TY - GEN
T1 - A mobile collaborative application to reduce the radio traffic in urban emergencies
AU - Ibarra, Manuel
AU - Monares, Álvaro
AU - Ochoa, Sergio F.
AU - Pino, José A.
AU - Suárez, David
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - A firefighter Incident Commander (IC) is responsible for organizing, coordinating and decision-making in most urban emergencies such as fires or car crashes. To accomplish this task, the IC uses a couple of radio channels for communicating with the Alarms Center (AC, also known as Emergency Operation Center) and the resources assigned to such emergency. Although radio-based communication has brought several benefits, it also has drawbacks for sending, sharing, updating, and saving geospatial information. This paper presents the extension to a mobile collaborative tool called MobileMap, which complements the radio system. The tool helps to increase the availability of the most frequently requested information for the IC and firefighters in the field. The system design was based on a study of relevant information that the IC requires on-site for an efficient and effective decision-making. The results highlight that using MobileMap makes it possible to reduce the radio channels usage time by approximately 20%. Furthermore, the information shared through the application improves the IC decision-making process during an emergency.
AB - A firefighter Incident Commander (IC) is responsible for organizing, coordinating and decision-making in most urban emergencies such as fires or car crashes. To accomplish this task, the IC uses a couple of radio channels for communicating with the Alarms Center (AC, also known as Emergency Operation Center) and the resources assigned to such emergency. Although radio-based communication has brought several benefits, it also has drawbacks for sending, sharing, updating, and saving geospatial information. This paper presents the extension to a mobile collaborative tool called MobileMap, which complements the radio system. The tool helps to increase the availability of the most frequently requested information for the IC and firefighters in the field. The system design was based on a study of relevant information that the IC requires on-site for an efficient and effective decision-making. The results highlight that using MobileMap makes it possible to reduce the radio channels usage time by approximately 20%. Furthermore, the information shared through the application improves the IC decision-making process during an emergency.
KW - Mobile collaborative application
KW - communication support
KW - information availability
KW - urban emergencies
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84864228663&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/CSCWD.2012.6221843
DO - 10.1109/CSCWD.2012.6221843
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84864228663
SN - 9781467312127
T3 - Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE 16th International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design, CSCWD 2012
SP - 358
EP - 365
BT - Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE 16th International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design, CSCWD 2012
T2 - 2012 IEEE 16th International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design, CSCWD 2012
Y2 - 23 May 2012 through 25 May 2012
ER -