Implementation Issues on Citizens Alarming Using Mobile Phone Technology (PSAM-0237)
H.M. Jagtman, J. W. F. Wiersma, Simone Sillem · ASME Press eBooks · 2006
In emergency situations authorities need to warn the public. The conventionally used method for citizens warning in The Netherlands is the use of a siren. Modern telecommunication technologies have great potential for informing the public. Especially the use of text-based features of mobile phones is considered for this function. Advantages of such a system are that problems of hearing the siren may be overcome and the possibilities of giving more and more detailed information.