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Guest Expert Presentation to TechChangeTRANSCRIPT
Making Chaos Manageable
“No innovation matters morethan that which saves lives”
Avelino J. Cruz, Jr., Secretary of National Defense of the Philippineson the use of Sahana following disastrous mudslides in 2005
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The Sahana Software Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to the mission of saving lives by providing information management solutions that enable organizations and communities to better prepare for and respond to disasters.
We develop free and open source software and provide services that help solve concrete problems and bring efficiencies to disaster response coordination between governments, aid organizations, civil society and the victims themselves.
Sahana Software Foundation
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The Historic Trigger 2004 :Indian Ocean
Earthquake & TsunamiAt least 226,000 dead
Up to 5 million people lost their homes, or access to food and water
1 million people left without a means to make a living
At least $7.5 billion in the cost of damages
“Facts and Figures Asian Tsunami Disaster” :New Scientist, 20 January 2005
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First deployed for Sri Lanka tsunami response
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Core Capabilities Track Nouns:Organization & Volunteer Registry
Understanding 4W “Who What :Where When” Maintains data :(contacts, services) of groups, organizations, staff, and volunteers responding to the disaster
Missing Persons / Disaster Victims Registry
Helps track and find missing and found, deceased, injured and displaced people and families
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Core Capabilities Track Needs:Request and Resource Management
Manages requests, assessments and reports and helps match commitments for support, donations, aid and supplies through to fulfillment
Geospatial Analysis
Provides situational awareness of all important locations to the disaster response, such as shelters, hospitals, warehouses, incident reports, and assessments.
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Sahana Software ProjectsEden (Python/web2py)– Emergency Development Environment
Supported by a number of stakeholders, including IFRC, ADPC, APBV, LA EMD, the HELIOS Foundation and others.
Flexible rapid application development platform with a rich feature set
Designed for humanitarian organizations and agencies engaged in disaster relief.
Agasti (PHP)
Vesuvius – provides Lost Person Finder & Hospital Triage Management (NLM)
Kilauea – provides shelter registration (CUNY/OEM)
Mayon – provides Emergency Resource Management and Scenario Planning for large municipalities (CUNY/OEM)
Standards & Interoperability
Promotes adoption of open data standards and interoperability between humanitarian FOSS projects.
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Technology and Features
EnvironmentsLinux, Windows, OSXPortableApps, VMWareCloud / EC2
Translation & LocalizationPootle, Character SetsRight-to-left scripting
Open Data StandardsKML, WMS, GeoRSS, WPSEDXL, CAP, JSON, XML
Mobile AccessibilityJ2ME, HTML 5, XformsJavaRosa, OCR, NetBooksXO Laptops
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Major Disaster DeploymentsWildfires in Chile – 2012Hurricane Irene in New York – 2011Tornado in Joplin, Missouri - 2011Sendai Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan – 2011Christchurch Earthquake in New Zealand - 2011Flooding in Colombia – 2011Flooding in Venezuela – 2010Flooding in Pakistan – 2010Hurricane in Veracruz, Mexico – 2010Earthquake in Chile – 2010Earthquake in Haiti – 2010Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar – 2008Chengdu-Sitzuan Province Earthquake, China – 2008Bihar Floods, India – 2008Ica Earthquake, Peru – 2007Cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh – 2007Yogjakarta Earthquake, Indonesia – 2006Landslides in the Philippines– 2005Kashmir Earthquake in Pakistan – 2005Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami in Sri Lanka – 2004
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Pre-Disaster DeploymentsCity of Los Angeles* – 2011LirneAsia, Freedom Phone & EDXL, in Sri Lanka - 2011APBV (Bombeiros)* in Portugal - 2011IFRC Asia Pacific Disaster Management Unit – 2010Philippines Red Cross in the Philippines – 2010SahanaTaiwan*, Academia Sinica, in Taiwan – 2010Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, Bangkok, Thailand – 2010National Disaster Relief Services Center, Sri Lanka – 2010National Coordinating Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB) in Indonesia – 2009 National Disaster Coordinating Council in the Philippines – 2009US National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland - 2009LirneAsia, Bio-Surveillance, Sri Lanka and India - 2008Sarvodaya (NGO), Sri Lanka – 2008Office of Emergency Management in New York City – 2007
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City of New YorkShelter Management
Sahana Mayon – Scenario Management Defines:
Scenarios
Resource Types
Facility Groups
Staff Requirements
Staff Pools and Shifts
Sahana Kilauea
Family and Individual Registration at Shelters
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US National Library of MedicinePeople Locator Project
Sahana Vesuvius
Event Manager
Report a Person
Web or Email
Edit Full Person Record
Search for a Person
PFIF Interoperability with Google Person Finder
TriagePic
ReUnite iPhone App
LIVE SITE at HTTP //PL.NLM.NIH.GOV:
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Sahana Eden
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Deploying Sahana Agasti
Mayon & Kilauea:Prerelease code only now available
In 2012, will have supported release, including:Training videos
Full user and installation documentation
Packaged software on DVD/VM for installation
Vesuvius
People Locator hosted at http //pl.nlm.nih.gov:Fully interoperable with Google Person Finder
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Deploying Sahana Eden
Considerations:Sahana Eden is an Expert System
Typically customized and localized before deployed
paucity of User Training materials=>Partnering/Supporting Humanitarian Organizations
Sahana Eden Essential Guide
http //en.flossmanuals.net/sahana-eden/:
Wiki : http //eden.sahanafoundation.org:
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ResourcesWiki : http //wiki.sahanafoundation.org:Mailing Lists & IRC
[email protected];[email protected]
sahana, sahana-eden on Freenode (irc.freenode.net)# #SahanaCamps
http //sahanafoundation.org/programs/sahanacamp/:
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Freedom to use, analyze, modify and re-distribute
Available for everybody at no cost
Open for research and development
Collaboratively developed by a Global community
Mark Prutsalis
President & CEO, Sahana Software Foundation
http //SahanaFoundation.org:[email protected]
@SahanaFOSS Sahana#http //www.slideshare.net/SahanaFOSS:
Free and Open Source Software Projects