RaaS: Rescue Management System for Disaster using Cloud Computing

The current study aims at studying the use of IT in disaster management in Odisha, a developing state in India. The major concern of the government during the disaster is the rescue operation of the people in that area. Till now the government has been taking various steps to rescue maximum people and avoid deaths due to such hazards in the state. One among them is rescuing the people to the safe shelters and to provide necessary food and safety to them. However, dHowever, due to lack of proper management systems among various shelters, the rescue team finds much difficulty in maintaining the live status of the shelters, the available resources in them, thereby leading to improper management and hence a delay in the rescue operation. In our study, we propose a system where each team would contain an RMS which would assist in rescue operations having its own local DB. This would be helpful at times of connectivity loss. Local data would be helpful for fingerprint operations, logging notable incidents. Data can be synchronized once the connection is resumed to know about the casualties. Useful data can be collected from individual RMS and sent to the Rescue Management Service which can be used for improvement and better handling of future cyclones. So in this paper, we have proposed a web app and some analysis of outcomes that can be visualized through graphs. This will help the government to have an accurate statistics view of the availability of rescue shelters and the people in different areas which will help the government to take various steps to improvise the rescue system in terms of the number of shelters, rescue teams, food, water, and first aid supply.