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Recommended Citation: Nicolai, B J, K Puntillo, and B Bilow. Research Design for a Natural Disaster Management Communication System: Local Indiana Government Agency Model. In The Proceedings of the Conference on Information Systems Applied Research 2008, v 1 (Phoenix): §2322. ISSN: 0000-0000. (A later version appears in Journal of Information Systems Applied Research 2(3). ISSN: 1946-1836.)

Research Design for a Natural Disaster Management Communication System: Local Indiana Government Agency Model

Refereed

8 pages

Barbara J. Nicolai    [a1] [a2]
Computer Information Technology and Graphics
Purdue University Calumet    [u1] [u2]
Hammond, Indiana, USA    [c1] [c2]

Katheryn Puntillo    [a1] [a2]
Computer Information Technology and Graphics
Purdue University Calumet    [u1] [u2]
Hammond, Indiana, USA    [c1] [c2]

Brian Bilow    [a1] [a2]
Computer Information Technology and Graphics
Purdue University Calumet    [u1] [u2]
Hammond, Indiana, USA    [c1] [c2]

In the past decade, the world has seen several large and deadly natural disasters, such as hurricanes, tsunamis, and earthquakes. These disasters, as well as man-made emergencies, such as the destruction of the World Trade Center in 2001, all have several unavoidable results in common. Disasters cause huge loss of life, enormous amounts of property damage, and long recovery times. The tool needed by emergency response personnel to mitigate some of the loss is an integrated, mobile, self-contained voice and data communications system. This paper explores a solution to facilitate and expedite the process of distributing resources when a disaster occurs by managing the aftermath more efficiently and effectively.

Keywords: disaster management system, database tracking system, communication system

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