PDC Releases "Disaster Alert" Application for iPhone and iPad Users
July 15, 2010: Pacific Disaster Center (PDC) makes information on hazards and disasters, worldwide, available to mobile device users. “Disaster Alert,” a free application published by PDC, gives iPhone and iPad users access to the PDC Active Hazards. The term Active Hazards refers to a collection of current and real-time incidents, compiled from authoritative sources on events around the globe. The events in the system have been designated “potentially hazardous to people, property, or assets” by the automated processes of PDC’s DisasterAWARE decision support system and by disaster management professionals who use the system.
The Disaster Alert application provides instant access to visualized data on 12 different hazard types: Drought, Earthquake, Flood, High Surf (Hawaii), High Wind (Hawaii), Man Made, Marine, Storm, Cyclone, Tsunami, Volcano and Wildfire.
The application’s features include:
- View Active Hazards on an interactive map
- View Active Hazards in a list
- Choose background map
- Get 'more info' for each Active Hazard
- Active Hazards are updated every five minutes.
The sources of data used in the Disaster Alert are among the most trusted organizations in the world, including NOAA’s National Weather Service/Tropical Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center and Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, Naval Pacific Meteorology and Oceanography Center/Joint Typhoon Warning Center, U.S. Geological Survey’s National Earthquake Information Center and Volcano Hazards Program, as well as the Global Volcanism Program at the Smithsonian Institution.
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