The Indian Ocean tsunami (2004) and Hurricane Katrina (2005) reveal the coming of age of
the on-line disaster response community. Due to the integration of key geospatial …

Disasters (natural or man-made) can be lethal to human life, the environment, and
infrastructure. The recent advancements in the Internet of Things (IoT) and the evolution in …

The area of disaster management receives increasing attention from multiple disciplines of
research. A key role of computer scientists has been in devising ways to manage and …

The common operational picture is used to overcome coordination and information
management problems during emergency response. Increasingly, this approach is …

Disaster recovery (DR) plays a vital role in restoring the organization's data in the case of
emergency and hazardous accidents. While many papers in security focus on privacy and …

Recently, fire accidents in buildings have become bigger around the world, and it has
become necessary to build an efficient building disaster management system suitable for …

Evacuation centres are often the first temporary living spaces for disaster-affected people.
These spaces should be safe and provide a minimum standard of living and care for the …

In the aftermath of large-scale disasters, such as hurricanes, floods, or earthquakes,
preliminarily damage assessment (PDA) is carried out to determine the impact and …

Communication support is a serious limitation for Latin American firefighters when they deal
with emergency situations. The insufficient number of radio channels and the impossibility to …

Abstract On February 27, 2010 at 03: 34 am local time, a powerful earthquake of magnitude
8.8 struck central Chile. The epicenter of the earthquake was approximately 8 km off the …