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DEWN Disaster and Emergency Warning Network

DEWN Disaster and Emergency Warning Network. A Collaborative initiative by Microimage (Pvt) Ltd, The University of Moratuwa and Dialog Telekom PLC – Sri Lanka. Michael de Soyza (Senior Manager Corporate Responsibility and Public Policy) Dialog Telekom PLC, Sri Lanka

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DEWN Disaster and Emergency Warning Network

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  1. DEWN Disaster and Emergency Warning Network A Collaborative initiative by Microimage (Pvt) Ltd, The University of Moratuwa and Dialog Telekom PLC – Sri Lanka Michael de Soyza (Senior Manager Corporate Responsibility and Public Policy) Dialog Telekom PLC, Sri Lanka GK3 Conference, KLCC, 11th December 2007, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

  2. Contents • Origins – Can GSM play a role? • Design Philosophy • What is DEWN? • Technologies employed • Mechanics – how does it work? • Pilot – Proof of Concept • Improvements based on pilot projects • New challenges and the way forward

  3. Can GSM play a role? • Could GSM fill that critical need for an intelligent but ubiquitous delivery mechanism for national disaster warning? …GSM in Sri Lanka • Reaching over 6 MN Sri Lankans • Ubiquitous in terms of availability • Affordable to all segments of society • Messaging capabilities unmatched by any other

  4. The answer was clearly yes! • In January 2005 Dialog Telekom PLC, Microimage and the University of Moratuwa initiated an R&D programme as one of its long term efforts towards Nation rebuilding Key Research Engineers of DEWN University of Moratuwa, and Microimage officials

  5. DEWN Design Philosophy • Effective in warning citizens at day or night • Immune to communication network congestion • Comprehensible in terms of local dialect • Directed to person or location or equally applicable to mass dissemination The solution needed to be also… • Affordable • Accessible • Familiar • Reliable • Validate authenticity

  6. What is DEWN? • DEWN is an integrated disaster and emergency warning network that incorporates network based as well as device based technologies to deliver an end to end disaster solution through the centrally configurable carriage and dissemination of alerts

  7. Technologies Employed

  8. Technologies Employed

  9. Mechanics – How does it work?

  10. Mechanics – How does it work?

  11. Mechanics – How does it work?

  12. Mechanics – How does it work?

  13. Mechanics – How does it work?

  14. Mechanics – How does it work?

  15. Mechanics – How does it work?

  16. Mechanics – How does it work?

  17. Mechanics – How does it work?

  18. Mechanics – How does it work?

  19. Mechanics – How does it work?

  20. Mechanics – How does it work?

  21. Pilot – Proof of Concept

  22. Pilot – Proof of Concept

  23. Pilot – Proof of Concept Last-Mile HazInfo Project DEWN undergoing testing Workshop for DMC Emergency Operations Centre staff Training on the DEWN Alerting Interface

  24. Improvements based on pilot • Modified DEWN system to be compliant with ‘CAP’, the international alerting protocol. • Incorporated Cell Broadcasting (CB) message capability • Improved DEWN alarm system (addition of radio tuner, and upgrading of components)

  25. Challenges Addressed

  26. New Challenges and Way Forward • Capacity, Capacity, Capacity… • Motivation and staying the course • Building on Partnerships • Innovation • Currently planning for national Implementation is in Progress

  27. New Challenges and Way Forward

  28. New Challenges and Way Forward

  29. New Challenges and Way Forward Thank you

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