INDECI is Peru’s National Institute of Civil Defense, a public organization that promotes, coordinates and articulates the management of the reaction to the risk of disasters and emergencies. They general objectives include management, disaster response and institutional improvement. The first objective is that the three levels of government will manage the risk, through the development of normative instruments and control mechanisms. The second is to prepare people for have a response and rehabilitation before a disaster, disseminating emergency preparedness techniques. The third objective is to modernize the management of institutions, through an improvement in technology and communication platforms with the modernization of its infrastructure. INDECI has a Research Center that is at the service of the National Disaster Management System. The purpose of this research center is to help people in disaster risk management, for the development of new knowledge and contributions on the subject.
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SMS as a Tool to Improve Information Flow on Humanitarian Logistics: Case Study – Quebrada Quirio in Chosica
Vanesa A. Alcantara Panta (Universidad del Pacífico, Peru), Sandra E. Zambrano Hinojoza (Universidad del Pacífico, Peru), Amelia A. Flores Dextre (Universidad del Pacífico, Peru), Andrea Guillen Reina (Universidad del Pacífico, Peru), and Brenda Pedreschi Garcia (Universidad del Pacífico, Peru)
Copyright: © 2019
|Pages: 15
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-8160-4.ch022
Abstract
This chapter assesses the suitability of mobile phone technology, an established technology (humanitarian), to support humanitarian operations, create an inventory of support donations, and track the needs of people throughout humanitarian logistics after the disaster. The main objective is to reduce the exposure to the consequences of disasters by reducing the time of information flow through SMS interaction technology. Quebrada Quirio was used as a prototype. The process consists of using the INDECI rapid assessment visit to collect basic data, including a telephone number, of the people affected by the disaster, and based on this information, multiple initiatives aligned with the optimization of the flow of information were created.