Title :
Organizing On-Site Volunteers: An App-Based Approach
Author :
Sackmann, Stefan ; Hofmann, Martin ; Betke, Hans J.
Author_Institution :
Inf. Manage., Martin Luther Univ. Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
Abstract :
Mobile ICT provides promising new options for coordinating on-site volunteers in disaster response. A novel app-based IT system called Hands2Help is presented in this contribution supporting incident commanders and control centers in the coordination of volunteers.
Keywords :
emergency management; mobile computing; Hands2Help; app-based IT system; control centers; disaster response; incident commanders; mobile ICT; on-site volunteers; Availability; Information management; Mobile communication; Organizing; Resource management; Security; coordination; disaster response management; mobile ICT; on-site volunteer;
Conference_Titel :
Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES), 2014 Ninth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Fribourg
DOI :
10.1109/ARES.2014.66
