Government Technology has an article on how California is pushing it's departments to develop smart phone applications for citizens to use. It will be interesting to see if California OES (which I think they now have a new name) will take on that challenge and do some App development for emergency management and homeland security.
Some possible applications:
And, you don't have to be California to take on this challenge. If you have a talented web person on your team or in your government--maybe they are interested in doing an app for you now.
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Some possible applications:
- Shelter locations
- Livestock/pet shelters
- Location of utility system outages
- Road Closures
- Hospital Status--which ones are on diversion
- Seismic reports on the location and strength of earthquakes
- Damage reporting app
And, you don't have to be California to take on this challenge. If you have a talented web person on your team or in your government--maybe they are interested in doing an app for you now.
