[LINK] No cash for phone alert system

Richard Chirgwin rchirgwin at ozemail.com.au
Tue Feb 17 10:04:03 AEDT 2009


[big snip]
>> To include mobiles, such a system would need to know which mobiles were
>> logged in at which locations. ...
>>     
>
> A text message could be sent to all the mobile phones in an area 
> using "Cell Broadcast". This sends a text message similar to SMS to 
> all the phones using a particular cell tower. The technology is 
> intended for sending such emergency messages.
>
> ps: You may recall we had this discussion in September 2008, about 
> tsunami warnings: 
> <http://mailman.anu.edu.au/pipermail/link/2008-September/079367.html>.
>   
Tom,

I was thinking along different lines ... in terms of evacuation, the
emergency service is greatly helped by knowing:
- how many evacuees they're dealing with and who these are; and
- how many received the message.

In this way, the fire authorities can know several things:
- Did everybody get the evac message?
- How many people will be heading along which evacuation routes?
- Are we risking a dangerous concentration of evacuees in a particular
area? (For example, we can send 100 people to the sports field, but not
3000).

Cheers,
RC
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