Development of a supporting and watching system for the people requiring assistance at a disaster

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a system to send information of disaster reduction efficiently and watch over the people requiring assistance at a disaster. Disaster reduction for the people requiring assistance at a disaster, and the isolation reduction and health management for them are the most important administrative issue for the local government. The proposed system provides the watching function of everyday to reduce isolation of the people requiring assistance at a disaster, in addition to the safety confirmation function in the event of disaster. The watching function aims to promote the mobile terminal daily use of the people requiring assistance at a disaster. This function realizes both the maintenance of operating status and the practice of a terminal handling. Therefore, the transmission of information and the confirmation of safety can be carried out quickly and reliably when a disaster happens. We had developed a prototype of the proposed system and confirmed that the estimated function was realized.