Abstract:
In this paper, we demonstrate the use of Reverse-111, a proactive
crowd sourcing system which takes into account the fact that several users
might be co-located with an emergency and can be contacted by an Emergency
Response Centre (ERC), to provide relevant and useful information pertaining
to an emergency situation. We have co-developed a variety of first responder
agents who can participate within a response simulation wherein participation is
solicited from local citizens in a crowd. Cell-phone records are used to identify
the location of callers on the ground and choose people close to an emergency
scene in order to obtain information about the emergency and issue early warnings about changing resource requirements.
