Emergency preparedness through game playing |
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Authors: | Kovalen Pillai Muhammad Azhar Muhobuth Manta Devi Nowbuth |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Digital Technologies, Faculty of Information, Communication and Digital Technologies, University of Mauritius, Réduit, Mauritius;2. Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Mauritius, Réduit, Mauritius |
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Abstract: | The lack of emergency preparedness in Mauritius has been the cause of many tragedies. Our approach to tackle this problem was by developing an emergency preparedness game layered and fused with a disaster warning and guidance system that emanates clarity to the unfathomable bearings of emergencies and natural disasters. The emergency preparedness game is based on a selection of diverse real life-threatening difficulties that entail different strategies aimed at bettering the survival instincts of users. It uses story-telling scenarios along with in-game footnotes that yield directives on how to brave fierce and unpredictable calamities. The game reinforces a sense of self-composedness and suppressing untimely fears of users in horrendous circumstances. With regard to the warning system, it unremittingly feeds users with notifications during emergencies, that encases shortest escape routes to lead them to safe locations via a fully functional GPS map. This application brings some novelties that are virtually non-existent in related applications. For instance, this application includes a warning and guidance system, a 3D scenario game to prepare its users for disasters, an interactive survival toolkit selection, an SMS rescue feature and a mass notification system via the web. |
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Keywords: | Disaster emergency preparedness planning notification mobile application |
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