shashwatkathuria / disaster-safety-web-app

Flask web application for disaster management.

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Disaster Safety Web Application

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INSTRUCTIONS TO RUN THE APPLICATION

  export FLASK_APP=application.py
  export FLASK_ENV=development
  flask run

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BASIC IDEA

The basic idea of the android application we are going to make is that users will be able to get notifications at the time of any calamity like earthquakes, floods and hurricanes by getting alerts from anyone who gets to know of the calamity quickly by getting a notification in the form of images posted online or any common text broadcasts according to their location.In addition to this , in the case of earthquake, our application will make use of the gyroscopic sensor and accelerometer of the smartphone of the user according to the time duration of random vibrations sensed in a continuous period of time. Once the user is informed of the calamity, the user follows the emergency steps to be taken during the time of the calamity.We also incorporate government agencies to notify in case of a hurricane or flood beforehand through the application and also provide various fast access emergency numbers in the application. Our idea stems from the fact that when a calamity comes, it is the people near the calamity area that get notified of the calamity first, not the news channels, so therefore through the means of the common people we notify all others in the surrounding areas to act accordingly.We also take help from the government agencies who can create a special account in our application to specifically notify in case of an incoming danger.

In all, the alertness and conciousness of the people and government agencies near the calamity area can help to broadcast the calamities like hurricanes and floods while earthquakes can also be known of by the same alongwith the help of the gyroscopic sensor and accelerometer in a smartphone.

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DETAILS

EARTHQUAKE

• Our application will take help of the gyroscopic and various required sensors of the smartphone to sense a randomized set of vibrations for a abnormally long period of time like 3-4 seconds and then accordingly notify the user of the earthquake.

• The application then gives all the precautions to be taken by the user during the time of the calamity like:-

      --Vacate to an open area alongwith anyone who is surrounding you.
      
      --Call government emergency numbers like ambulance, fire brigade,etc.
      
      --Call and warn dear ones who may be near you.
  

FLOOD

• Our application will take help of the people around the flood area to notify them either by taking images or by broadcasting alerts to the nearby people to take precautionary measures and also to notify the people and government to unblock/open as many possible draining or sewage systems as possible.

• The application then gives all the precautions to be taken by the user during the time of the calamity like:-

      --Vacate to places where water cannot stay easily like high rise buildings or open fields.
      
      --Call government emergency numbers like ambulance, etc.
      
      --Call and warn dear ones who may be near you.
      
      --Open as many unclosed sewage and drainage systems as possible in the surrounding area.
      
      --Wear air jackets so that no one drowns.
  

HURRICANE

• Our application will take help of the government agencies and common people near the calamity area to notify them in case of incoming hurricane situations.

• The application then gives all the precautions to be taken by the user during the time of the calamity like:-

      --Vacate to a building alongwith anyone who is surrounding you.
      
      --Call government emergency numbers like ambulance, fire brigade,etc.
      
      --Call and warn dear ones who may be near you.
  

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