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Proposed and owned by: Pascal Schuback, Emergency Management Program Coordinator for the King County Office of Emergency Management
Contact: pascal.schuback@kingcounty.gov
Best way and times to contact during RHoK 2.0 Dec 4/5 2010: Email or twitter @schuback.
When disaster strikes counties may be eligible for state and federal funds to aid in the repairs and reconstruction of property, but individuals must file a report of damage within 72 hours of the damage. Our team is developing tools to allow members of the public to report damage via phone, web forms, and iPhone and Android applications to reduce the amount of paperwork filed in response to assessing damage after a disaster.
Unfortunately there is no standard form used from county to county in Washington and the current system is an inefficient use of local resources. We hope that by developing a standard tool to be used state-wide in Washington we can free up local resources to respond to disaster.
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Alan lives in Auburn, WA, and his property is flooded when a combination of torrential rain and snow pack melt-off floods the Green River. To add insult to injury both the power and cell phone networks are down in Alan's neighborhood. Luckily, he downloaded the MadPub.org application for his mobile phone which was promoted to residents of Auburn when King County was issuing Emergency Flood Warnings. He is able to record relevant information for the county, as well as take pictures of the damage, and uploads it a day later when the power and cell phone networks come back online.
Evan is working in his office in Everett when an earthquake hits his web development company. The building he's in appears to have suffered some damage, and he's not sure if it's structurally sound. The power went out, so he can't go online, and the cell network is swamped, so he calls the MadPub.org hotline. Two days later the county sends out four assessors to determine the extent of the damage.
Teresa and Lars are hanging out in the study lounge of the Todd Phibbs dorm when a freakish geological event occurs releasing a 10.0 earthquake which causes a tsunami to pummel Tacoma with hundred foot waves and lahars to cut across the UPS campus. They look out the window and see the lava flowing across Todd Field. Their cell phones won't connect to the network and the landline phones in the dorm aren't working. Luckily, the Ethernet network is still working, so they go to MadPub.org to report damage to the dorms.
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