Recent natural disasters, like the earthquakesin Port-au-Prince, Haiti (2010), Christchurch, New Zealand(2011) and the Tohoku earthquake in Japan (2011), whichalso triggered a tsunami resulting in the catastrophic failureof numerous nuclear power plants, pose the question howto support first responders in providing fast and adequatehelp. When first responders arrive on-site it is crucial thatthe flow of information is ensured: important fields arelogistics, communication, personal management and the deploymentof up-to-date information. Unfortunately the eventsin the past showed that there are certain shortcomings,especially in terms of communicating information from localresponders to arriving responders. Our approach proposesthe utilization of large public displays, seizing the ideaof traditional pinboards, referred in our work as DigitalInteractive Public Pinboards (DIPP). DIPPs are set up inhot spot locations and provide fast and reliable informationto first responders as well as citizens in the area of thenatural disaster.
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