oxford Dictionary, an emergency is a serious, unexpected, and often dangerous situation requiring immediate action. Oxford dictionary also defines disaster as ‘a sudden event, such as an accident or a natural catastrophe, that causes great damage or loss of life’ and has varied synonyms including catastrophe and calamity. Therefore this app must provide information for people that can assist a quick response situation.    First stop means ‘capable of supplyi...

Our Proposal is to; Design a Public warning system for emergencies and disasters. It will be in the form of both a website and an app.  The app/site will act as a first stop for all public emergency/warning announcements.  It will also provide information about the actions to take if the situation becomes potentially dangerous. The app/site must also be personalized to suit the clients needs.   We will use Covid-19 as an example for this disaster.