Disaster exercises are intended to improve disaster responses effectiveness. Exercises exist in a wide variety, ranging from table-top scenarios to full-scale disaster simulations, offering participants different learning experiences. However these exercises can be overwhelming to newcomers, especially when involving large scale simulations, reducing the effectiveness of the learning experience. In order to make the learning experiences more effective to newcomers, researchers or professionals, a new exercise is proposed. This exercise, designed as a serious game, provides a new way to introduce people to the field of disaster management in general and information management in particular. The first version of the game was played during the 2012 ISCRAM summer school where it yielded positive reactions from both novice participants and experienced professionals.
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» Time to live
» Add more (different) items
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» ‘Real’ first aid
» Replay real-life cases
Possibilities
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Storm turns into a disasterAuthorities are short on staffTeams of players have to:Manage the online information flowLocate suppliesLocate, help and evacuate victimsThe game is level and mission based
Control the entire game1 per teamWatch over the teamsProtect the gameflowControl centerBriefingAnalyzing incoming Tweets/reportsEvacuation center
10 volunteersUpdate the terrainPlace/remove itemsMonitor cheatersTransport actors to their location
26 victims6 key figures10 looters5 police men-VICTIM PROFILE6 key figures or persons of interestA firefighter (bonus mission)2 doctors, who provide an extra first aid kitA handyman who owns a dinghyB-Fast leaderA Soldier, he can provide a mapA construction worker
5 members1 leader in control center4 members are the ground troop1 of these 4 stays in evacuation center
Control data flow: incoming tweets. Manage items and key figures (given data), see water level rising
Give them different tools
Information analysesCommunicationDecision makingRescue efforts