Category: SAMBRO
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SAMBRO would have prevented the Hawaiian human error nuke scare
An early-morning emergency alert mistakenly warning of an incoming ballistic missile attack was dispatched to cellphones across Hawaii on Saturday, setting off widespread panic in a state that was already on edge because of escalating tensions between the United States and North Korea. read the NYTimes Full Story To safeguard from such mishaps that can…
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Building capacity on Common Alerting Protocol for Nepal
Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM) Nepal is in the process of operationalizing the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) v 1.2 – enabled Sahana Alerting and Messaging Broker (SAMBRO): DHM Nepal Warning and Situational-Awareness System. I have been working closely with friends from DHM in helping to get the system up and running. DHM is expected…
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Extending SAMBRO for HydroMet Warnings in Nepal
Sahana Alerting and Messaging Broker (SAMBRO) has been accepted by Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM) for disseminating warnings in Nepal. I am setting up the system in their office and customizing it to meet their needs. SAMBRO will be hosted in the DMH main office in Kathmandu. National Emergency Operations Center (NEOC) will also…
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Push Messaging Big Topic at CAP Implementation Workshop
At the annual CAP (Common Alerting Protocol) Implementation Workshop in Rome, many speakers talked about how to disseminate messages on the last mile to end users. As Elyza Jones of OASIS pointed out, SMS only provides short text, is expensive and has the potential to take down the whole GSM network unless it is cell…
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Maldives Launches “Dhandhaana” for Early Warning
Dhandhaana in Divehi means “Reach”. This is the name the Maldives National Disaster Management Center (NDMC) has given the Sahana Alerting and Messaging Broker (SAMBRO) implementation. Now SAMBRO powers NDMC to reach the communities at risk with alerts and warnings. The implementation was the a key outcome of the “CAP on a Map” project; funded…
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SAMBRO Narrowing the Response Distance in the Maldives
Intricacies of Managing Island Emergencies Placing and maintaining emergency services in each Island, in the Maldives, can be costly for the Government. It does not make economic sense for the Government to place an air ambulatory service and a fire brigade in each Island. Some Islands have an inhabitant population of, less than, a 1000…
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SAMBRO a One-Stop-Shop for the Philippine Media to get Warnings
During the Press Conference, organized by the “CAP on a Map project” in Quezon City, the Philippine Media asked the question, “how would the new system help Philippines?” The new system the they were referring to was the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) -enabled and Sahana Alerting and Messaging Broker (SAMBRO) technology. The answer was two…
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Teach Myanmar CAP and They will have CAP for Life
The Department of Meteorology and Hydrology (DMH) has championed in implementing and operationalizing their warning and situational-awareness platform, hosted at www.dmhwarnings.gov.mm Workshop Intro To discuss the next steps and bring closure to the CAP on a Map project, a dissemination workshop was held in Naypyitaw (02 September 2016). The workshop was held at the Hotel…
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Alert Hubs, a Topic at the 2016 CAP Forum Among Experts
Alert Hubs will play a significant role in receiving and sharing early warnings. It was anticipated that each Nation would require to host a National Alert Hub. Those Alert Hubs would feed into the Global Filtered Alert Hubs. Eliot Christian in his presentation said, “With so many countries implementing CAP-enabled alerting, we can see that…
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SAMBRO Warning Exercise in the Maldives
SAMBRO Centralizes Emergency Information Management but Decentralizes the Emergency Management Responsibilities To prove the concept, we carried out early warning controlled-exercises in the Island of Tulesdoo, in the Maldives. It’s located 27KM DIRECTION of the capitol city Male. Similar to other Islands, the Island Council members are also responsible for emergency and crisis response. The…