Telematic system for supervision and support of tactical staff involved in disaster response

This paper describe the design and implementation of a Telematic System that aims to supervision and support tactical staff involved in disaster response operations. Each tactical group member carries a programmable electronic module that allows obtaining information about the state of the environment (temperature, humidity, hot spots, air quality, etc.) and itself (position, emergency signal, heart rate, etc.). The information collected is sent to a data server through a wireless network based on LoraWAN technology, where it is stored and processed to obtain different types of reports that allow to plan the response operations and make decisions according to reality. To test the system functionality, a prototype was implemented based on the architecture described in this paper. The results were satisfactory, obtaining effective, permanent and real-time communication between tactical staff within the disaster-affected area and strategic staff responsible for decision-making outside of it

Mission-Critical Communications from LMR to 5G: a Technology Assessment approach for Smart City scenarios

Radiocommunication networks are one of the main support tools of agencies that carry out actions in Public Protection & Disaster Relief (PPDR), and it is necessary to update these communications technologies from narrowband to broadband and integrated to information technologies to have an effective action before society. Understanding that this problem includes, besides the technical aspects, issues related to the social context to which these systems are inserted, this study aims to construct scenarios, using several sources of information, that helps the managers of the PPDR agencies in the technological decisionmaking process of the Digital Transformation of Mission-Critical Communication considering Smart City scenarios, guided by the methods and approaches of Technological Assessment (TA).As redes de radiocomunicações são uma das principais ferramentas de apoio dos órgãos que realizam ações de Proteção Pública e Socorro em desastres, sendo necessário atualizar essas tecnologias de comunicação de banda estreita para banda larga, e integra- las às tecnologias de informação, para se ter uma atuação efetiva perante a sociedade . Entendendo que esse problema inclui, além dos aspectos técnicos, questões relacionadas ao contexto social ao qual esses sistemas estão inseridos, este estudo tem por objetivo a construção de cenários, utilizando diversas fontes de informação que auxiliem os gestores destas agências na tomada de decisão tecnológica que envolve a transformação digital da Comunicação de Missão Crítica considerando cenários de Cidades Inteligentes, guiado pelos métodos e abordagens de Avaliação Tecnológica (TA)