CMUSV Disaster Management Initiative Releases San Bruno Tech Debrief

The Carnegie Mellon Silicon Valley Disaster Management Initiative is pleased to release the San Bruno Fire Technical Debrief (.pdf) in concert with the November 5 BACSPP Meta-Leadership conference discussing the San Bruno fire. The report is the first of its kind, documenting the use of technology during disasters, including the novel recruitment and use of volunteer mappers by emergency managers in incident command. The report also documents the next steps to solve identified issues. The DMI will lead a collaborative effort to implement and test solutions.

Happy CrisisCampers at CrisisCampSiliconValley - Pakistan Floods!

Underway!

We have 24 people here, doing everything from the UN OCHA Financial Tracking system, Facebook feeds, lots of OpenStreetMapping, and human factors people from NASA Ames looking at volunteers etc.

We have sugar and chips, and the more the merrier, so if you are on the fence, come on down!

Cheers,
Jeannie

Hi All,
We are just starting up at 4:39 and 5 of us are here early to get going, and a lovely volunteer just called to tell us pizza is on the way! We are ready for a fantastic night of work!

I and others will be blogging from here tonight, so stay tuned!
Cheers,
-Jeannie